Water Treatment , Purification and Waste Water Industry“ In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommended the allowable levels of silver present in drinking water be set at 100 ppb, and most of the Company’s systems are designed to inject ionic silver well below the limit, at a rate of 60 ppb. Proving efficacy at only 10 ppb is significant in that cost comparisons with traditional disinfectants such as chlorine become more favorable and the initial capital outlay for end users is greatly reduced.”
How People Use It :

Treat pools, fountains, humidifiers, Jacuzzi’s, hot tubs, baths, dishwashers, re-circulating cooling tower water..etc Add to suspected drinking water when traveling or camping.


Bio-terrorism & Governments fights against Pandemic Flu / SARS or Bird Flu
“Silver is known to be effective against multiple disease-causing pathogenic microorganisms, including anthrax, diphtheria, influenza, whooping cough, and typhoid. In fact, it appears to be nature's most powerful antibiotic. According to experts, no microorganism ever tested has been able to stay alive for more than six minutes when exposed directly to colloidal silver. It is also recognized as one of the most potent antidotes for food poisoning.”

Bird Flu : “Subway and train stations in London and other parts of the UK are considering using a powerful, non-toxic colloidal
silver disinfectant spray to help fend off the spread of the flu virus this winter after Hong Kong subways recently announced its
use of the spray. The MTR company revealed this morning its plan to use nano silver-titanium dioxide coating”  
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Civilians Protections / Water Treatment - In Case of Natural Disasters ( Earth Quake / Flood / Hurricane ... etc )
Nano Silver can be used in different forms (including injectable in researching for new vaccines ).
City cleaning and disinfecting, including public buildings. Painting the public buildings with water based paint mixed with nano
silver particles for mold free and germs free areas.
City waste water disinfectant.
“Silver has become the latest agent in the fight against airborne toxins, as well other industrial poisons, in the Japanese work
place.”
Mix in postage stamp, envelope, and tape moistening wells, paint and paste pots to prevent bacterial growth, odors, spoiling or
souring.
Soft Drinks Industry
Add when canning, preserving or bottling.
“According to a company that provides technology for the commercial use of silver-based water purification systems, at least some of it is being used by American soft drink bottlers! They claim that more than half of American soft drink bottling companies now use silver to sterilize water. What’ more, the global community is now rapidly moving toward using silver as a safe and effective treatment for drinking water worldwide. Indeed, a recent draft of a new European Union Drinking Water Standard has removed any upper limit for silver in drinking water, following the World Health Organization’s Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality, which states: It is unnecessary to recommend any health-based guideline for silver as it is not
hazardous to human heath.”


Cosmetic Industry
Nano anti ageing products. Body care and other cosmetic products.
Add when canning, preserving or bottling.
Bath products / Deodorant / Cosmetics
Detergents & Hygiene Industry
Toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, shampoo / Detergent
Treatment for dry skin, pimples, and itches / Mouthwash
Bath products / Gingivitis / Deodorant / Cosmetics
How People Use It :On toilet seats, bowls, tile floors, sinks, urinals, door knobs.
Excellent for diapers and diaper rash.
Prevent carpets, drapes and wallpaper from mildewing.
Wipe telephone mouthpieces, pipe stems, headphones, hearing aids, eyeglass frames, hairbrushes, combs, loofas.
Use routinely in laundry final rinse water and always before packing away seasonal clothes.
Add to dishwater, cleaning and mopping solutions, etc.
Damp clothes or towels and washcloths will not sour or mildew.
Medical products & Medical Industry
Anti-itch treatment  / Eczema, Athlete's Foot treatment/Medicine containers
Germ free products/Antibacterial products / Antibiotics Rhinitis Treatment / Cold medicine
How People Use It :Silver-sprayed burns heal rapidly without scarring
Safely sterilize anything from toothbrushes to surgical instruments.
Use topically on cuts, wounds, abrasions, rashes, sunburn, insect bites, razor nicks and bandages.
Use like peroxide on zits and acne.
Spray in shoes and between toes to stop most skin itch, athletes foot and fungi.
Diminish dandruff, psoriasis, skin rashes, etc.
Add to bath water, gargle, douches, colon irrigation, nasal spray and dental water-pic solutions.
Cuts downtime dramatically from colds, flu, pneumonia, staph, strep, respiratory infections and rhino viruses.
Skin itch, eye irritation or infection (dilute a small amount with an equal amount of distilled water for eye use) and ear infections
(warm slightly first), some moles and warts vanish (put on band aid pad and wear on wart overnight each night until gone).
Use with Q-tips on fingernail, toenail, and ear fungi.
Can impede tooth decay and bad breath.
Unlike pharmaceutical antibiotics, Silver never permits strain-resistant pathogens to evolve.
Toothaches, mouth sores, bacterial irritations are diminished.Soak dentures.

