date:Mar 20, 2013
Michigan Technological University (MTU) researcher Jaroslaw Drelich has developed a new copper-based antimicrobial compound which can make the food supply safer.
Drelich, a professor of materials science and engineering, has developed a new method to embed nanoparticles of copper into vermiculite, an inert compound which is sometimes used in potting soil.
Preliminary tests showed that the new antimicrobial compound eliminated about 100% of E. coli bacteria in local lake water . The compound wa