And more.
Terry Wayne
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Silver's Increasing Importance to Health
In a world concerned with the spreading of virus and
disease, silver is increasingly being tapped for its
bactericidal properties and used in treatments for
conditions ranging from severe burns to Legionnaires
Disease.
While silver's importance as a bactericide has been
documented only since the late 1800s, its use in
purification has been known throughout the ages. Early
records indicate that the Phoenicians, for example,
used silver vessels to keep water, wine and vinegar
pure during their long voyages. In America, pioneers
moving west put silver and copper coins in their water
barrels to keep it clean.
In fact, "born with a silver spoon in his mouth" is
not a reference to wealth, but to health. In the early
18th century, babies who were fed with silver spoons
were healthier than those fed with spoons made from
other metals, and silver pacifiers found wide use in
America because of their beneficial health effects.
Helping to Stop the Spread of Legionnaires Disease
In response to major outbreaks of Legionnaire's
Disease in the United Kingdom during the 1980s, the
British government has undertaken studies on the use
of silver in water purification. The disease is named
after Legionella pneumophilia, an aquatic organism
which is widespread in small quantities within natural
water sources. The bacteria presents few problems in
naturally-flowing water, but man-made environments
such as cooling towers and hot and cold water services
provide conditions for it to multiply and spread.
Infection is caused by inhaling airborne droplets or
particles containing viable legionella, small enough
to travel deep into the lungs and be deposited in the
alveoli.
Recent research compared silver-copper ionization with
the use of high temperatures to destroy bacteria.
Contaminated cold water reinfected the hot water
system even when temperatures in hot water heaters
reached as high as 60 degrees Centigrade. But
experiments showed that even at lower water
temperatures, ionization of soft water with silver and
copper ions was effective against the bacteria.
"Ionization showed better results," said Nigel Pavey
principal research engineer for BSRIA Water Services
Technology Centre in Berkshire. And to make certain
its benefits are widespread, "there should be more
emphasis on copper-silver ionization in legislation."
he said.
Important in Burn Therapy
Silver also has had a significant impact on the
treatment of burns. Twenty years ago it was common for
the wounds of severely burned patients to become
infected, which delayed healing and sometimes led to
death. Today silver sulfadiazine is used by hospitals
worldwide to kill bacteria allowing the body time to
restore the area naturally. Sulfadiazine is a known
antibacterial agent. Combined with silver, studies
show it is at least 50 times more active than other
antibacterial agents. "Silvadene" now is the most
widely used topical treatment for burn therapy. Other
silver compounds also are being developed for use
wherever silver sulfadiazine proves ineffective.
Keeping Plastic Clean
Widespread concerns that viruses can survive in body
fluids deposited on plastic consumer products such as
telephones prompted the Institute for Microbial
Diseases in Osaka, Japan to develop a new silver
complex that can be applied for lasting sanitary
protection. The product is marketed under the name
Amenitop, and has been shown to reduce the infectivity
of certain viruses which have been linked to AIDS. The
system consists of silica gel microspheres containing
a silver thiosulfate complex. The silica gel coating
allows a gradual release of the silver compound onto
the surface, providing long-lasting bactericidal
action.
Promoting Skin Growth
Silver also has been successfully used to grow new
skin on accident victims, including the restoration of
fingertips with the original fingerprint. Individuals
whose wounds are so severe they lose tissue below the
skin often never fully recover, left with only a thin
layer of skin without the original nerve structure.
This inferior skin layer results in abnormal
sensations and intolerance to cold. Skin grafts cover
the wounds, but do not restore the functions of the
area.
In a treatment developed by Mountain Medical
Specialties of Lakemont, GA, a silver-coated fabric is
used to cover the wound. A miniature battery is
connected to the fabric to begin a flow of silver ions
to encourage normal skin growth and eliminate bacteria
which generally prevents complete regeneration of the
skin and nerve function. This method has actually
restored the natural skin patterns and sensations in
the palms of hands.
