Nano-silver for sustainable antimicrobial textiles

Since time immemorial, silver has been used to cure a whole series of illnesses, and especially infections. Already in ancient Greece and Rome and in the Middle Ages it was used to disinfect water and food supplies as well as to cure burns and gaping wounds.

During the past centuries the efficiency and safety of silver as an antimicrobial agent have been largely proved.

The advantages of silver as disinfectant:

• proved efficiency
• proved broad spectre antiseptic action
• healing action
• few side effects
• excellent skin compatibility
• hypoallergenic

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