silver pollution Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:39:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Silver Nanoparticles Not Green, But Threat to Ecosystems https://www.greenoptimistic.com/silver-nanoparticles-ecosystems-20130228/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/silver-nanoparticles-ecosystems-20130228/#respond Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:39:01 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=34224 Silver nanoparticles, used in various consumer products, were found to reduce the biomass of plants and microbes by one third, only five days after application. The study that revealed these findings was conducted by a team at Duke University. The scientists are convinced that although the findings are preliminary, they explain much of the unknown […]

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