Hi Fred,
I'm glad you find the article interesting.
I agree with you that Colloidal Silver should be pure silver ionic
particles, if only for stability, but as the article states in a
preceding paragraph:
'The relative proportion of the free silver+ ion to the total
silver content in the oceans is a function of the salinity. In the
ocean, most of the silver at any one time is present as chloride
complexes; of these complexes only the mono-chloro complex silver
chloride is biologically available. At a salinity of 25 parts per
thousand, which is almost the natural concentration in the sea, only
about 1 part in 16,000 parts of the silver would exist as the free
ion.'
As the stomach and blood carry similar amounts of chlorine ions, as
seawater, I presume similar amounts of silver chloride and free ions
to exist. I guess that if the silver remain as colloids, that the
complexes will be some what different, and I have posted an abstract
that shows that colloids have different actions on cells than silver
salts, but I suspect this was done in the test tube and perhaps does
not reflect what happens in the body.
So while the results of the quoted tests show that the silver ion has
the greatest toxicity to small organisms, I don't think that it can be
assumed that it is the silver ion which is bio-active in the body.
Regards
Ivan.
----- Original Message -----
From: Fred <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, 23 December 1999 22:04
Subject: CS>Re: weak medicine revisited
> The Canadian Gov. silver site:
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/epd/cpr/criteria/awqcfs.html
> states basically that "solver ions are 300 times more effective then
silver chloride
> (if you salt water) and 15,000 times more effective then silver
sulphide. The chance
> of using water with sulphide in it is small but the point is that
other silver compounds
> may be just as non-effective! As I always stress, you must know what
you start with,
> to get an effective form of silver for delivery to your body.
>
> <snip>silver is one of the most toxic of the heavy metals to
freshwater micro-organisms.
> <snip>
> The effect of speciation on the acute and chronic toxicity of
silver was compared using the fathead
> minnow as the test organism. Silver sulfide, silver thiosulfate and
silver chloride were compared to
> the silver ion, added as silver nitrate. The tests were
flow-through in soft water at 25°C. Silver
> chloride was found to be 300 times less toxic, silver sulfide was
15,000 times less toxic, and silver
> thiosulfate was 17,500 times less toxic than silver nitrate.
>
> Most existing silver criteria, objectives or regulated amounts are
not based on the free ionic
> monovalent ion, which is acutely toxic to aquatic life. Instead
they are based on total silver which
> includes the metal, complexes and precipitates, all of which are
very much less toxic than the
> monovalent ion. </snip>
>
> [email protected]
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