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posted by janrinok on Thursday August 06 2015, @06:13AM   Printer-friendly
from the for-your-golden-cereals dept.

Consumers may soon be able to go for longer between milk-buying trips. That's because Brazilian company Agrindus hopes to start marketing plastic milk bottles that use embedded silver nanoparticles to kill bacteria. Grade A pasteurized fresh whole milk packaged in those bottles can reportedly last for up to 15 days, as opposed to the usual seven.

The technology was developed by partner company Nanox, and involves first coating silica ceramic particles with silver nanoparticles. This reportedly has a synergistic effect, with the silica boosting the antimicrobial properties of the silver.

Those coated particles take the form of a powder that is subsequently mixed into liquid polyethylene. Using blow- or injection-molding, that plastic is then made into bottles which Agrindus plans to sell to dairy goods companies. The particles can also be used to make milk bags, which should extend shelf life from four to 10 days.


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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday August 06 2015, @02:17PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 06 2015, @02:17PM (#219082) Journal

    Silvadene Cream.

    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/meds/a682598.html [nih.gov]

    http://www.drugs.com/pro/silvadene.html [drugs.com]

    I've had my rounds with it. The stuff is great. I swear, when you really need it, the feeling resulting from slathering it on your arm (or wherever) is better than any sex you might dream about. The pain just stopped. Gone.

    Of course, the pain relief doesn't last. The sweet relief lasts - ohhh - ten to twenty minutes. By then, the doc should have given you something powerful to keep the pain at bay.

    As an antibiotic, I guess it's alright. I didn't get infected when I used it. The side benefit that many might miss, is the moisturizing effect. You don't dry out while there is a layer of silvadene on the burned area.

    Your experience and my own sound so different, I wonder if you got some knockoff branded stuff that skimped on the active ingredients - primarily silver.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday August 06 2015, @02:20PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 06 2015, @02:20PM (#219084) Journal

    And, oh yeah - there IS an expiration date on the stuff. I almost forgot about that. I had a huge tub of the stuff left over, which sat in the refrigerator for several years. When my sons were burnt, I pulled that out - and it was near useless by that time. It wouldn't spread properly, and the boys got little if any pain relief from it. So - maybe you got some old, outdated silvadene?