Hi William, Do you have time and interest to discuss some of the details of your CS testing? Can you send me your off-list address?
Thanks a lot for this posting; I value the information therein. James Osbourne, Holmes [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: William Falls [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 10:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS and sprouting << File: ATT00003.html >> Hi Shelley, Bonnie, and all, I see your discussion regarding sprouts and bacterial contamination. It is true that any food which is nutritious & moist, like sprouts, can provide an ideal culture medium or environment on which for bacteria, if they are present, to grow. However, organisms like Escherichia Coli and Salmonella, if present on sprouts, most likely got there due to mishandling & processing in the commercial process. Those organisms originate constantly in meat, milk, & egg products. They are not too likely to be a problem in your home processing. Just don't handle sprouts after handling meat products, etc. But I see a question about using CS to rinse seed before sprouting- if it will kill bacteria which may be present. In my work as a Medical Technologist, I have had the interesting opportunity to evaluate the 'kill power' of various CS Solutions on the most feared pathogenic bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Pseudomonas aerugenosa, Proteus mirabilis, as well as E-coli & Salmonella. We have found that a quality CS Solution at only 5 PPM will kill all pathogens that we have tested so far in an exposure time of 15 to 30 minutes. In other words, if you would let alfalfa seed or mung beans set in a CS Solution for 30 min., you could rest assured that all bacterial contaminants were killed. For most situations, 15 min. would do. Using CS Solution this way for various fruits & vegetables is also wise these days. Things are not now as they have been. We have been reading CS list for close to a year and enjoy it. If anyone out there would like to have their CS Solution tested for bacterial kill Titer ( dilution at which it still kills the microbes), just e-mail us for a phone number. God Bless-, Bill -- 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]>
