Copper undergoes oxidation when exposed to moisture and air, forming copper compounds that change its color from metallic to green, as demonstrated by the Statue of Liberty's famous green patina.
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Could be some I mean, it it's like I said, it's totally feasible that it's a deficiency, right? Because I know like like I said, I I want to say it's copper that turns you blue if you take too much of it. And also, copper turns green when it gets oxidized. So [laughter] they get wet?
They're in the wet underworld and they're full of copper. [laughter] It's copper, isn't it, that does that?
I'm almost I mean, well, no, it's copper does turn green when it gets wet, yeah.
That's that's your liberty turning green, yeah. Exactly. That's the first thing I go to.
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