Storing Drinking-Water in Copper Pots Kills Contaminating Bacteria (2012)

Re:Storing Drinking-Water in Copper Pots Kills Contaminating... by vram22 on Saturday May 27, 2017 @03:10PM (#14431454)

Thanks for the info. Yes, I've read about leaded petrol and its effects on the brain, more so in children. I even read somewhere a while ago (maybe on HN) that crime had come down somewhat over some decades (in the US?), which was partly attributed (in the article I read) to reduced use of leaded petrol (gasoline).

Interesting about the silver study, and agree about quacks.

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Re:Storing Drinking-Water in Copper Pots Kills Contaminating... by askvictor on Saturday May 27, 2017 @07:17PM (#14432389)

Interestingly, the guy (Thomas Midgley) who thought to add lead to petrol is the same guy who thought of using CFCs for refrigerants.

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Re:Storing Drinking-Water in Copper Pots Kills Contaminating... by DougN7 on Sunday May 28, 2017 @04:14PM (#14435901)

Wow, what a tragic guy:

"J. R. McNeill, an environmental historian, opined that Midgley "had more impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in Earth's history."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.

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Re:Storing Drinking-Water in Copper Pots Kills Contaminating... by deeth_starr on Saturday May 27, 2017 @04:35PM (#14431832)

Worldwide probably...

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/01/yep-gasoline-l...

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