Silestone has a pesticide in it.

[NYBlue1]

According to the linked article itsw EPA approved. The EPA is not going to approve something thats going to make people become poisoned. If its in dental appliances in a human mouth I dont see how a counter if going to make somebody sick. I dont know about most but I dont cut food or eat food directly off my countertops anyway so food really is not even touching it.

if I read the article corrrectly people that worked for the company branched off and made a new company claiming it was better than silestone and had the same properties as silestone as far as antibacterial material used in the making of it. Silestones beef is it does not and if it does it does not have an EPA approved product.

 

[ead79]

Cambria & Avanza have the greengaurd label now. IMO that is the way the industry will go.

This is slightly off topic, but my good friend used to work for GreenGuard when it was just getting off the ground. It's neat to see it mentioned on the DIS!

 

[Galahad]

We have Silestone. We would buy it again. No chemical can be made by man from elements that don't exist in nature. It's a red herring - not sure why you would even think it's a big deal.
Silestone is as much natural stone as granite is by the way. The Pergo analogy doesn't work really.

 

[aprilgail2]

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Silestone is as much natural stone as granite is by the way. The Pergo analogy doesn't work really.

you are right, I was thinking of Corian.

 

[graygables]

I would not want my kids eating off it.

Just don't let them lick the countertop and they should be OK...

We considered several options before settling on granite tile (much more economical). I was more interested in managing the germs on my own terms rather than having them killed for me and possibly getting too smart for my countertops/cutting boards...

 

[Charade]

Triclosan isn't a pesticide AFAIK.

If you don't want you're kids eating off Silestone, you'd better check a WHOLE bunch of other products they (may) put in their mouths.


Triclosan is found in soaps (0.15-0.30%), deodorants, toothpastes, mouth washes, and cleaning supplies and is infused in an increasing number of consumer products, such as kitchen utensils, toys, bedding, socks, and trash bags, sometimes as the proprietary Microban treatment. It has been shown to be effective in reducing and controlling bacterial contamination on the hands and on treated products. More recently, showering or bathing with 2% triclosan has become a recommended regime for the decolonization of patients whose skin is carrying methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)[1] following the successful control of MRSA outbreaks in several clinical settings.[2][3]

Triclosan is regulated by both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and by the European Union. During wastewater treatment, a portion of triclosan is degraded while the remaining adsorbs to sewage sludge or exits the plant in wastewater effluent.[4][5] In the environment, triclosan may be degraded by microorganisms or react with sunlight forming other compounds which may include chlorophenols and dioxin, or it may adsorb to particles that settle out of the water column and form sediment.[4][6] Triclosan was found in Lake Greifensee sediment that was over 30 years old, suggesting that triclosan is degraded or removed slowly in sediment.[4]