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New method of silver coating surfaces reported.

SwampboySwampboy Posts: 12,987 ✭✭✭✭✭
I came across this item while reading about new nano-technologies in the NYTs and thought to report it here.

"Nano-engineers have developed a way to coat both hard surfaces (like hospital bed rails, doorknobs and furniture) and also soft surfaces (sheets, gowns and curtains) with microscopic nanoparticles of silver, an element known to kill microbes. You’d think the new nano-coating would offer a silver bullet, be a godsend to patients stricken with hospital-acquired sepsis and pneumonia, and to doctors fighting what has become a nightmare of antibiotic-resistant micro-organisms that can kill tens of thousands of people a year."

Over under on silver 'infused 'clothing being sold at Nordstrom? image

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  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 6,909 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Over image

    “We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”

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  • derrybderryb Posts: 36,792 ✭✭✭✭✭
    nothing wrong with more demand.

    "Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey

  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 33,012 ✭✭✭✭✭
    over

    "clothing"

    socks, absolutely
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It amuses me to see this, although, it is quite effective. The amusement comes from my experience in industry (electronics/aerospace) where environmental whacko's fought (and succeeded) to stop the use of lead based solder because of danger of landfill contamination. The replacement is a silver alloy. The interesting (and scientific) fact is, lead will not leach.... as is often claimed. However, silver, which is fatal to aquatic life, leaches quickly in soil and water. Ignorance has once again triumphed. Cheers, RickO
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