Regulations on nano silver

[Agent11]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co...12201979.html?nav=rss_email/components

The article mostly describes nano particles of silver used in anti bacterial applications. I do not know exactly how small of particles Arctic silver uses and the regulation seems to only be aimed at anti bacterial products right now, although I wonder how this would impact other nano silver products..could it lead to higher prices and reduced availability?

Exactly how small of particles does arctic silver use?

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: Agent11
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co...12201979.html?nav=rss_email/components

The article mostly describes nano particles of silver used in anti bacterial applications. I do not know exactly how small of particles Arctic silver uses and the regulation seems to only be aimed at anti bacterial products right now, although I wonder how this would impact other nano silver products..could it lead to higher prices and reduced availability?

Exactly how small of particles does arctic silver use?

Read the article closer....Under the new determination, first reported on Tuesday by the Daily Environment Report, a Washington publication, and confirmed yesterday by the EPA, any company wishing to sell a product that it claims will kill germs by the release of nanotech silver or related technology will first have to provide scientific evidence that the product does not pose an environmental risk.



key words highlighted!!

I don`t believe AS5 or any other thermal compound touts killing germs as a use of...

 

[Trippytiger]

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
I don`t believe AS5 or any other thermal compound touts killing germs as a use of...

They should, though. Just think - not only does it help keep your processor cool, it prevents viruses too!

 

[keeleysam]

Originally posted by: Trippytiger

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
I don`t believe AS5 or any other thermal compound touts killing germs as a use of...

They should, though. Just think - not only does it help keep your processor cool, it prevents viruses too!

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[Agent11]

I was wondering because if they regulate nano silver in anti bacterial applications because of some environmental or health concerns you would think that other nano silver products would also be regulated.
I'm not even sure that arctic silver actually uses small enough particles though.. is the size of the particles available?

this is what they have on their website
Contains 99.9% pure silver:
Arctic Silver 5 uses three unique shapes and sizes of pure silver particles to maximize particle-to-particle contact area and thermal transfer.

High-Density:
Arctic Silver 5 contains over 88% thermally Conductive filler by weight. In addition to micronized silver, Arctic Silver 5 also contains sub-micron zinc oxide, aluminum oxide and boron nitride particles. These thermally-enhanced ceramic particles improve the compound's performance and long-term stability.

micronized

 

[soydios]

AS5 uses silver crystals, not antibacterial silver oxide.

 

[BladeVenom]

As long as Artic Silver doesn't claim their product will kill germs, they won't be affected.

 

[lenjack]

keelysam...Bacteria and viruses are not the same. They are 2 entirely different entities.

 

[Agent11]

"This is something of a test case," said Andrew Maynard, chief scientific adviser for the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Washington-based Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

"Nanotechnology can mean so many different things," Maynard said, because the technology is used to make a variety of products. "Specific examples like this will gradually help us make clear decisions as to whether existing regulatory approaches are adequate."

'The Sharper Image, which until recently advertised as anti-microbial several products containing nanosilver, has dropped all such references from its marketing materials.'

In such cases, Jones said, the EPA will not act. "Unless you're making a claim to kill a pest, you're not a pesticide," he said.
Advocates of tougher regulation oppose that approach.

"Its sounds like a major legal loophole and is probably something that will have to be dealt with in the courts," said Mae Wu, a lawyer at the Natural Resources Defense Council, which has been pushing the EPA to regulate nanosilver.'


The article is not nearly as clearcut as it may appear..
Also Soydios it is not talking about Silver Oxide. . And where did you hear that AS5 uses Silver 'crystals'?