Quick Loans For Better Testing: Nano-Silver and the EPA

Quick loans for better product testing

Does the EPA need quick loans of some good, common sense, I ask you? Sometimes, cleaning and disinfecting can go too far. It can go so far that immediate action is required to cleanup the cleanup. Such is the case with germ-killing nano-silver.

The Center For Food Safety’s True Food Network Web site urges concerned Americans to lobby their elected officials and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about this potentially dangerous substance that is found in scores of household products. Nano-silver appears in over 300 products currently, from appliances, clothing and cutlery to toys, product packaging and more. In total, many of the current products containing nano-silver are marketed toward children. Quick thinking loans itself to the theory that children are even being targeted by such products, simply because of the germ-killing potential. But it is simply too much of a risk, potentially.

According to True Food Network, studies have shown that “nano-silver can harm fish and aquatic ecosystems, potentially interfere with beneficial bacteria in our bodies and the environment, encourage the development of more virulent harmful bacteria, and directly interact with our genes, interfering with DNA replication.” Yet there has been no official safety testing done by the agency that is charged with protecting the health of American citizens!

What is nano-silver?

Nanoparticle silver (”nano-silver”) is advertised as having germ killing abilities. It’s a product of micro-sized nanotechnology, a technology powerful where matter can be reconstructed on the atomic and molecular levels. While vaguely related to regular silver, scientists tend to agree that nano-silver is rather different and it, like other nanoparticles, should be safety tested before humans are exposed to products that contain it. Despite little or no testing, nanotechnology continues to make advances in the consumer market. Now, nano-silver is the most common commercialized nano-material - and the full health and environmental impacts of the substance are unknown! ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Quick Loans For Better Testing: Nano-Silver and the EPA"