Shoe Industry
How People Use It :Kills persistent odors.
Spray inside shoes, watch bands and gloves and under fingernails periodically.
Textile & Clothing Products Industry
Beds and blankets, pillows, linens / clothes, masks, socks, underware
Shoes, Insoles
How People Use It :Rinse invalid's pillowcases, sheets, towels and bedclothes.
Electronics & Communications Industry
It prevents electric charging and cut-off of electron waves in electronic products such as cellular phones, computers,
semiconductor lines, optical filters, fibers, wallpaper, and glass coatings. Nanosilver is also used as a catalyst, sensor, optical
filter, PDP electrode, and LCD Spacer in materials, chemicals, machinery, information and electronic devices.
Plastic and Electronics IndustryRefrigerator, Washer / Antibacterial for toys / Electromagnetic shielding

“Samsung India Electronics, a leader in consumer technology products, today announced the launch of an entire range of
“Silver Nano Health System”; home appliances. Over 55 new models of washing machines, refrigerators and air conditioners
will be available with sophisticated silver-technology that minimizes the spread of bacteria in the home.”
How People Use It :Spray air conditioner filters after cleaning.
Swab air ducts and vents to prevent breeding sites for germs.
Spray refrigerator, freezer and food storage bin interiors.
Construction Industry
Cement ProductsAntibacterial cement: Anti-mold, anti-odor / Hospitals, cafeterias, schools, apartments, houses / Public facilities
Paint products ( Mold Free, Antibacterial and Energy Saver)
Antibacterial paint (oil based, water based, epoxy) / Hospitals, cafeterias, schools, apartments, houses / Public facilities
“Antimicrobial coatings shall provide a long lasting protection against microorganisms during the lifetime of the coated product.
Additionally neither humans nor the environment are to be negatively affected by the antimicrobial agent. Therefore, antimicrobial coatings are required, where the antimicrobial effect is restricted to the immediate vicinity of the surface and a minimum elution of the antimicrobial agent into the environment takes place. To address this issue from the testing point of view a novel high throughput testing technology is used that determines the optimal concentration of the antimicrobial agent under realistic conditions at much higher sensitivity as conventional methods. As an example for a successful development the use of metallic NanoSilver / MicroSilver as an antimicrobial agent in coatings will be presented. NanoSilver / MicroSilver particles with a high porosity and a high surface area exhibit excellent antimicrobial efficacy at low dosage.”
How People Use It :Add to water-based paints, wallpaper paste etc.
Food Industry & Food storage products
Versatile wrap / Antibacterial containers, rice storage containers, grains storage
How People Use It :Spray on top of contents of opened jam, jelly, and condiment containers and inside lids before replacing.
Add to juices and milk to prevent spoiling, fermenting, deteriorating, clabbering or curdling.
Add when canning, preserving or bottling.
Packaging Industry & Paper Industry
Antibacterial wallpapers / Antibacterial filters (automobiles, humidifiers, air conditioners, vacuum cleaners
Nano silver is used in producing plastic bottles, paper and cardboard containers.
Consumer Products - Environment friendly medical productsEnvironmental toxic substance cleanser / Prevention of pest in forests
How People Use It :Treat shower stalls, tubs, fonts, animal watering troughs, shavers to avoid trading germs.
Rinse fruit and vegetables before storing or using.
Put in cooking water.
Mix a little in pet water, birdbaths, cut flower vases.
Spray pet bedding and let dry.
Mist kitchen sponges, towels, cutting boards to eliminate E. Coli and salmonella bacteria to prevent food poisoning &
gastrointestinal inflammation.
Spray on garbage to prevent decay odors.
Agricultural Industry
Agrochemical replacement  / Hydroponics / Golf course grass, virus elimination
How People Use It :Eliminate unwanted microorganisms in planter soils and hydroponics systems.
Spray plant foliage to stop fungi, molds, rot, and most plant diseases.
Silver is an excellent plant-growth stimulator.