Purifying Water
Silver-based water purification units for the home
have been in use in Europe for more than 50 years.
Today Brita Products Company markets a
silver-impregnated activated carbon filter containing
ion exchange resins. This filter meets the National
Sanitation Foundation Standards covering
bacteriostatic efficacy, the reduction of lead, copper
and particulates and the reduction of taste and odor.
It also has the approval of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency as a bactericidal unit. The Brita
filter is used in a pitcher on the counter and no
installation is required. It is now a standard in the
water purification market, which exceeds $10 billion
in sales in the United States alone .
Eliminating Harmful Bacteria
Tests by researchers at the University of Florida's
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences show that
silver and copper ions added to oyster tanks destroy
harmful bacteria in the water without affecting the
oysters. Once oysters are harvested from the ocean,
they are cleaned in "depuration" tanks which are prone
to bacteria infiltration. Silver ions added to the
water destroy bacteria and copper ions kill fungus,
making an inexpensive and environmentally friendly
combination for keeping oyster tanks clean. "Silver
and copper ionization is the perfect solution," says
Richard Ganim, president of Superior Aqua Enterprises
in Sarasota, Florida. "The applications for ionization
are almost endless," Ganim said. Currently ionization
is used by chicken farmers to reduce bacteria and
fungus without affecting the health of the chickens.
"We think this system will also work for citrus
growers" who routinely spray their trees with
chemicals.
Keeping Oxygen Handling Safe
In hospitals throughout the world, silver makes the
handling of pure oxygen safer. Oxygen at high pressure
in liquid form is very hazardous because some
materials ignite or begin harmful chain reactions when
they come in contact with it. Limiting sparks during
oxygen production is of critical importance. Because
silver will not ignite, even at its melting point, the
oxygen compressor design code issued by the Industrial
Gas Council in Brussels, requires that wherever
contact between metals occurs, one of the facing
metals must be silver, the other a high-nickel alloy.
This combination provides the lowest probability of
sparking during high-speed compressor operation. The
seals in compressors and pumping equipment are also
silver to minimize any possibility of friction which
could ignite a fire. Oxygen pump seals must be
manufactured to extremely close tolerances, and the
silver also allows fine machining.
Protecting Eyes
One out of every seven pairs of prescription glasses
sold in the United States incorporates silver to
protect patients' eyes from sunlight. Silver halide
crystals, melted into glass for sunglasses, change
clear glass from 85 percent visible light transmission
to 22 percent transmission in less than 60 seconds, a
change that is endlessly reversible.
Helping People with Allergies
For individuals who are allergic to detergents,
reusable laundry disks are providing a solution to
their problem. The disks are made of "activated"
ceramic material with metallic elements - silver and
copper - inside. When the disks are placed in the
washing machine along with the clothes and water, the
silver and copper release electrons which in turn
produce ionized oxygen helping to break up dirt and
organic compounds. The disks are sold under the name
"Clean Power Plus" and are used three at a time for
about 300 loads.
"Silver's unique properties make it indispensable
throughout the medical and health industry," said Paul
Bateman, The Silver Institute's executive director.
"It's versatility means there are few substitute
metals in most applications, particularly in
health-related areas where safety and precision are
paramount."
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Silver Water Purification Systems
Offer Reliable Alternative to Chlorine
LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA -- Silver-based water purification
systems offer the most reliable and cost-effective
alternative to chlorine, a chemical that is
increasingly coming under fire for the carcinogenic
byproducts it leaves in water, according to David
Eaton, secretary of The Institute of Water Ionization
Technologies in the United Kingdom and technical
director of Roseland Hydronics PLC.
