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Nano-Zapp Zips West

Nano-Zapp, a germ-killing, silver-based spray popular in Japan, will soon be available outside Asia.

La Jolla, California-based Roseland, LLC has acquired from the inventor, Daido Steel/Asukatec, Inc., the rights to distribute the spray in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, and Europe. Nano-Zapp is being prepared for review and registration with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The silver-based spray is currently being used in Japanese hospitals, nursing homes, ambulances, hotels, schools, athletic facilities, food processing facilities, restaurants, spas, kennels, trains, buses, airplanes and cruise lines. It is also sold over the counter for consumer use in homes. Japanese tests indicated that the product can also be mixed with paint to provide a lasting barrier against bacteria, fungus, virus and mildew on all hard surfaces. In addition to its anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, and anti-viral applications, the product also deodorizes.

Roseland’s president William T. Grant said that further tests are being conducted in Japan using Nano-Zapp against SARS and Avian flu.

The product has been approved for use by Japan’s Society of Industrial Technology Antimicrobial Articles (SIAA) as well as Japan’s Research Institute of Tuberculosis, the Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, and the Japanese Food Research Laboratory.

Silver News - Fourth Quarter 2005