There are literally thousands of other essential uses for this odorless, nearly tasteless and colorless, totally benign, powerful,
non-toxic disinfectant and healing agent.

You'll find that a spray or misting bottle of Nano Silver Dispersion may be the most useful health enhancement tool in your
environment.

Disclaimer: This article on Colloidal Silver has been written and presented strictly for informational and educational purposes only. ... The information
conveyed herein is based on pharmacological and other records both ancient and modern. ... No claims whatsoever as to any specific benefits
accruing from the use of  Silver
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The antibacterial property of silver has been know for thousands of years with the ancient Greeks cooking from silver pots and the old adage 'born with a sliver spoon in his mouth' referring to more than just wealth.  Eating with a silver spoon was known to be more hygienic.

Manufacturing entire objects from pure silver is prohibitively expensive for consumer items but research has found that impregnating other materials with silver nanoparticles is a practical way to exploit the germ fighting properties of silver.

How Silver Nanoparticles Work

The extremely small size of nanoparticles means they exhibit enhanced or different properties when compared with the bulk material.  The extremely small size of nanoparticles results in the particles having a large surface area relative to their volume.  In the case of silver nanoparticles this allows them to easily interact with other particles and increases their antibacterial efficiency.  This effect can be so great that one gram of silver nanoparticles is all that is required to give anticaverial properties to hundred of square metres of substrate material.

In order to understand how silver nanoparicles kill pathogens, an understanding of how bacteria, viruses and fungus live and grow is required.

Bacteria

All bacteria use an enzyme as a form of 'chemical lung' in order to metabolise oxygen.  Silver ions cripple the enzyme and stop the take up of oxygen.  This effectively suffocates any bacteria, killing it within 6 minutes and leaving surrounding tissue or material unaffected.

Viruses

Viruses grow by taking over another living cell and reprogramming the nucleus to replicate the virus rather than the healthy cell.  As part of this process, the cell reverts to a more primitive form that relies upon a primitive form of oxygen metabolizing enzymes as a chemical lung.  Again the silver ions stop oxygen being brought into the virus-producing cell and it dies by suffocation.

Fungus

A fungus is composed of a series of single cells.  Each cell survives by means of a 'chemical lung' much like that seen in bacteria.  Just like bacteria, the presence of silver ions disables the chemical lung and the fungus dies.

Drug Resistant Pathogens

Antibiotic drugs can be used to kill the pathogens attacked by silver nanoparticles but bacteria and viruses are becoming increasingly resistant to drug therapies.  Silver nanoparticles kill all types of fungal infections, bacteria and viruses, including antibiotic resistant strains.  No drug based antibiotic is effective on all types of bacteria.  Additionally, research to date has shown that bacteria have been unable to develop any immunity to silver.

Environmental Considerations

Elemental silver occurs naturally .  It is considered non-toxic, non-allergenic, is not cumulative and is not known to harm either wildlife or the environment.

Products made with silver nanoparticles have been approved by a range of accredited bodies, including the U.S. FDA, U.S. EPA, SIAA of Japan, Korea's Testing and Research Institute for Chemical Industry and FITI Testing & Research Institute.

Antibacterial Applications
Major Consumer goods manufacturers  like LG and Samsung already produce household items that utilise the antibacterial properties of silver nanoparticles.  These products include nano-silver lined refrigerators, air conditioners and washing machines.

