Is nanosilver toxic?

Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 12:31 in Earth & Climate

According to Finnish-Estonian joint research with data obtained on two crustacean species, there is apparently no reason to consider silver nanoparticles more dangerous for aquatic ecosystems than silver ions. The results were reported in the journal Environmental Science and Pollution Research late last year. Jukka Niskanen has utilized the same polymerisation and coupling reactions in his doctoral dissertation.

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