Speaking at the annual meeting of The Gold & Silver
Institutes in Laguna Niguel, CA, this week, Eaton said
progressively restrictive legislation is confronting
the use of chemicals, especially chlorine, which for
nearly a century has been the medium for water
disinfection. With increasing pollution, utilities are
forced to put far more chlorine into the supply chain,
Eaton explained. The chemical reaction that oxidizes
impurities when chlorine is added, also forms
carcinogenic byproducts. "Of course these same
byproducts have been generated by chlorination for a
long time, but never in the quantities that are now
being seen," he said. Silver offers a healthy
alternative. The metal has long been known for its
biocidal properties, Eaton noted.
The Ancient Phoenicians, who stored wine in silver
urns to preserve it, provide one of the earliest
recorded examples of the metal's use for water
purification. Applying modern technology to this
old-fashioned principal, The Institute of Water
Ionization Technologies has developed silver ion
generators for municipal water supplies. The market
for silver ionized swimming pool systems has expanded
significantly in the United States and overseas, Eaton
said. But in Britain, silver ionization is being
developed for mainstream water systems. Machines used
to clean primary water must be much larger and more
powerful than small swimming pool units, and require
accurate control mechanisms to ensure that levels of
silver are maintained and kept within drinking water
standards.
Eaton discussed a recent project funded by the UK
Department of the Environment to study the control of
Legionnaires disease by using silver ions. The disease
is named after Legionella pneumophilia, an organism
that is widespread in small quantities within natural
water sources. The bacteria becomes lethal at a water
temperature of 95°F and can be killed at temperatures
between 135 and 140°F. Of three tests, silver/copper
ions in soft water produced the best results. The
copper ion disrupted the enzyme structures of the cell
allowing the silver ion to penetrate inside where it
rapidly killed the cell's life support system. U.S.
regulations allow a silver level of 100ppb in drinking
water, but a silver level of only 20 ppb kills
Legionella.
A new European Union Drinking Water Standard in draft
form has removed any upper limit for silver in
drinking water following the World Health
Organization's "Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality"
which states, "It is unnecessary to recommend any
health-based guidelines for silver as it is not
hazardous to human health." Eaton said silver ion
generators currently are being used in intensive care
and heart transplant units of hospitals, and for
poultry processing, engineering, brewing, cooling
towers and swimming pools. "The sale of silver
ionizers is beginning to take off in the U.K. and
there are promising growth markets in Scandinavia,
Germany and the Far East," Eaton said. "We calculate
that requirements for silver globally will increase to
about two million ounces annually within five years."
For Further Information Contact: Christy Rosché The
Silver Institute 1112 16th Street, N.W., Suite 240
Washington, D.C. 20036 Tel: (202) 835-0185 Fax: (202)
835-0155
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As World's Bacteria Grow More Resistant to Drugs,
Silver Takes Over
By SamueL Etris, Senior Technical Consultant to The
Silver Institute
Bacterial infections are beginning to defy all
antibiotics. Hospitals, in particular, are finding
bacteria increasingly difficult to eradicate as
resistant strains develop, sometimes changing their
natural structure to fight off antibiotics. The
application of more toxic antibiotics is not an
option, because these concentrated doses pose a threat
to humans.
The only answer to this dilemma may be silver. Silver
inactivates virtually all known bacteria and
extracellular viruses while at the same time shows no
toxicity to humans in low concentrations. However, one
difficulty in using silver is that it is so active it
will react with almost everything nearby. If it first
meets with chlorides, for example, the silver becomes
exhausted before reaching its target. This problem can
be fixed by putting silver in a system that allows it
to be released slowly, making some of it available
further along its path.
Medline Industries of Mundelein, Illinois, has
introduced a new system in which ionic silver is
contained within a polymer which allows its controlled
release. When placed in the desired area, it will
maintain silver's antimicrobial efficacy without
reacting to everything around it. The new system,
trade named Arglaes, has been used in the United
Kingdom for two years with great success. It has now
been approved by the FDA as an antimicrobial barrier
dressing. The system maintains an effective
antimicrobial barrier for up to seven days and has no
major side effects.
