At 10:28 AM 6/29/2000, you wrote:
> Pamela Grant wrote:
>
> > I noticed that the directions for the use of saline was not part of
> > your directions. Is that a thing of the past, no longer recommended
> > and if so, why?
Marshall replied:
> Addition of salt can make silver chloride, a toxic compound that can
> photoexpose in your skin and turn you blue permanently. Always use
> pure distilled water. If you need a quicker start then warm it up,
> or add a little CS from the previous batch.
I'd like to rein in Marshall's enthusiasm just a *tiny* bit...
Yes, silver chloride is toxic and can precipitate in the skin to
cause argyria. However, the very small quantities created and
consumed by those using salt as an accelerant for making CS have
*not* caused any cases of argyria and are unlikely to be able to.
Just do the figures... a few ppm of AgCl ... how many gallons of the
product would you have to drink to amount to the several hundreds of
milligrams of silver known to be required to cause a problem?
And *that* assumes all the AgCl precipitates in the skin, when in
fact it is eliminated at a modest rate by the body, and only when
that mechanism is overwhelmed does precipitation occur.
The best reason for not using salt in making CS is that the particles
produced that way are known to be smaller and are presumed to be
safer and more bioavailable.
Note that I fully *agree* that it's best to use distilled water. I
just don't want to overstate the argyria issue.
Be well,
Mike D.
Yes, Mike, a little won't hurt but you missed the bigger point
that silver chloride is a very weak source of silver, it being
nearly insoluble in water! Add a few grains of table salt to
a half ounce of your Cs and note it gets cloudy (assuming
you had some free ions to start with). That is the silver
chloride and it will usually grow into larger crystals and
settle out, looking like the salt crystals you added but
leaving you some plain old salty water, sans silver!
Back to my old complaint - "weak medicine (salt water
in this case) can be deceiving and thus indirectly harmful to
those that are relying on the Cs to treat a serious problem!"
If you are willing to take that stuff, any cure must come from
the power of faith, as it will with many people!
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