Antimicrobial copper kills 97 percent of deadly bacteria, reduces infection rate by 40 percent

Keep stacking gold and silver. Why? Look at a periodic table... notice anything special? Cu (copper) great electrical and thermal conductor, and antimicrobial. Ag (silver) best known electric and thermal conductor and also antiviral/antibacterial. Au (gold) Unknown. I have a funny feeling there is something magical about gold that we haven't figured out yet.

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Antimicrobial copper kills 97 percent of deadly bacteria, reduces infection rate by 40 percent

http://www.naturalnews.com/033008_copper_antimicrobial.html

(NaturalNews) A new study presented at the World Health Organization's (WHO) 1st International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC) in Geneva, Switzerland, has revealed that the use of antimicrobial copper surfaces in hospitals helps reduce the rate of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) by 40 percent. The metal also effectively kills 97 percent of bacteria, as well as many viral and fungal pathogens.

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