"In the light of the rise of antibiotic-resistant
bacteria, the development of Arylaes is a major
advancement in the battle against infection," said
James T. Evans, M.D., Chief, Surgical Services at
Overton Brooks Veterans Administration Medical Center,
Shreveport, Louisiana. Dr. Evans is currently
conducting clinical trials using Arglaes on
central-venus catheter sites.
Stephen B. Colvin, MD, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery
at New York University School of Medicine, stated,
"Arglaes, a silver-impregnated dressing, appears to
have a significant advantage in reducing the incidence
of infection. This leads to better outcomes for
patients; they're in the hospital for less time, need
fewer antibiotics, and they are able to recover more
quickly and completely."
Debbi Tanking, R.N., Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas
City, Missouri, has used Arglaes to successfully
control infections in young patients where other
options had failed. She reported, "We've had several
patients with multiple-site infections where we've
used Arglaes. In one case, an infection developed
called Candida (a common infectious yeast) that spread
all over the chest. By using Arglaes, we were able to
clean up the yeast at the site, prevent systemic
infection and keep the patient frorn undergoing
additional surgery."
Silver News - August/September 1998
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A Safe and Simple Treatment for AIDS For Less Than
Three Cents an Ounce!
by Marvin Robey
The Herald of Provo Utah, February 2, 1992, ran an
article on Pg. D1, in which a member of the
administrative staff of Brigham Young University by
the name of Daryl Tichy has been successfully
experimenting with colloidal silver in the treatment
of AIDS, along with warts and parvo virus in a dog.
"Tichy said he had the material [colloidal silver]
tested at two different labs; results showed the
solution killed a variety of pathogens, including the
HIV virus." Tichy then states, "I don't have a doubt
in my mind." He says he has not been able to obtain
funds to continue his research.
This should not be a surprise, considering what other
researchers have been telling us. There is much more
evidence to support Tichy's conclusion. Extensive
evidence points to the fact that colloidal silver
destroys all types of virii including the AIDS virus
and greatly enhances the immune system in general.
Colloidal Silver supports the T-cells in their fight
against foreign organisms in the blood. It virtually
forms a second immune system, actually protecting and
defending the T-cells, as well as doing their work for
them. It is strongly suggested by research scientists
such as Dr. Gary Smith and others that silver ions are
essential to the immune system.
In "Use of Colloids in Health and Disease", author Dr.
Henry Crooks says colloidal silver is highly
anti-viral. In laboratory tests he found that "all
fungus, virii, bacterium, streptococcus,
staphylococcus, and other pathogenic organisms are
killed in three or four minutes. In fact, there is no
microbe known that is not killed by colloidal silver
in six minutes or less in a dilution as little as five
parts per million." Dr. Crooks tells us there are no
serious side effects whatsoever from high
concentrations.
Research scientist Dr. Gary Smith reports that he has
noticed a correlation between low silver levels,
sickness and immune deficiency . He found people who
have low silver levels tend to be frequently sick and
to have innumerable colds, flus, fevers, and other
illnesses. The research of Dr. Gary Smith would seem
to support the belief that colloidal silver is an
entirely natural healing agent.
HIV and AIDS are a two sided medical condition. First
is the HIV virus which attacks the immune system.
Second is the main outward effects, the conditions
resulting from the weakened immune system. Research
evidence shows that Colloidal Silver is a two edged
sword. It attacks the HIV virus directly and
effectively, and then forms virtually its own immune
system to ward off the various health problems the
immune system has not been able to handle.
Parasites are being recognized more and more as a
cause of failing health. Hulda Clark, Ph.D., N.D.,
author of "The Cure for All Cancers" and "The Cure for
HIV and AIDS", tells us that neither cancer nor HIV
can exist without parasites and that if we eliminate
the parasites, the disease will be gone. Health
Consciousness, Vol. 15, No. 4 says: "Parasites are
also killed [by colloidal silver], as they have an
egg-stage in their reproductive cycle, which is one
celled and therefore killed in six minutes or less."
