Who would have thought?<\/p>\n
Researchers at the Seoul National University impregnated the resin used to make laminate flooring with colloidal silver. Not only did the silver inhibit bacterial growth on the floor surface, but surprisingly, cockroaches avoided it.<\/p>\n
In the test of cockroach avoidance, for the silver iontreated,
\nlaminate wood flooring, the relative avoidance rate
\nwas 88.2% and 86.0%, before and after environmental
\ntreatment, respectively. With colloidal silver treatment
\nonto the surface of the laminate flooring, using MF resin
\nfor overlay paper impregnation, we have found an
\nenvironmentally friendly, interior material. Under this
\nframework, our data facilitate further study and insight
\ninto the biological effects of colloidal silver. In particular to
\nobtain an explanation for cockroach avoidance of colloidal
\nsilver impregnated surfaces.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nIt makes me wonder how cockroaches could sense silver in the laminate in the first place, and why they would avoid it in the second. Are roaches smarter than people?<\/p>\n
You can download the report at www.adhesion.org<\/a> if you feel so inclined to read about roaches \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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