Popularly known as a noble metal, chemically it is known as a transition metal.
Marshall James Osbourne, Holmes wrote: > Silver is not a "heavy metal"; it is a noble metal. If memory > serves---check a reference to be sure; I am pressed for time---the heavies > start at atomic weight 200. Silver is about 147. > > James Osbourne Holmes > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fred [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 2:04 AM > To: [email protected] > 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] > > -- > 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] > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
