Thosenano - silver socksyou’ve been using to sop up the social status of your jock ’s base — not only are they leaching poisons into fish habitats every time you wash them , their result on your own stemma flow could be just as forged ; but the EPA ’s not doing anything about it . Fed up by government inactiveness , a consumer safety group is now suing the EPA for failing to influence nanomaterials .
https://gizmodo.com/your-smelly-ass-feet-are-killing-the-planet-376969
silver medal has long been known to have antimicrobial powers , and with nanotech ( and salutary hygienics ) being all the rage , companies have added nanoparticle ash grey to everything from children ’s toy to wash machines . But as elements get smaller , the fashion they react to their environments exchange — and nobody ’s sure that itty wee silvern pieces are n’t going to kill us all .
survey have already testify that nano - ash grey is screwing with Fish and destroying benignant bacteria at wastewater facility . The legal request asks the EPA to regulate nano - silver as a pesticide , insist on product labels , and psychoanalyze the potential human wellness effects ( peculiarly on child ) before allowing nano - silver goods to be sold .
So unless you absolutely have no other style of keeping thing unobjectionable and feel - free , put down off the nano - atomic number 47 for now , mmkay ? [ ICTAviaNY Times ]
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