Hello Mike & List, Regarding the soluability of silver in the gut, I would note that the stomach secretes HCL and if any silver (Ag) was to be dissolved in the gut (forming Ag+), it would immediately undergo a reaction with the CL- to form AgCL which is EXTREMELY INSOLUABLE in water (anyone who doubts this can check a handbook of chemistry & physics and prove this to themselves) and will pass out of the gut without being absorbed.
Best wishes, Bob M. G. Devour wrote: > > On 16 Mar 98 at 12:20, Robert wrote: > > > When I make CS for my own use, I just am careful in lifting the > > electrodes out of the water so the sludge does not get knocked > > loose. Then I carefully pour it into the storage containers. I am > > not the least bit worried about a few nearly microscopic pieces of > > silver. > > That's what I do. It just made me wonder that you didn't mention it > at all. > > > If you consider the actual facts you will find (in this case) that > > there might be a few tiny silver crystals that weigh, at most, a > > fraction of a miiligram. > > Try nanograms! <g> Long term ingestion of a measurable quantity of > the stuff could be a problem, though. > > > In addition, the stomach acid is hydrochloric acid. Silver > > chloride is insoluable in water so the silver, being too large to > > be absorbed as colloidal silver, would not be absorbed into the > > body and would pass through the gut and out the other end. No > > problem. > > So... What is it about silver salts that causes argyria when ingested > in sufficiently large amounts? I believe it is the insoluble salts > that precipitate in the tissues. You're assuming the NaCl is > segregated in the gut and doesn't absorb? > > Of course our total consumption is orders of magnitude less than > required to produce argyria. That alone is sufficient reason for > confidence? > > > I believe that the stirring action caused by heating the water in > > the way I have described is just enough to minimize the creation > > and mixing of the crystals with the water. > > Oddly enough, I think it is the mild agitation of the water that > actually collapses the fuzzy deposits and keeps them from being so > fragile and breaking off. I had a boss once who liked to talk about > "serindipity in research." <g> > > > Best wishes, Bob > > Thank you sir! > > Mike D. > > [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] > [[email protected] ] > [Speaking only for myself... ] > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject: line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject: line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
