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Originally Posted by stubones99
If you recall my post, I said it messed up invertebrates which people are not. It messes up shell fish, and is a required trace element in our bodies.
They banned it as part of bottom paints. The IMO treaties require no Biocides be added to a bottom paint since it kills what attaches to a bottom and tends to leach out into the water around the boat(s).
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Nobody told West Marine or Peddit that copper was banned. I bought Peddit water based for my dinghy last week with Over 50% copper last week. Tin is the one that is banned.