Arnold,
Pure unadulterated silver (100%) is hard to come by and extemely expensive.
Subtract one thousandth part from 100.000% and you 99.999%. Using silver of
this grade doesn't preclude that possibly that 1/1000th part is copper and is
present in the colloid. For our purposes, thats a "Pure" Colloidal prooduct
suitable for human consumption as a mineral supplement. ok? : Robert Bartell
----- Original Message -----
From: Arnold Beland
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 7:22 AM
Subject: Re: CS>rosemary jacobs
"Properly prepared electro-colloidal silver contains 99.999% pure silver
particles"
May I ask how you arrive at this number?
Regards,
Arnold
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Bartell
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: CS>rosemary jacobs
Hey Guys,
My understanding may be a little different and I'll stand to be corrected,
but....
Silver compounds, i.e. silver nitrate, silver acetate, have no reason to be
ingested. They are NOT colloidal silver and have entirely different
characteristics. Stability, especially long-term, is an important aspect of
colloidal silver products. To avoid "fall out", some companies add a protein
or chemical stabilizer, allowing a higher concentration of silver with a
greater level of stability. (One in particular is FDA approved) The downside
is that most stabilizers bond to the silver particles and therefore reduce the
antimicrobial effect of the silver. Such products contain higher levels of
total silver to compensate, and should be taken with caution because in all
cases of silver toxicity, called Argyria (the permanent discoloration of the
skin due to silver deposits), the product in question contained high
concentrations of large particle silver compounded with stabilizers such as
silver nitrate or silver acetate.
Argyria has never been reported from pure electro-colloidal silver free of
proteins or other stabilizers!
Another advantage of correctly manufactured colloidal silver is that, with
a particle size well below 1 micron, ideally one thousandth of one micron to
fifteen thousandths of one micron in size, a 3 to 5 parts per million
concentration of colloidal silver is unlikely to affect friendly intestinal
bacteria. Most of it is absorbed into the circulatory systems of the body
(arteries, veins, lymph system) before it gets there. Such fine particles can
freely pass through blood vessels and in the lymph system pass freely through
tissues, including sublingually through the soft tissues of the mouth, and
including the blood brain barrier. These microscopically fine particles of
silver damage nothing vital to the body but are lethal to contacted bacterium,
viruses, yeasts, single celled parasites. Fortunately such have no opportunity
to develop a resistance or immunity to the silver. Following the normal
circulatory paths of the human body these fine particles flush out completely
in about 4 days. The lymph system (immune system) flushes out the dead debris
created by the silver colloid particles and processes the toxins and wastes
through the kidneys and liver.
Properly prepared electro-colloidal silver contains 99.999% pure silver
particles, .001 of a Micron or slightly larger in size (up to .015 of a
Micron), suspended and separated by their electrical charge, in pure distilled
water with no salts, any other silver compounds, binding agents, stabilizers
or proteins.
Such prepared electro-colloidal silver is non-toxic and cannot cause
Argyria in any amount.
Most of us already know all of this, but if you have to have the references
and bibliography on the above, contact me at [email protected] and I'll
supply you with a reading list that would constitute a complete college course.
----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: CS>rosemary jacobs
> In a message dated 11/2/00 5:54:28 PM EST, [email protected] writes:
>
> << It is not the type of silver ions that enter the body (compounds, salts
> etc.) but the quantity that determines the chance of showing argyria.
>
> Ivan.
>
> >>
>
> Ivan: There are people who claim to drink CS by the quart each day. Why
don't
> THEY get agyria? I don't think ANYBODY on this list has ever claimed to
have
> had a problem with it. Why? Just how much would it take to get argyria?
Roger
>
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