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Brass Jugs Reduce Bacteria In Water

May 10, 2006

Villagers in rural India have for hundreds of years claimed that their traditional brass water jugs help to ward of sickness.
Turns out, there’s some truth to the claim.
Rob Reed, a microbiologist of Northumbria University, U.K., tested brass, plastic, and clay pots by filling them with water contaminated with E. coli bacteria.
The plastic pots and clay [...]

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