The Secret Chemistry Of Copper
Ayurveda used to keep water fresh and fit for drinking even before bacteria was known to man. Ancient civilizations like the Egyptian and Sumerians used copper vessels for storing water. The surprising fact is that water stored in a copper vessel can remain fresh for years. Isn’t that something for the modern civilization which is struggling for safe drinking water? So, what does copper actually do to make the water fresh? What does copper do? The answer lies in the chemistry of copper. As per the scientists, copper is an element that ionizes in water thus making the water unfit for microbe growth. Even the stubborn E-Coli bacteria which are responsible for food poisoning cannot survive for long ion water kept in a copper vessel. According to a research done at Southampton University on a strain of Coli bacteria known as 157, these pathogens can live in a stainless steel vessel for months but keep in an Ayurvedic copper water bottle they can survive only for a mere four ...