Odor-fighting silver out in wash Silver ions are such effective anti-microbial agents that there are now hundreds of consumer products with small amounts of the metal, in the form of nanoparticles that release ions slowly. Among those products are socks
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This entry was posted on December 11, 2009 at 10:51 pm and is filed under Technology.