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Copper Kills E. Coli Dead
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| June 6, 2011
| Unversity of Southampton
Posted on 06/06/2011 7:37:19 PM PDT by bunkerhill7
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Copper kills bugs dead.
To: bunkerhill7
I could stand a copper clad cutting board. Soft copper, anyway. That shouldn't trash a knife too badly.
/johnny
To: bunkerhill7
Copper also accumulates in the liver, and when certain stressors trigger it, your liver dumps the copper in one event which then causes other organ failures and central nervous system failure. The syndrome is “Copper Toxicity”.
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posted on
06/06/2011 7:43:10 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop)
To: blackdog
That is very interesting. I guess a trauma where the liver was injured could do this?
To: bunkerhill7
This is really nothing new; the organometallic properties of metals has been known for a long time. I remember learning about them back in the 70’s when I was going to college.
Metals like copper are, however, very good at poisoning metabolic certain pathways. If you have ever had a fish tank, you may have used a copper based treatment for algae or ick.
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posted on
06/06/2011 7:46:16 PM PDT
by
NWFLConservative
(Game On!.................Saracuda 2012)
To: JRandomFreeper
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posted on
06/06/2011 7:48:04 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom!!! I know i was kidding)
To: bunkerhill7
Interesting. Copper makes me green though.
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posted on
06/06/2011 7:48:57 PM PDT
by
allmost
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To: bunkerhill7
Prima facie it seems that the increase of e coli outbreaks has paralled the changeover from copper to PVC plumbing.
Trace copper in tap water used to rinse vegetables killed e coli in the past?
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posted on
06/06/2011 7:50:45 PM PDT
by
lightman
(Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini)
To: bunkerhill7
I guess we’ll just start shooting anyone that gets infected. Problem solved.
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posted on
06/06/2011 7:54:15 PM PDT
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: lightman
That is as legitimately fundable as %50 of what I've heard.
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posted on
06/06/2011 7:58:43 PM PDT
by
allmost
To: lightman
Now`s a good time to invest in German copper colander stocks.
To: KoRn
Shooting may not be effective...
To: bunkerhill7
Copper is used extensively in wood preservation.
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posted on
06/06/2011 8:04:11 PM PDT
by
the_daug
To: lightman
Trace copper in tap water used to rinse vegetables killed e coli in the past?You have reminded me that I've got to brew up some silver ions tonight.
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posted on
06/06/2011 8:04:17 PM PDT
by
Stentor
( "All cults of personality begin as high drama and end as low comedy.")
To: neverdem
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posted on
06/06/2011 8:07:36 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: bunkerhill7
E. Coli: "You'll never take me alive you lousy copper!"
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posted on
06/06/2011 8:08:11 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: lightman
I don't think water picks up enough copper from the pipes to kill the bacteria on what you're washing. It would kill bacteria in the water that comes into contact with the pipe.
I attribute the increse in e coli outbreaks to the modern tendency to "sanitize" virtually everything. Your immune system develops the ability to fight pathogens as it encounters them. If you kill all the germs in your environment, your immune system never has to learn how to deal with them. You never hear about somebody who works around animals and animal manure getting sick from e coli - it's always some city dweller.
To: momtothree
Usually a non-related illness like flu or some other metabolic disruption. Think of it like polar bear liver. Vitamin A from seals and cold water fish is eaten by polar bears. The polar bears cannot handle that much vitamin A, so the liver just hangs onto it. So much accumulates in the liver of the bear that if one were to eat polar bear liver they would die from the poisoning.
The kidneys and liver hang onto most metals for us. It's when they let go and release them into the bloodstream that all bad things come to visit.
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posted on
06/06/2011 8:11:42 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop)
To: bunkerhill7
Doesn’t silver do it as well?
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posted on
06/06/2011 8:14:55 PM PDT
by
Spudx7
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