The Scientist : Copper shows mettle in preventing food poisoning [21/8/2001]

Copper shows mettle in preventing food poisoning

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News from The Scientist 2001, 2(1):20010821-02

21 August 2001

First used by the Egyptians to keep their water fresh, copper appears to produce free radicals that attack bacterial cells. Bill Keevil and colleagues, from the Environmental Health Care Unit, University of Southampton, compared the length of time that Escherichia coli 0157 survived on stainless steel, brass and copper.

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