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Is burning copper dangerous?
I am asking because I was camping and tossed some copper dust in the
fire to make the flames colorful. The flames were really nice, but
some drunken guy in the next camp was having a fit about it, saying
that burning copper emits dangerous fumes that when breathed are toxic
and of course, according to him, ALL the smoke was going his
direction. I told the guy to either get lost or to call the police on
us, and they would settle it. (since he was the one that was drunk,
and we were not, I knew that would be fun). Anyhow, I just wanted to
ask and find out if there really is any truth to his claim. (The
idiot packed up and left in the morning, which was great for us,
because we got rid of the moron and had a bigger camp).
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This is Turtle.

The Human body needs Copper in a very little amount but large doses , i would
think would not be good for you in large volume of it. Protein in the human body
is good for you but protein in large volume has the effect of rattle snake venom
in the body. Rattle Snake Venom is 100% pure protein which will damage the human
body if subjected to the human body.

Also there is something about they not making pots and pans out of copper for
some reason. this could be your reason why it is suppose to not be breathed into
the body.

Anything to a excess will kill you. Drinking 5 gallion of water a day will kill
you.

TURTLE