Other current applications for silver nanoparticle impregnated materials include:

• Toys
• Baby pacifiers
• Clothing
• Food storage containers
• Face masks
• HEPA filters
• Laundry detergent

Medical Applications
Other potential applications for silver nanoparticles include:

• Diagnostic biomedical optical imaging
• Biological implants (like heart valves)
• Dressings and bandages

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People have known for centuries that silver kills germs, but only recently have scientists discovered how the white metal does its work.

Bacteria before contacting silver

Bacteria after contacting silver

 One question that has eluded scientists is why silver is harmful to bacteria but doesn’t hurt humans. Albert T. McManus former Chief of Microbiology, USA Institute of Surgical Research at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, says that silver interrupts a bacteria cell’s ability to form chemical bonds essential to its survival.

These bonds are integral to the cell’s physical structure, so bacteria in the presence of silver essentially falls apart. Cells in humans and other animals have thick walls and are not disturbed by silver.

This feature of silver may be the answer to the overuse of antibiotics which is causing strains of microbes resistant to drugs. Studies conducted over decades at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in New York, show that even at less than one part per billion in pure water, silver disrupts bacteria cells permanently.

Antibiotics, on the other hand, like penicillin, are bacteriostatic — they temporarily stop the growth of bacteria. This action is faster than that of silver, but when the drugs cease their attachment to the bacteria, the bacteria reactivates and becomes resistant to the drug.

Using powerful electron microscopes, scientists at Tsinguha University in Beijing, China, can actually see silver react with bacteria. Using a common E. coli bacterium -- often the culprit in food poisoning -- researchers can watch silver destroy the cell wall and alter the nucleus, or center of the cell.

Consultancy DisplaySearch estimates that worldwide sales of 2002 flat panel TV displays will reach 1.82 million units, possibly doubling in 2003 as more consumers replace their older TV sets.

Manufacturers are mum on the amount of silver used in flat panel displays, but estimates peg this at an average of one gram per unit, which could consume 113,000 ounces in 2003. Electrical and electronic applications consumed 132.5 million ounces of silver in 2001.

Eliminating bacteria is only part of silver’s action. Silver also heals wounds, which is why it is being used on gauze bandages and hospital dressings. According to studies conducted by R.O. Becker, M.D., Upstate Medical Center, University of Syracuse, Syracuse, New York, silver ions turn mature cells into stem (starter) cells which foster the rate of reconstruction of lost and damaged cells. He observed that especially when driven by a small electric current, wounds touched by silver ions produced large numbers of stem cells. No other known technique is capable of producing this effect.

This procedure has been in practical clinical use over two decades and has achieved restorations ranging from replacement of finger tips, including the original fingerprint, to severe hand-palm wounds restored to its original condition, including nerves.

Silver News - Fourth Quarter 2003 Samuel Etris, Senior Technical Consultant to The Silver Institute

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To find Kim Hyung Gyoon's office in Samsung's R. and D. complex, just follow the baskets of dirty clothes. No, Kim is not running the company laundromat. As chief of Samsung's Washing & Cleaning Technology Group, he's the man behind a new washing machine that deposits tiny silver particles — about 1/10,000 the thickness of a human hair — onto clothes to make them bacteria- and odor-free without the need for hot water.

The device represents the first mass-produced application of this type of nanotechnology — the science of very small structures — to home appliances. "In summer of 2002, I asked everyone in the office to take off their socks," says Kim, 48, a short, talkative man with large glaring eyes. "I took one sock from each person and placed it in a regular washing machine; the others were washed in a machine with the Ag+ Nano System. The next day, I asked everyone to check the odor of their socks after a day's wear. One began to stink, and the other was odorless."

Kim says he came up with the idea five years ago while on a business trip to Japan, where he learned of a brand of socks that retained their freshness even after many days of unwashed wear and tear. Tiny strands of silver with disinfectant qualities were woven into the fabric. When he got back to Seoul, Kim applied the principle to washing machines.

