They got the idea from DIYnot.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ys-coated-copper-prevent-spread-Covid-19.html
Andy
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ys-coated-copper-prevent-spread-Covid-19.html
Andy
Looks like British scientists are reading DIYNOT!
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Can you imagine how many shopping trollys would go walkies if they had copper handles lol
Sorry but DIYnot are late comers to the scene.
quoting from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3067274/
Bacteria, yeasts, and viruses are rapidly killed on metallic copper surfaces, and the term “contact killing” has been coined for this process. While the phenomenon was already known in ancient times, it is currently receiving renewed attention. This is due to the potential use of copper as an antibacterial material in health care settings. Contact killing was observed to take place at a rate of at least 7 to 8 logs per hour, and no live microorganisms were generally recovered from copper surfaces after prolonged incubation.
quoting from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3067274/
Bacteria, yeasts, and viruses are rapidly killed on metallic copper surfaces, and the term “contact killing” has been coined for this process. While the phenomenon was already known in ancient times, it is currently receiving renewed attention. This is due to the potential use of copper as an antibacterial material in health care settings. Contact killing was observed to take place at a rate of at least 7 to 8 logs per hour, and no live microorganisms were generally recovered from copper surfaces after prolonged incubation.