From period pants or ‘leakproof’ underwear to sportswear, socks – and even ‘recovery-boosting’ post-surgery bras sold by Britain’s biggest cancer charity – all sorts of clothing is sold nowadays containing a material claimed to kill germs, prevent odour and even prevent infections.
That material is silver. It’s woven as tiny particles into clothes as an anti-bacterial agent.
And silver-infused clothing is a lucrative market, now worth an estimated £10.5billion worldwide, according to analysts Research and Markets – and it is projected to more than double by 2030.
But growing scientific evidence suggests silver in clothes may actually cause serious harm, possibly risking damage
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