Here's how it works: a grapefruit-sized device near the tub uses electrical currents to nano-shave two silver plates the size of chewing-gum sticks. The resulting silver particles are sprayed into the tub during the wash cycle. According to the [an error occurred while processing this directive] Korea Testing & Research Institute for the Chemical Industry, Samsung's device kills 99.9% of bacteria and fungi. Kim says garments stay germ-free for up to a month after being laundered. The Ag+ Nano device went on sale in March 2003 (just ahead of other silver nanotech appliances from competitors LG and Daewoo) and costs around $1,150; the revolutionary technology is also being used in Samsung's refrigerators and air conditioners.

No wonder: consumers seem to like a little silver in their spin cycles. Since Samsung's nano-armed products were first launched, they have brought in an estimated $779 million in revenue. Overall, nanotech has been one of science's fastest-growing fields in recent years, with potential applications in fields as diverse as energy production and toothpaste manufacture. The nanotech market is projected to be worth $1 trillion by 2015.

Nanotechnology has its detractors, though. Lee Jo Won, director of Tera-level Nanodevices, a Seoul-based state-run R. and D. organization, believes "there is always danger with new technologies. We've done testing in laboratories with rats, and certain nano-sized particles ended up imbedded in rats' lungs after consistent exposure. However, with silver, I don't foresee problems, as it's a disinfectant."

Because this is such a hotly competitive field — Daewoo has introduced air conditioners that spray vitamin C into the environment — Kim isn't about to divulge what other nanotech projects he's working on. But one thing's for sure — from now on, even his dirtiest clothes will have a silver lining.


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News Release

Calgary, AB (September 10, 2009) - Dr. Robert Burrell, inventor of Acticoat™ antimicrobial wound dressings, will receive this year's $100,000 EnCana Principal Award from the Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation.

The nanocrystalline silver coated dressings are used in clinical practice in over 40 countries around the world to prevent life threatening infections and promote wound healing.

Acticoat™ is the world's first commercial therapeutic application of nanotechnology. Since 1997, the nanotech dressings have become the treatment of choice in settings such as burn units, diabetic foot clinics, chronic wound clinics and nursing homes. Dr. Mayer Tenenhaus, who treats about 300 burn patients a year at the University of California at San Diego Medical Center, says that Acticoat™ is "the biggest breakthrough in wound care in the last 40 years."

The sustained release of silver from Acticoat™ dressings mean that they can be left in place for days, thus saving the patient the pain and trauma of frequent dressing changes. The unique coatings also have potent anti-inflammatory activity. The dressings have saved limbs and lives, allowed pediatric burn patients to safely recover at home, and healed decades-old debilitating wounds in weeks.

Burrell is the lead inventor on over 290 patents and patents pending related to Acticoat™ technology. He began developing the innovation in the 1990s in his role as a research director with Westaim Biomedical Corp. A microbiologist by training, he also grew to become a renowned expert in burn and chronic wound healing. Today Burrell is the Canada Research Chair in Nanostructured Biomaterials and a professor with both the Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta.

Acticoat™ dressings and related products are manufactured by NUCRYST Pharmaceuticals Corp. in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta and marketed internationally by UK-based Smith and Nephew Plc. NUCRYST, a spinoff of the Westaim Corp., supports the local economy with over 100 high tech manufacturing jobs.

The Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation

This year the Foundation will award $145,000 to leading Canadian innovators plus $20,000 to Young Canadians chosen at the 2009 Canada-Wide Science Fair.

The Foundation was established in 1980 to promote and support Canadian innovators. This is the 6th year that the Principal Award has been sponsored by EnCana Corporation, one of Canada's leading oil and gas companies. Since 1982, the Foundation has presented over $4 million in prize money. The 2009 awards will be presented at an awards gala on Friday, September 18 in Vancouver, BC.

A Media Backgrounder about the innovator and his work is now available on the Foundation's website, with video available after September 18, 2009: www.manningawards.ca

For more information on the Foundation, contact Bruce Fenwick, Executive Director: 403-645-8288 or bruce.fenwick@encana.com

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