With so many dangers nowadays that are so much bigger than us - global warming and a recession on the rise, anyone? - it’s not completely our faults that was ignore those small things that can pose just as many threats as the larger culprits. But here we are, looking at this nasty silver nanoparticles again!  Who would have thought they could cause so much trouble?

In addition to those socks, also, “silver nanoparticles lace the insides of mattresses, bandages, washing machines, baby soothers, teddy bears and socks” according to organicconsumers.org and the site also warns that “the question of toxicity and human-engineered nanomaterials is one scientists and regulators struggle to understand. And one that consumers barely know about.”

So there we have it, time to start some research.