# When and Why Did Copper Become the Magic Bullet?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-copper-become-the-magic-bullet/854318>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 22, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-copper-become-the-magic-bullet/854318 "2020-05-22T23:42:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-copper-become-the-magic-bullet/854318/21 "2020-05-24T00:02:15Z")

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Huh, I guess we need copper to fix the FDA links, can’t get them to work.

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**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-copper-become-the-magic-bullet/854318/22 "2020-05-24T04:17:08Z")

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Google is copper plated now?

[WARNING LETTER  
Gaia’s Whole Healing Essentials, LLC](https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/gaias-whole-healing-essentials-llc-605893-04012020)

[WARNING LETTER  
Copper Touch, LLC](https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/copper-touch-llc-607176-04212020)

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-copper-become-the-magic-bullet/854318/23 "2020-05-24T04:37:49Z")

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If those are the socks I think you’re talking about, aren’t they [compression socks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compression_stockings)? So even if the whole copper thing is bullshit, they would have some benefits.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-copper-become-the-magic-bullet/854318/24 "2020-05-24T05:16:10Z")

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I think a new field of study, perhaps critically important these days, is going to be tracing the spread and origin of these memes.

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-copper-become-the-magic-bullet/854318/25 "2020-05-25T20:17:29Z")

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I suspect that the green color caused by copper jewelry made people think it had some kind of benefit.

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