>>Copper containers are food safe . . .
>Where can I buy some?
Haven't you ever heard of a copper kettle
>Feeding them copper could be very bad . . .
Any test results?
If you feed them copper, in some form, and it contaminates your honey, then you eat the copper and your getting more copper than you probably should. Thats just logic.
>And without the coating that forms inside the pipe (protects the water from exposure), how much copper would be drinking?
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/waterquality/442-944/442-944.pdf
Evaluation of
Household
Water Quality
in
Suffolk, Virginia
"Copper. The EPA health standard for copper in public drinking water supplies is 1.3 mg/L,
the maximum level recommended to protect people from acute gastrointestinal illness. Even
lower levels of dissolved copper may give water a bitter or metallic taste and produce bluegreen
stains on plumbing fixtures. Consequently, EPA has established an SMCL for copper of
1.0 mg/L in household water.
Two samples in both the both the tap water and raw water groups exceeded the recommended
health level of 1.3 mg/L. Four samples in each group exceeded the SMCL of 1.0 mg/L.
Since natural levels of copper in groundwater are low, and the primary contributor of copper in
drinking water is corrosion of copper water pipes and fittings, low copper levels were expected,
even in the case of tap water samples, assuming that water lines were flushed properly prior to
sampling, of which a number apparently were not."
Seeing PVC can leach;
Di(2-ethylhexyl)adipate;
Tetrachloroethylene;
Vinyl chloride;
http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/dw/files/swap_appendix_O.pdf
I'll take my plumbing in copper thank you very much. I just ran about 200 feet at my house for that reason.
>Disclaimer: I'm no chemist or scientist . . .
my disiclaimer was ment to void me from any obligation to provide supporting peer reviewed evidence.