Copper as a disinfectant

[Jhanananda]

Evidence of copper being used as a disinfectant is found in: Ancient Egyptian technology may be our first line of defense from hospital infections

Copper definitely wipes out microbes. "Bacteria, yeasts and viruses are rapidly killed on metallic copper surfaces, and the term "contact killing" has been coined for this process," wrote the authors of an article on copper in Applied and Environmental Microbiology. That knowledge has been around a very long time. The journal article cites an Egyptian medical text, written around 2600-2000 B.C., that cites the use of copper to sterilize chest wounds and drinking water.

[Sam Lim]

Here is a video of the power of copper and how to make them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojyqdZUQcws

[Jhanananda]

Thanks, Sam, for posting the link to the interesting video on copper.

[bodhimind]

I think it is also an Indian tradition to put water into copper containers or flasks overnight, before drinking it. If I am not wrong it was the yogis who brought it into practice in families.

[Jhanananda]

That might be true historically; however, stainless steel has taken over as the dominant container in the Indian sub-continent since the arrival of stainless steel as a common metal product in the 20th century.