Yes and one I will keep Steve, in case I am asked this question, if that's ok?  
dee

On 30 Jan 2010, at 20:24, Norton, Steve wrote:

> Thanks Dee. The differences between the Altman study and silver research 
> studies has always bothered me because there was no explanation for the 
> difference.
> I am a little concerned that my post may not have been clear. I was in a 
> hurry and I edited it several times to get it to fit in the message size 
> limits. So just in case here is a summary.
> 
> The altman study documents how EIS is eliminated when there is excess EIS in 
> the body but not at normal use amounts. But careful examination of the study 
> also shows that the liver does process out EIS and is the primary excretion 
> path when EIS in the body is no longer in an overload condition.
> 
> I believe that the most useful silver is silver in solution. Silver in 
> particulate form may give off an occasional ion but it is nowhere as 
> effective as silver in solution. That EIS forms silver chloride in the 
> stomach is considered argumentative by some but I think it is clearly the 
> case. Also, it is believed by some that the silver chloride needs to be in 
> solution to pass into the bloodstream. I think that the silver chloride 
> particles formed in the stomach are small enough to pass through the 
> intestinal wall as is. 
> 
> What the Altman study shows is that when silver chloride exceeds the 
> solubility limits of silver chloride in blood the excess silver chloride 
> exists as particles that are then filtered out by the kidney. This provides 
> an alternate excretion path that other forms of silver, except nano sized CS 
> (roughly 1 nm or smaller), do not have when the liver bilary excretion path 
> is overloaded. This is very good because when the liver bilary excretion path 
> is overloaded, the excess silver is increasingly deposited in the tissues.
> The Altman study shows the liver processing out silver at its maximum 
> capacity throughout the 96 days. This confirms that as silver chloride in 
> solution is removed by the kidney, the eliminated silver is replaced by 
> silver chloride particles going into solution to maintain dissolved silver 
> chloride it the solubility limit.
> I hope this helps to understand my previous post.
> 
>  - Steve N
> 
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