Copper infused socks - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Homer J Simpson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 15, 2017, 02:23:14 am
content: http://www.miraclecopper.com/

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 15, 2017, 07:53:23 am
content: Copper sulphate is cheaper, and more effective as well.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 15, 2017, 02:07:22 pm
content: Quote from: blueskull on January 15, 2017, 03:34:16 amThey already sell (non-audiophile) silver-treated socks. As best I know, the science behind silver or copper against foot odor is actually sound, since those metals do have antimicrobial properties. (I've even heard of hospitals changing to copper doorknobs, hand rails, etc because of how well it reduces bacteria.)

author: mc172
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 15, 2017, 03:44:23 pm
content: The early 90s wants their website back. Who buys this shit?

author: jpanhalt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 15, 2017, 04:07:13 pm
content: Do the people (victims) develop Kayser-Fleischer rings (rings around the periphera of the eye iris)?Maybe that will become fashion statement.John

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 15, 2017, 06:46:14 pm
content: Quote from: tooki on January 15, 2017, 02:07:22 pmTrue for Silver (not sure about copper). Silver is used in many home appliances. Samsung call this "Silver Nano" but it's not exclusive to their products. Antimicrobial properties of Silver are very well documented.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 15, 2017, 08:02:26 pm
content: Quote from: Halcyon on January 15, 2017, 06:46:14 pmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimicrobial_properties_of_copperQuote from: jpanhalt on January 15, 2017, 04:07:13 pmWere you planning on eating the socks?

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 15, 2017, 08:21:27 pm
content: QuoteYup, but there's also a lot of iffy silver based "medicine", that can turn you blue-ish:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyria

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 15, 2017, 09:54:57 pm
content: Quote from: daqq on January 15, 2017, 08:21:27 pmIndeed. Silver and copper are great topical antimicrobials. They have no systemic function.I haven't figured out whether to laugh or cry at people with argyria. I mean, I like tattoos and argyria is just a whole-body tattoo from the inside, after all!

author: cdev
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 15, 2017, 10:45:58 pm
content: Copper is toxic, in any larger than extremely small amounts. Always use rubber gloves (or tongs or for really small boards a bent piece of insulated wire) for etching/agitation, of PCBs etc.The indiscriminate use of engineered nanoparticles in textiles is unwise. We have no idea what the long term health effects of many ENPs are. ENPs are biologically active in many cases because of their size, they can have complex effects when accompanying other environmental contaminants and the effect may be to entrain the immune system to mount an immune response against something inappropriate. Your immune system stays with you for life. Because of this immune system entrainment amplifying (there must be some word for it but I dont know it) /haptic effect ENPs may be an environmental nightmare waiting to happen. Is it really worth it to prevent having to wash your socks or underwear when you should with the biological equivalent of nuclear weapons for living things? We should consider that we don't know everything. The microbacteria that inhabit that spacemay be keeping something even worse away.