In as much as there are many kinds of parasites, this
may be inconclusive. However, tests have shown that
mosquito larva are effectively killed by colloidal
silver. It should be remembered that to rid oneself of
parasites by killing the eggs or larvae means that one
must continue the treatment until all of the adults
die, probably of old age. More research is needed. But
if the AIDS or Cancer and other conditions can be
effectively treated with colloidal silver, then any
effects on parasites is a free benefit.
In as much as AIDS is the result of a virtually
destroyed immune system, it would be surprising to
find that colloidal silver did not have a dramatic
effect on AIDS. AIDS is a viral disease, and
antibiotics seldom have any effect on any virus, but
the colloidal silver ion is highly effective. The
evidence strongly supports the theory that colloidal
silver is highly effective against all strains of
virus, curing even the common cold in one dose. Where
many drugs on the market suppress certain symptoms of
a cold, colloidal silver is said to kill off the virus
that causes it to hang on. AIDS, like all other viral
infections, is unaffected by antibiotics, which each
kill off only a few strains of bacteria and none are
effective against the virus, yeasts, or fungi. Yet,
researchers are telling us that colloidal silver is
highly effective against all of these.
One serious condition typical of AIDS is rapid aging.
Aging is generally considered as due to a slowing down
of the body's ability to replace worn out cells fast
enough. This slowing down begins by the time of
adulthood and continues into old age. In "Report:
Colloidal Silver, Health Consciousness, Vol. 15, No.
4, it is stated that "Silver aids the developing fetus
in growth, health, and eases the delivery and
recovery." If colloidal silver aids the growth of a
fetus so noticeably, will it reduce the aging process?
>From the research of Dr. Becker, it would seem
colloidal silver will produce the dedifferentiated
cells necessary to prevent this slowdown of cell
replacement. It is probable that the weakened immune
system is incapable of producing the undifferentiated
cells necessary to rebuild worn out cells. Colloidal
silver produced the needed cells to make this
possible.
All of this is being discovered and rediscovered at
the same time that disease bacteria are developing
immunity to modern antibiotics. Furthermore, immunity
to the antibiotics seems to be developing all over the
world, even in isolated areas. The medical profession
is alarmed. Can silver save us? Many authorities think
so!
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The Herxheimer Effect
Named after German physician Karl Herxheimer, M.D.,
Herxheimer's Effect, also called the Janish-Herxheimer
effect (or Herx, for short) basically can be a side
effect of any antibiotic treatment, be it Grapefruit
Seed Extract (GSE), pharmaceutical, herbal, or
colloidal silver. When it kills pathogens faster than
your eliminative organs are able to remove them from
the system, it manifests itself generally with
flu-like symptoms. These can include headaches,
soreness/swelling in joints, swollen glands, bloating,
constipation, skin rashes, diarrhea and numerous other
discomforts.
Many people are in good enough physical/systemic
condition to not have any noticeable indication of
Herx. Those who are generally well (but not totally
healthy, and many do not realize this), are surprised
by and anxious to get rid of the discomfort. Relief
will generally come within a day or two of stopping
the medication/therapy and drinking large amounts of
distilled water to help the system flush the toxins
out. Hopefully they will resume the treatment at a
lesser dosage, then slowly increase the dosage.
However, many who have experienced long term chronic
illnesses look forward to these side effects, as an
indicator that what they are doing/taking is working,
and try to maintain a tolerable level of discomfort
until they effect submission/remission of their
condition.
Long-term Candida sufferers are likely to experience
this effect of the 'die-off' of large numbers of
pathogenic organisms. This is because Candida is so
often overlooked and therefore has ample time to wreak
havoc on the immune system and digestive tract,
reducing the ability of one's body to adequately
handle the 'die-off'. Many Candida victims have
reported no undue symptoms, but it is well to be
prepared mentally for the possibility.
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