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The Silestone Quartz Countertop with built-in Microban (an antimicrobial) is due out this spring. The countertop is manufactured by Texas’s Cosentino, a Spanish company that builds 75% of the US’s engineered-quartz countertops. The Silestone combines mined quartz crystals with polymers and a “secret blend” of microbe-fighting chemicals put out by Microban International. Microban is known for licenscing its germ-killing technology to 140 odd manufacturers of home products such as air filters and bathroom grout.

The Microban quartz countertop is slated to sell for $40 to $95 per square foot and will be available at more than 3,500 retail stores across the US.

For more information, read Boston.com New’s Do I really need my countertop to kill germs? for one writer’s opinion on the necessity of the product or simply get the quick stats from Time blurb Antimicrobial Countertops.