How do you describe Cupron's antimicrobial product protection?
Cupron's technology has built-in antimicrobial protection for solid products, coatings and fibers. Cupron's antimicrobial protection gives products an added level of protection against damaging microbes such as bacteria, fungi, and microbes, which can cause stains, odors and product deterioration.
How do products with Cupron's antimicrobial protection work?
Cupron's protection is built-in to the product during the manufacturing process. When microbes come in contact with the product surface, Cupron's active ingredient damages the cell wall of the microorganism and other intracellular molecules, such as proteins and nucleic acids, causing irreversible damage and microbial death.
What types of micro-organisms does Cupron's protection work against?
Cupron is considered to be one of the widest spectrum antimicrobials known today. It is Anti-bacterial and Anti-fungal.
How do I know that Cupron's antimicrobial product protection is safe?
Cupron active ingredient is Copper. Copper is an essential metal that we have to ingest on a daily basis in order to survive. Humans metabolize Copper extremely efficiently and the risk of Copper toxicity is exceptionally low, especially due to dermal contact. Cupron's protection is safe and environmentally friendly. Ninety Five percent of the Copper in the world is in the natural form of Copper oxide which is the basis for Cupron's technology. Therefore, the technology is based on natural material. It is non-polluting regarding heavy metals in the water system. There are no changes necessary to any production systems and no changes necessary for the consumer in using the product. Cupron's technology has undergone extensive independent laboratory testing and has a long history of safe use. It is legally sold and marketed in the US by official permission of the US EPA.
Does Cupron's protection begin working immediately?
Cupron's protection begins to work as soon as the microorganism comes into contact with the copper ions. It then works continuously to maintain a consistently lower bio-burden than would be expected on a product without Cupron's antimicrobial protection.
How long does Cupron's antimicrobial protection work?
Cupron's protection is built-in during the manufacturing process and will not wash off or wear away. Cupron's protection is engineered to provide continuous antimicrobial product protection for the useful lifetime of the product. Cupron's technology is built into a product during the manufacturing process and becomes an intrinsic part of the product inside and at the surface. When microbes such as bacteria and fungi that can cause stains, odors and product deterioration come in contact with the product surface, Cupron's protection penetrates the cell wall of the microbe and disrupts key cell functions so that the microbe cannot function, grow or reproduce.
Has anyone ever reported a negative reaction from using products with Cupron's antimicrobial protection?
No, Cupron's textiles are environmentally friendly and safe.
Extensive testing and a long use history with Copper, the basis for Cupron's product protection are well documented to be safe. While it is impossible to say that no one will ever experience an allergic reaction to anything, it is highly unlikely a negative experience would be observed.
Is there any environmental impact regarding Cupron's products?
Ninety five percent of the Copper in the world is in the natural form of copper oxide which is the basis for Cupron's technology. Therefore the technology is based on a natural occurring element.
Does the use of antimicrobials cause resistant strains of micro-organisms?
No. Copper has been used in numerous consumer, industrial and medical applications around the world and there has been no evidence of resistant strain development.
Is Cupron's Copper technology considered a heavy metal ?
Copper is listed in some literature as a heavy metal.
The term "heavy metal" refers to any metallic element that has a relatively high density and is poisonous at low concentrations such as the frequently mentioned elements of mercury, cadmium, arsenic, chromium, thallium and lead.
Heavy metals are dangerous because they bio-accumulate. Compounds accumulate in living things any time they are ingested (taken) and stored faster than they are broken down (metabolized by oxidative and conjugative path ways) and excreted.
Copper is one of the 11 essential metals required for human health. Please note that silver is not on this list of essential metals.
We absorb various amounts of copper each day as a natural part of our daily lives.
Copper can be found in many kinds of foods and in our drinking water.
Copper has been used in IUD's for over 25 years.
Too much soluble copper can cause adverse health problems in the wrong situation......but these issues are related to the soluble forms of copper......THE CUPRON TECHNOLOGY IS AN OXIDE OF COPPER AND IS NON SOLUBLE.
Is Cupron's technology protected?
With full patent protection on its concepts and applications, Cupron continues to spearhead exciting new technologies. Cupron remains dedicated to enhancing the quality of life of people everywhere.
