Door handles for doorsThe experiment was conducted inSelly Oak Hospital in Birmingham. Copper taps, toilet seats and door handles were installed there for ten weeks. As it turned out, all these fittings quickly destroyed simple microbes. Scientists believe that copper sort of "suffocates" bacteria, preventing them from breathing. In addition, this metal does not allow microbes to feed and destroys their DNA. Twice a day, scientists took a swab from the copper fittings and compared it with a swab taken from ordinary hospital taps, toilet seats and door handles. Lab tests showed that the number of bacteria on copper items was 95% lower than anywhere else. Copper successfully copes with deadly methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium difficile bacillus, as well as other dangerous microbes, including the flu virus and E coli. Now researchers are proposing to replace fittings in all hospitals and clinics with copper. It is mistakenly believed that copper is . In fact, its cost is comparable to stainless steel. The healing properties of copper have been known for a long time. As early as 4 thousand years ago, the Egyptians used it to sterilize wounds and drinking water. The Aztecs treated skin diseases with this metal, and Hippocrates recommended using copper to relieve patients from leg ulcers. Source: Around the World with reference to the Daily Mail.
