Hi Marsha and all, I have wondered weather silver is considered a heavy metal or not. Like for instance, I believe aluminum and mercury are considered heavy metals which are thought to be able to cause health problems when they build up in the body. What is different about silver? Excuse my ignorance but I just don't know the intricacies of these things.
Christy In a message dated 5/12/00 8:34:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Subj: Re: CS>Silver - an article Date: 5/12/00 8:34:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time From: [email protected] (Marsha Hallett) Reply-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] > This is a very interesting read. > > http://www.silverinstitute.org/news/bkhealthmet.html > > Ivan. Dear Ivan, Yeah, but this part bugs me: "The removal of silver and other heavy metals is the function of the metallothioneins. These ubiquitous proteins are found in all vertebrates and invertebrates and act to transport, store, and detoxify essential and nonessential trace metals. The metallothioneins chelate or agglomerate heavy metals and convey them from the body. Their action can be overwhelmed by ingestion of excessive amounts of heavy metals. In the case of silver, excessive amounts may eventually deposit in the skin, giving it a gray color. This deposit is called argyria and cannot be removed. Silver, being a highly conductive metal, has been shown to have a deleterious effect in the presence of nerve cells. While heavy metals are blocked from the nervous system and the brain by the blood-brain barrier by a membrane whose purpose is to filter out heavy metals, certain stresses, such as hypoxemia (the dangerously low level of oxygen in the blood that occurs to some climbers at very high altitudes), may weaken this barrier." Silver is NOT a heavy metal, and CS has never been shown to cause argyria. Sigh... Marsha >> -- 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]>
