Toxicity of antimicrobial silver in products can be reduced

Chemists in Finland have managed to manufacture new polymer-stabilized silver nanoparticles. The result is significant because the antimicrobial characteristics of silver are used in textiles, floor coatings and paints even though the impact on health of silver nanoparticles are not entirely known. Researchers now think that exposure to silver can be reduced by chemically binding the nanoparticles to polymers.

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