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Teufelswacht
Joined: 06 Sep 2004
Location: Land Of The Not Quite Right
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 Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 6:43 pm Post subject: Kimchi Prevents Bird Flu!!!!!!!! |
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LG to Market ��Unproven�� Anti-Bird Flu Aircons
By Cho Jin-seo
Staff Reporter
[b]LG Electronics, the world's leading air conditioner maker, said on Thursday that it will start selling air conditioners that prevent avian influenza with a special filter coated with a substance extracted from a fermented kimchi. The new air conditioners target Southeast Asian countries affected by bird flu and will be marketed this year.
The new products, nicknamed ``Anti-A.I. Aircon,'' have a filter covered with an anti-bacterial substance extracted from kimchi, South Korea's spicy fermented cabbage dish, the company said in a press conference.
``A special filter is coated with a substance called leuconostoc citreum, which is derived from kimchi. After tests, the filter was found to block viruses that causes bird flu,'' said Seo Seok-jang, chief of the company's air conditioner research lab, during the conference held at Grand Hyatt Hotel in central Seoul.
There have been a few reports that indicate kimchi and other fermented dishes could be effective in treating avian influenza on birds, as a Seoul National University team reported last year. However, there hasn't been no evidence of its effect on humans so far and there is no commercially available vaccine to protect humans against the bird flu yet.
Seo said that the company first designed the product two years ago, and is working to get patents for it. LG said the effect of the new air conditioner was certified by China Agricultural Scientific Academy, and a British research firm Estro Screen Virology is about to issue a certificate within this month. The two agencies were not available for comment.
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http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/biz/200601/kt2006011218045911910.htm
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krats1976
Joined: 14 May 2003
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Why the heck not? I mean, it prevented SARS didn't it? |
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jamhead
Joined: 20 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Beer is fermented. Does beer cure anything? |
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skinhead
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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| jamhead wrote: |
| Beer is fermented. Does beer cure anything? |
That question is a belter.
Beer cures... |
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elynnor
Joined: 08 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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Zenpickle
Joined: 06 Jan 2004
Location: Anyang -- Bisan
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 6:44 am Post subject: |
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| So we've invented a fan that cures bird flu but not a fan that cures fan death. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:26 am Post subject: |
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| jamhead wrote: |
| Beer is fermented. Does beer cure anything? |
The fact you need to ask is a sacrilege in itself. |
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The Bobster
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:43 am Post subject: |
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| Zenpickle wrote: |
| So we've invented a fan that cures bird flu but not a fan that cures fan death. |
Aplause. |
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jamhead
Joined: 20 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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Hollywoodaction,
All I'm saying is, it seems like they're saying that anything fermented has healing qualities - ridiculous.
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:43 pm Post subject: |
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| It's hard to believe in anything since I lost my lucky astrology moodwatch.... |
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