SILVER/COPPER IONS AS A SANITIZER

Tests performed by Dr. Friede at Villanova University showed that in swimming pool water containing ammonia (this is a typical swimming pool condition due to perspiration and urine), silver responded much faster than chlorine. 80 minutes was required for a virtually complete kill of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa bacteria using chlorine, versus only 20 minutes using silver. Likewise, silver took only one minute, for a 70 per cent kill compared to 10 minutes for chlorine.
Extensive bactericidal studies conducted at the British Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Salisbury England confirm silvers effectiveness against bacteria and viruses and that silver/copper systems will inactivate Legionella pneumophila, among many other organisms.

Legionella pneumophila, (legionnaire's Disease) contaminates water reuse systems such as cooling towers, whirlpool spas, grocery store misters and evaporative condensers. Dr.Charles P. Gerba, Ph.D. at the University of Arizona found that the silver-copper system with .2 ppm chlorine killed legionella up to 1000 times faster as compared to chlorine alone.

Dr. H. W. Parry-Williams of The Randolph Medical Centre in England found that from tests done by their National Health Service Virology Laboratories that both AIDS and Herpes cannot survive in ionized water.

The Silver Institute, Washington, D.C., issued a report showing that a 20,000 gallon pool in Lincoln, Nebraska, infused with 50 gallons of sewer effluent was purified to a zero level with only 3.2 ppb of silver in the water as the disinfectant. The Carefree Clearwater system uses over five times this level of bactericidal alloy for even greater sanitizing protection.
NASA found under laboratory tests that silver ions demonstrated a complete kill of Staphylococcus aureus and E. coli bacteria present in initial concentrations of one half million per ml.