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Copper Makes a Killing!  

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One out of every twenty hospitalized patients will contract hospital-acquired infections, according to the CDC, Centers  for Disease Control and Prevention. Metallic copper surfaces kill microbes on contact, decimating their populations, according to a paper in the February 2011 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 

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When microbes were exposed to copper surfaces, scientists observed contact killing to take place at the rate of tens to hundreds of millions of bacterial cells within minutes. Thus, such surfaces could provide a critical passive defense against pathogens in hospitals, where hospital-acquired infections are becoming increasingly common and costly, killing 50,000-100,000 Americans annually, and costing more than $8 billion, according to one estimate. Still, scientists caution that "metallic copper surfaces will never be able to replace other hygiene-improving methods already in effect," although they "will certainly decrease the costs associated with hospital-acquired infections and curb human disease as well as save lives." Furthermore, they expect this strategy to be inexpensive, because "the effect does not wear off."

Current annual world copper production is over 15 million tons. The U.S. Geological Survey reported a current total reserve base of copper (economic and uneconomic) of 1.6 billion tons as of 2005, of which 950 million tons was considered economically recoverable.  Global adoption of antimicrobial copper would increase demand by 500,000 metric tons per year, a 3.5% increase.  Currently trading at $3.219 a pound, up 16.45¢ or 5% as of Friday, October 24, 2011.  

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