"Miracle Food Storage"

[Bill]

First of all, I tried to post this in the "Other Topics" forum under Silver Health. But, it would appear that only admins can post in that forum. Why is that? Anyway, I'll just post it here and you mods can move it if needed.

Today, I started browsing through my Sharper Image catalog when a particular item (or set of items, rather) caught my attention. They have a set of these new food containers that claim to keep food fresher and longer. Obviously, the first thing that struck my mind was "silver!" Sure enough, the plastic is impregnated with silver nanoparticles. They even have plastic storage bags with silver in them! I was wondering when I'd see a product like this hit the market. As with most "cutting edge technology" items that The Sharper Image sells, they aren't exactly cheap (as far as typical plastic food storage goes), but they don't seem to cost an arm and a leg either. I'm sure it's just a matter of time before more affordable versions are available to the average Joe.

Is it just me, or can anyone else envision this as becoming a standard in food storage in the future? I can just see Ziploc jumping on a bandwagon to keep from losing too many sales. Anyway, here is a link to the product...http://sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/product/sku__ZN020 More good news for silver :)

-Bill

[oroborean]

Yes, Bill, it can be this good! People worried about the declining use of silver in photography have no clue about the next generation of silver applications. In addition to being highly conductive for use in industrial products, AG is also antibacterial and therefore has medical use as well. In addition to the bags with the silver lining, I've seen sites selling dissolved nanoparticles of silver in water as a sort of health tonic. There's also some clothes that have silver woven into the fabrics that supposedly make them stain resistant and longer lasting. The thing about all of these products is that they use a relatively tiny amount of silver, so as the spot price rises, unit cost per item could remain fairly stable and competetive, but over time contribute to a dwindling silver supply.

You're totally correct about needing a major corporation to get a silver product out in the mainstream for this to take hold and really start moving silver!

[Peter Spina]

Sorry for the error in posting in that forum. The permissions have been fixed to allow future postings there.

Kind Regards,
Peter