Brass door handles prevent the spread of infection Bashny.Net

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you afraid of germs, or just want to find a way to keep your house clean for as long as possible, without the constant cleaning and wiping surfaces? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then we can offer you to replace all the doorknobs in your home for brass and copper faucets deliver. Better yet, if the copper is done your toilet seat and cistern. So it makes sense to visit the nearest scrap yard, while you can.



Copper kills bacteria. This is called oligodynamic effect, and it was opened in 1893 by Karl Wilhelm von Nageli. Copper and other metals ions exert a toxic effect on mold spores and viruses. The study found that copper parts in hospitals kill germs quickly. Within ten weeks in hospital Selly Oak, in Birmingham, England, all the taps, toilet seats and push plates on the front doors have been replaced by their copper counterparts. They rubbed twice a day, and as a result it was found that they had 95% fewer bacteria than conventional hospital details are not made of brass. While there are no precise explanation as to how it does this copper, but it is believed that copper interferes with the metabolism of bacteria, thus hampering their food, and destroying their DNA. The study also showed that copper is able to kill even deadly methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. So that copper door handles and taps may be simple, but extremely effective way to stop the spread of infectious diseases.

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