“Hooch,” “Home Brew” and Copper

The toxicity of many of the heavy metals has been known for generations, yet these substances have not been regarded as a menace to human health except in limited instances where industrial conditions or occupational circumstances exposed workers to the chemical hazards in some uncommon way. However much the student of vocational diseases might become concerned with the effects of metallic poisons, the treatises on public health and personal hygiene rarely discuss them except in a casual manner....