'Bug Buster' opens at Britannia Mine to showcase copper, metal used to combat superbugs

It’s fitting, then, that during this time of novel coronavirus the Britannia Mine Museum is launching a summer exhibit called“It kind of came about by scrolling through the news about COVID-19 back in April and there was a study published in theabout how long the virus lasted on surfaces,” curator Diane Mitchell said.

The Britannia Mine Museum’s Diane Mitchell, Curator of Education & Collections, with a sample of an oxidized native copper ore. Their summer exhibit “Copper: Bug Buster” launches July 18.While a normal summer might see 80,000 visitors, the museum estimates there will be 20,000 this summer, executive director Kirstin Clausen said.Article content continued

Copper has the atomic number 29, is symbolized as Cu and you probably have heard it’s handy in electrical equipment and plumbing. What you may not have heard is its medicinal applications. Aztecs gargled with a copper solution to treat sore throats; ancient Greeks used copper bracelets for arthritis; in ancient Rome Pliny the Elder listed 150 copper-based remedies.Article content continued

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