Effect of heavy metals on environmental or health, Long-term exposure to copper can cause irritation of the nose, mouth and eyes and it causes headaches, dizziness, vomiting and diarrhea
Industrial exposure to copper fumes, dusts, or mists may result in metal fume fever with atrophic changes in nasal mucous membranes. Chronic copper poisoning results in Wilson’s Disease, characterized by a hepatic cirrhosis, brain damage, demyelization, renal disease, and copper deposition in the cornea