On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 07:38:06 EST, [email protected] wrote: >In a message dated 11/17/00 10:07:34 PM EST, [email protected] writes:
>> Uhh, actually we're not. >> The guys did the math, and the amount of silver in Colloidal preparations was >> pretty miniscule even for large quantities ingested. >Chuck: Which, as Ivan has pointed out, is NOT true for typical silver nitrate >preparations. Perhaps THAT'S why, from a purely delivery perspective, only >silver compounds cause argyria. It's not the FORM of silver that causes >argyria (since, according to Ivan, the body can only absorb silver ION), it's >the amount, which, for all practical purposes, can be delivered only by >silver compounds. This idea may help us examine the longer term issues. If >studies can be cited whereby ingesting silver in the form of its compounds >has no ADDITIONAL long term side effects (beyond agyria), it is practically >impossible for CS to have them. If, on the other hand, such studies connect >silver compounds with OTHER long term negative side effects, long term CS >studies would still be needed to demonstrate such a connection. Roger Since only one person known by name has argyria, I suspect no connection will be made. (As far as I know, Rosey says she still gets colds and the flu, but no major health problems have been mentioned.) And I rather doubt there will be research on long-term use of silver compounds -- unless, that is, almost all other antibiotics become ineffective. -- Dean -- from (almost) Duh Moyn (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]>
