My understanding of the research focuses on particle size. Electro-colloidal silver in the .001 Micon to .015 Micron range freely circulates in the systems and in the course of normal events is completely flushed out of the body in 4 days or slightly less. This is why we take daily maintainance doses -- to retain a level of presence.
This means that the body does not accumulate these small particles.;.... without an accumulative effect Argyria does not occur. On the other hand, introduce large particles in the body that do not freely circulate (and rapidly lose their electrical charge - are no longer ionized) and the bodys metal scavaging system will deposit them out of the way---- near the surface of the skin (Argyria). Bear in mind guys that this is, of course, an oversimplification to explain this in simple terms that most people can understand. You would require a couple of volumes to get the complete scientific explanation. What it boils down to is that there is no necessity for scaring the hell out of the less educated (ala FDA tactics) about Argyia. Colloidal Silver IS SAFE! You are spinning your wheels trying to figure out what volumes equate to Argyria. If the body retained all of the silver put in it, then it would be a different story - but it doesn't. --- Robert Bartell ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2000 7:58 AM Subject: Re: CS>rosemary jacobs > In a message dated 11/3/00 5:56:00 PM EST, [email protected] writes: > > << Roger, > The lowest recorded amount of silver to cause argyria, that I have seen, > is 900mg over the course of a year orally, which equates to 90 L of > 10ppm CS. Another study, as reported by Dr John Hill, estimated that the > minimum oral dose for producing argyria is 25 to 50 grams over a 6 month > period, which equates to 2,500 to 5000 L. > The 900mg result seems to be out of step with all other estimates. > > Silver Nitrate is soluble in water 222gm AgNO3 per 100gm of water. > Silver nitrate solutions contained about 10% AgNO3, this equates to a > 37,400 ppm solution as silver, ie 37,400 mg per litre or 37.4 gm per > litre. 10 ml of this would supply 0.374 gm of silver! > > So you can see that not too much of this brew is required to reach the > limits as shown above, and of course some people will be more > susceptible than others. Not many cases of argyria considering the > numbers of people who used these products. > > Ivan. > >> > > Ivan: From the figures above it seems quite likely that silver nitrate is the > real culprit simply because it is capable of transporting so much silver into > the body in a relatively short time period. So I would be interested to know > if there is ANY documented case in which CS caused argyria? If not, isn't it > safe to say that it is PRACTICALLY impossible for CS to produce argyria. On a > related point, do you have any data at all that equates CS's in vivos > efficacy to particle size? Even from a qualitative point of view such as > Tyndall, conductivity, color, clarity? Finally, do you think there is any > truth to the claim that using a low quality CS (large particle size) is the > best strategy for attacking infections in the stomach and intestines because > of the (presumed) slower rate at which these particles ionize? Roger > > > -- > 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]> >
