Hi My son Byron has got back to me about what I have sent him to do with CS and how good it is or rather that he does not feel it is what everyone thinks itis I haven't given him everything yet because there is a lot and I know he only has so much time This email seems to be more directed to Marshall Byron's email Unfortunately I am so busy I barely get time to research this stuff properly.
I would be happy if you forwarded this email on to Marshall as a response to what he responded to. First off. He was right about the term I used "Heavy Metals" the chemistry sites I visited called heavy metals too ambiguous a term to be useful. Silver is listed as a Transition Metal in wikipedia. I don't know if there is a difference between Transition and Transitional as Marshall termed it. I assume not. So I will go on to review the rest of his comments. I see so much misinformation, as you know, and I struggle to get to "correct" information like we all do. I am a layperson but quite persistent. Here are the things that concern me so far about Silver as in all its incarnations for now. The claim of curing 650 different diseases. The difficulty finding a medical institution that readily acknowledges it. The proliferation of it on the internet and in MLM networks The pharmaceutical companies, FDA and FTC don't want you to know about it. (Conspiracy Theory) Some legitimate organizations offering warnings. A bit of research I came up with. Against: Marshall Mentions that Anecdotal evidence is a valid source of information. See point # 4. Point #5 also. These don't indicate to me that Colloidal Silver is bad, but I am looking for evidence to prove that ingesting it has any benefit since there may be a risk involved. Anecdotal evidence doesn't tell me accurate about the risk/reward potential. http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i21/21b02001.htm http://dermatology.cdlib.org/111/case_reports/argyria/wadhera.html http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/PhonyAds/silverad.html "claims of colloidal silver's antimicrobial potency are misleading and there is no place for it as an antiseptic." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15114827?ordinalpos=3&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum "High concentrations of colloidal silver kill many bacteria in vitro (that is, under laboratory conditions, rather than in the human body) and the topical (or external use) of colloidal silver to kill microbes is well established. Though colloidal silver was a prescribed treatment in the U.S. Navy's corpsman's manual until 1973, the use of colloidal silver as an ingested medication remains controversial." http://www.cassiopedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Colloidal_silver http://nccam.nih.gov/health/alerts/silver/ Dr Robert Becker advocates Reverse Speech? http://educate-yourself.org/products/index.shtml#csbook1 Neutral info: http://www.aapspharmaceutica.com/search/view.asp?ID=60689 Silver Nanoparticles http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/bin.asp?CID=1655&DID=50033&DOC=FILE.PDF I am taking this somewhat out of context. But since Marshall used Nanobiotechnology to emphasis his point about Silver working on HIV. I think that is a stretch to compare it to EIS or home brewed CS. There would be some very specific methods for creating nanoparticles as they mention. "We found that both the citrate concentration and the reaction temperature play an important role in the formation of the silver nanorods." I am not sure how close silver nanorods and silver nanoparticles relate. For: This site seems to present even minded and I would willingly review their sources for information and any evidence to support it. http://www.silvermedicine.org/argyria.html http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17468052?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum Perhaps Marshall could point to the section of this site that states clearly the effect of Silver and HIV-1. Or any relationship between this and a homemade CS or EIS formula. http://www.jnanobiotechnology.com/content/3/1/6#IDAQP2MK I look forward to debating this with Marshall. So here are some counter points to the things he noticed in my email. 1) Tylenol is safe. I will admit wholeheartedly that there are risks with tylenol. And the risks, as far as I know, are as he stated. However, he is using scientific evidence to state that it is not safe. I can come up with hundreds of anecdotal accounts, including my mother who has used tylenol for almost 3 decades, that have had no known adverse effects. She and I know that tylenol helps improve life by removing pain, this is also established in scientific proof. Still neither of us would want to use it any more than we have to, knowing that there are risks involved. I would want to be extra sure of the risks involved with Silver. And measure that against the benefits to determine whether it is worth it or not. I do agree that testing does not need to cost millions of dollars though. But it needs to at least be verifiable by other non -interested parties. 2) Tap Water making millions of dollars. My point here is that Pharmaceutical companies are not the only companies in the world making lots of money. A corporation can make millions of dollars literally selling tap water. If 1% of the population of the US and Canada bought a CS machine for roughly $100. That is 40,000,000 million dollars. Not to mention those who haven't the time or inclination and would rather buy it pre-bottled. There is money everywhere leading us astray. 3) Red Herring. While this may be true. I think it is important to note that there is a seductive quality to thinking that you know "the truth" and that the evil corporations/government/pharmaceutical companies are trying to pull one by us. I am not saying that I trust these organizations. But I think we need to look somewhere in the middle and not continue using them as a scare tactic. 4) Silver is a Heavy Metal and accumulates in the body over time. OK so we have established that I am not a chemist. but do we know whether silver particles accumulate in the body over time? I think some of the research above state that it does. I am still looking into this. 5) Regarding wonder drugs. I really don't see that there is a something for nothing category even with penicillin. Penicillin has risks, and it must be watched for their side effects as well as how they interact with other drugs etc.. So with CS / EIS. what are the risks. Everybody is different. What are the risks to me and my family vs. the potential benefits. Stating that these products cure over 650 diseases with no side effects makes me pause for thought. 6) Marshall wrote "What constitutes proof. For most of us, going years without getting a cold or the flu, or a herpes outbreak is proof enough." If this is true, than this is a monumental discovery! Why wouldn't this come out? I don't know of any effective treatment for cold sores. No company is currently getting any money from me when I get an outbreak. So even a properly marketed version could earn a return. Just some clinical trials is all I am asking. Show me that it is not the power of suggestion. Substitute a bottle with ordinary a tap water and don't tell the participant. That is all I want to see. 7) Marshall wrote "There are lots of tests and proof. I have had UT run tests on it and verified it is a broad spectrum antibiotic." Wonderful. Do you have the results. Has any other lab verified this results with an independent study? If it is an old technology that worked back then, why did anyone need to look into developing penicillin. If it is new, do we really know this product enough? I am not decidedly against CS / EIS although this email is pretty one sided. I figure I am up against someone who can competently set me right. Marshall set me right on these things. Or lead me to some places that can clear my thinking. otherwise I will wait until I get a third degree burn to use silver. Sincerely Byron Selorme Shavasana Yoga Centre 905-648-6614 334 Aberdeen Ave Hamilton, Ontario L8P 2R5 www.shavasana.com Looking for the perfect gift? 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