Silver Listers, The NCAM site -- can I suggest is an officially run disinformation site -- take the following -- their assertion:
3. Do colloidal silver products work? Reviews in the scientific literature on colloidal silver products have concluded that 2-5: Silver has no known function in the body. This may be a semantic problem and a sly way of say nothing! --- On Thu, 4/30/09, Marshall Dudley <mdud...@king-cart.com> wrote: > From: Marshall Dudley <mdud...@king-cart.com> > Subject: Re: CS>Chelated Silver > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Date: Thursday, April 30, 2009, 3:06 PM > Dianne France wrote: > > I copied the following from a web site. There > has been a lot about chelated silver in our magazines and > wanted to know how to make it if it can be made at > home? Has > > anyone had any experience making Chelated > Silver? Does it have draw backs that our cs doesn't? > > Dianne > > *Chelated Silver*™ is silver ions > *in solution*. It is vastly different from the silver-based > dietary supplement products known as *colloidal silver* > <http://nccam.nih.gov/health/silver/#>, > which is silver *in suspension*. In colloidal silver, finely > divided particles of elemental silver are randomly floating > in suspension in water and are not evenly dispersed. In > CHELATED SILVER™, ions of pure, crystallized silver > nitrate are chemically bonded to nonmetallic ions, and are > therefore evenly dispersed throughout the solution. _This > bonding in solution considerably enhances Chelated > Silver™'s antimicrobal action and persistance_ (killing > power over time). > > > > In colloidal suspensions, minute silver particles of > elemental silver are suspended or randomly floating in > water, typically at a level of *10-50 parts per million*. > Chelation occurs when a metal ion forms a heterocyclic bond > with a bidentate ligand. Examples of bidentate ligands are > carbonate and oxalate ions and ethylenediamine. As a general > rule, five- or six-member lingands are favored. Chelated > Silver™ ions are chemically bonded to nonmetallic ions and > are evenly dispersed throughout the solution. This > concentrated and uniform dispersal of Chelated Silver™ > ions (typically at a level of *300 to 400 parts per > million*) throughout the solution considerably enhances > their antimicrobial action, persistence and effectiveness. > > > > *Chelated Silver*™ is highly effective in blocking > the respiration of microorganisms causing them to expire. > Additionally, scientific testing is in progress to > study the effectiveness of Chelated Silver™ in > interdicting anaerobic bacteria (bacteria that exists in the > absence of oxygen). > > > They seem to be contradicting themselves here. They > say that colloidal silver is less effective than their > chelated silver, yet they indicate that their chelated needs > to 10 to 50 times as strong as colloidal to be effective. > Sounds like doublespeak to me. > > Marshall > > > -- > 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: silver-list@eskimo.com > > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently > down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > > -- 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: silver-list@eskimo.com Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
