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Copper Toxicity
Copper toxicity

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have chosen this article because of some previous knowledge about copper toxicity through my Toxicology class. I also feel that the toxicity of specific metal is a topic that more people should be aware of, because there many not be very many people who are aware of what excess metals in the body could do to your health.

Evaluate the article
The article does contain a good lead section with a brief description of what the topic is and how someone can contract such a toxicity.

The content is relevant and up to date. The article includes content about the affects on humans as well as aquatic life, including symptoms and treatments. There is also mentions of specific diseases that can occur when having copper toxicity.

The article seems neutral and is not biased to my knowledge. There does not seems to be any issues with this article.

There are a few good sources and linked sources with dates for more information included in this article. The most current date mentioned was 2011, which is still a little recent, but there could be some updated information listed.

The article is well written and organized.

There is one image and two charts included to help understand specific topics in the article.

There seems to be some fact checking on the talk pages based on the sources used not mentioning the correct information based on the topic of copper toxicity itself. There was a section on birth control being deleted due to not having a reliable source that referenced birth control being linked to copper toxicity as well as the source not mentioning the toxicity of copper but only mention deficiencies of copper.

The overall status of this article I would give a 7/10 on the Wikipedia scale. There could definitely be some corrections and more editing made as far as the errored sources go, but on the overall information, it gives decent descriptions of all topics listed in the article.