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Pots pan bugs

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Copper kitchenware may lower food-poisoning risk.

Copper pots don't just lend a comforting gleam to the kitchen. They may also resist dangerous microbes better than stainless steel, two new studies suggest.

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  1. Faundez, G. & Figueroa, G., Evaluation of antibacterial activities of copper surfaces against Salmonella enterica and Campylobacter jejuni isolated from foods..University of Chile preprint, (in Spanish, 2001).

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  1. Erica Klarreich
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Klarreich, E. Pots pan bugs. Nature (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/news010830-3

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