Everything I've read that gives a mechanism of action of silver killing germs has to do with an ion...oxidizing a cell wall...electromagnetically scrambling DNA...etc. Is there are known mechanism of action by which metallic silver particles kills germs?
~David On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 8:04 AM, Marshall <mdud...@king-cart.com> wrote: > Sure metal particles can do something. Silver particles are an excellent > catalyst, and also kill germs on contact. That is why some water filters > have silver metal in them. What particles do NOT do is cause injured cells > to revert to stem cells for healing, that is only done by ions. > > Sputtering, which is how I believe mesosilver is made, produces clumps of > silver particles and some silver atoms/ions The atoms can easily be an ion, > since they will be in the middle of a plasma, and once they enter the water, > can associate with the OH in the water forming ionic silver. > > Marshall > > On 8/14/2011 5:05 PM, David AuBuchon wrote: >> >> It seems to me that mesosilver particles are metallic silver. Can >> metallic silver actually yield any silver ions? I can understand how >> silver hydroxide/oxide/chloride/citrate/etc can have different >> tendencies to disassociate in the body, and yield a free silver ion >> for a time, but how can metallic particles possibly do anything? >> Could it be that mesosilver's effect is only due to the 20% ions? >> That would be a ripoff on top of a ripoff. And how do those ions get >> into the product anyway when there is no electrolysis involved? Or >> are mesosilver particles somehow coated in a silver compound like >> silver oxide that can have some tendency to release ions? >> >> Working on a CS book, and just want to really give a completely fair >> view of the in vivo story. >> >> ~David >> >> >> -- >> 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=unsubscribe> >> 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> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >
