Consider looking into Marble cookware.It also has Nano Silver applied to it. --- "M. G. Devour" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Mary, > > You write: > > I have a question for you, I am going back to > using my sterling > > silver for tableware, question is sterling silver > ok?? > > I've never thought much about it, in the context of > what we know about > therepeutic silver. > > From the Sterling Silver page on Wikipedia: > > "Sterling silver is an alloy of silver containing > 92.5% pure silver and > 7.5% other metals, usually copper. The minimum > millesimal fineness is > 925. > > "Fine silver (99.9% pure) is generally too soft for > producing large > functional objects, and in Sterling the silver is > usually alloyed with > copper to give strength whilst preserving the > ductility of the silver > and a high precious metal content. Other metals can > replace the copper, > usually with the intent to improve various > properties of the basic > sterling alloy such as reducing casting porosity, > eliminating > firescale, and increasing resistance to tarnish. > These replacement > metals include germanium, zinc, platinum as well as > a variety of other > additives including silicon and boron. A number of > alloys claiming > firescale and/or tarnish resistance have appeared in > recent years > sparking heavy competition between the various > manufacturers and their > different formulations. No one alloy has emerged as > an industry leader > or standard and ongoing alloy development is a very > active area." > > All the elements listed here are relatively benign, > as far as I know, > and some are beneficial. What might be included in > "as well as a > variety of other additives" besides silicon and > boron is not described, > of course. > > My guess is that it's not as bad as drinking water > out of lead pipes. > <wry grin> You'd ingest more iron from iron cookware > and nickel from > stainless than anything coming off the silver, all > of which will be > reduced in concentration by dilution, probably to > levels comparable to > minor nutrients and trace minerals. > > I'd do it. We have some silver and have used it > occasionally. For a > time my mom used her silver every day when I was a > teenager, and I > turned out okay. > > That's my guess, anyway. > > Be well, > > Mike D. > > > [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] > [[email protected] ] > [Speaking only for myself... ] > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing > Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: > http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: > [email protected] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: > [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are > currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7
