Reducing copper toxicity by drinking coffee

Copper contamination in drinking water is not a new issue in today's world. Various modern industries use copper for their raw materials and discharge copper by-products into the watercourse. Current water treatment technology is not a guarantee for providing safe drinking water required by hum...

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Published in:WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment 2008-01, Vol.I, p.199-207
Main Authors: Kovacikova, Z, Tatrai, E, Pieckova, E, Kollarikova, Z, Jancinova, V, Tulinska, J, Kuricova, M, Liskova, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Buffer solutions
Byproducts
Coffee
Contamination
Copper
Drinking water
Electrodes
Essential nutrients
Ethylenediamine
Human body
Mental disorders
Mental health
Nutrients
Raw materials
Toxicity
Water pollution
Water treatment
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Summary:Copper contamination in drinking water is not a new issue in today's world. Various modern industries use copper for their raw materials and discharge copper by-products into the watercourse. Current water treatment technology is not a guarantee for providing safe drinking water required by humans. Although copper is one of the essential nutrients required by the human body for both physical and mental health, an excessive copper concentration in the human body becomes a toxic threat. Drinking coffee habitually may be helpful in reducing copper concentrations, which might lead to a reduction in copper toxicity. This experimental study, using copper-ion selective electrode (Cu-ISE), lowered copper concentrations due to the availability of copper binding ligands found in coffee solution. The copper electrodes were calibrated thoroughly using ethylenediamine (en) standard buffer solution before being used for determining free and bound copper ions in coffee solution.
ISSN:1746-448X
1743-3541
DOI:10.2495/ETOX080211