Homemade hookah

[Teh_Hookah_Mang]

Hey, some of my friends built a hookah.  It has a copper head
(bowl) to stuff the tobacco.  Then they wrap foil aroudn and smoke
it like normal.  Ive read somewhere that if the copper gets lit it
releases a poisonous gas, so I have not smoked out of it.  Is the
copper head/bowl harmful?

Thanks

[yashman19]

I have heard similar things with heating certain materials up as well,
but I'm not sure if they have to worry about it. Now remember, this is
just what I have heard, so don't get mad when I'm wrong and someone
dies Copper will release chemicals, but only at a certain
temperature which I believe a coal is not hot enough to do. It all
depends on what type of material is being used, but I thought I
remember hearing that copper doesn't get hot enough from a simple flame
from a ligther or hookah coals for that matter.

Hopefully someone who knows their chemistry will chime in soon to fill
you in, or correct me or whatever, but I thought I would just throw
this out there...

[lilotaku]

I to have heard of people getting sick from smoking copper hookah bowls over the long run and some say it even leads to death.http://www.hookahculture.com/there's a pic near the bottom of the page.

[[LB]]

i wouldnt risk it- i guess copper piping is ok i think most hokahs have copper pipes- but a copper bowl isnt a good idea.

[yashman19]

Ya, I'd have to agree with the fallas above. Making a hookah out of
copper shouldn't kill ya, but making a bowl out of copper could be
risking it. You should be able to go to Home Depot and rig up something
else not made from copper.