Hi Katie, On Sun, 9 Jul 2000 17:13:43 -0700, "Katie Jay" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I am just getting ready to use colloidal silver for Lyme. My doctor also >suggested I get rid of my mercury fillings. I am reading a book about >mercury toxicity now and wonder if I should be concerned about this >paragraph: You're doctor's right about the mercury amalgam fillings. He should have mentioned teeth with root canals, too -- have them pulled (there is infection in the capillaries of the teeth that root canals don't get rid of). >"A new study directed by the Scripps Institutes' K. Michael Pollard ...goes >one step further. Using a new, silver-based alloy which is being proposed as >a substitute filling material for mercury amalgam, Pollard showed that >silver also has the capacity to generate a strong pathological immune-system >response, and that silver, like mercury, migrates to body tissues within a >very short period of time. In short, both mercury and silver have a negative >impact on the immune system. In addition, their effect is intensified when >both metals are present." The problem is that the filling is an *alloy* of silver. That means silver and something else. It's the something-else that's the problem. Elemental silver is non-toxic according to all the sources I've been able to find. Silver -- by itself -- won't even turn your skin a bluish hue (argyria). It takes a silver compound to do that. (Colloidal silver isn't made with an alloy of silver, such as sterling silver. It's made with 99.9% pure silver or better.) -- Dean -- from (almost) Duh Moines (CDP, KB0ZDF) -- 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]>
