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Germ-zapping Robots Enhance Patient
Searching For The Truth
Safety at Seven Rivers Regional
Ever Wonder Why a Walk in a Forest
is so Refreshing in Summer?
Over a course of a single growing season, forests pump millions of gallons of
water into the air. This is why walk-
ing through a forest on a hot summer
day is so refreshing. Even a single
tree pumps dozens of gallons of wa-
ter from its roots to its leaves each
day. How is this possible? The
hot sun on the leaves causes water
to evaporate from the leaves. This
evaporating water creates a vacuum
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water (352) 489-4588 Fax: (727) it is being
sucked up a drinking straw. Water molecules have been tracked moving as
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fast as 25 miles per hour up through the trunk of a tree! Over 90% of the water
which moves from the ground into the leaves of a tree is evaporated from the
surface of the leaves. Only 2% of the water is used for photosynthesis. It is
this massive amount of evaporation that provides the driving force to suck so
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much water out of the ground and carry it hundreds of feet into the air.
As hospitals across the nation look for new and innovative ways to battle deadly
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Even a small grove of trees removes tons of water from the soil and releases it
Regional Medical om Russell, Publin her:germ-zapping robots@gmail.com hard-to-kill
Email, TCenter has invested is two thenewscaster1 that eliminate
into the air each day. It has been estimated that an apple tree gives off 16,000
pounds of water to the air during one season. This an
growing is amazing
bugs inEhard-to-cleanie Russell, Editor:use bbienexenon ster@gmail.com
mail, Debb places. The robots de pulsed wsca ultraviolet (UV-C) light that is
25,000 times morespowerful than Web: wwwTheNewscaster.com
Vi it us on the sunlight to destroy harmful bacteria, viruses, fungi and bac-
system involving capillary flow, hydrogen bonding of water molecules, osmo-
terial spores. The system is effective against even the most dangerous pathogens, including
sis, and vacuum pressure. Trees are God's method of humidifying the world.
Clostridium difficile (C. diff), norovirus, influenza, and staph bacteria, including Methicillin-
And all this happens in total silence! What an example of God's engineering
resistant Staphylococcus aureus, better known as MRSA. In the photo: With new names BELLA
excellence.
and HAIDEN displayed on their sides, the ultraviolet light germ-zapping robots at Seven Rivers
He brings the clouds... to water his Earth and show his love. - Job 37:13 (NIV)
Regional Medical Center are joined by team members from the environmental services, infec-
tion prevention and administrative teams. The robots are being used to eliminate hard-to-kill
Based on, Inspired Evidence a book by Bruce Malone, 2011
bugs in hard-to-clean places.
Presented by Bob Allen, Biologist-Paid Advertisement
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