Tor thousands of years, the people of India and many other Asian countries have known the benefits of drinking from copper vessels. Ancient Ayurvedic medical texts have recommended storing water in copper for a period of time and only then drinking it, which is kept as a daily practice in India especially. COPPER’S ANTIMICROBIAL POWER
According to a 2012 study published in Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition, storing bacterially contaminated water in copper for up to 16 hours at room temperature considerably reduces the presence of the harmful microbes, so much that the researchers inferred that “copper holds promise as a point-of-use solution for microbial purification of drinking water, especially in developing countries.” An additional study from University of South Carolina researchers explored the purifying power of copper, finding that “Antimicrobial copper surfaces in intensive care units (ICU) kill 97 percent of bacteria that can cause hospital-
acquired infections,” resulting in “a 40 percent reduction in the risk of acquiring an infection.”
