Christopher Scipio's objections seem to fall into the following arguments: * Only pharmaceutical grade DMSO (USP) which is 99.9 pure is safe for use with humans * Industrial and veternarian grade DMSO which is only 99% pure is impure and unsafe to use * There are no studies showing DMSO is effective against herpes * It is dangerous because the solvent properties of DMSO allows contaminants to be absorbed through the skin and transported into the bloodstream. *On exposure to air it forms a very high and toxic level of peroxides.
Personally, I find nothing alarming in his arguments. Yes, you need to take care when using DMSO to not contaminate the DMSO or the skin where the DMSO is applied. Ok, so be careful. I found nothing online regarding the "formation of very high and toxic level of peroxides". Actually, I often combine DMSO with hydrogen peroxide so I guess that would not bother me. Seems alarmist to me but each to his own. - Steve N -----Original Message----- From: Dorothy Fitzpatrick [mailto:d...@deetroy.org] Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 5:47 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: CS>DMSO Has anyone heard of Christopher Scipio? Just that I have just read a damning indictment of DMSO by him in the treatment of herpes and wondered if anyone has any knowledge of him--or is he just another Quackwatch crank? dee -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org Unsubscribe: <mailto:silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=subscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/silver-list@eskimo.com/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:mdev...@eskimo.com>
