Thanks for the math Marshall That's why i posted that but forgot to ask for the calculations. BTW, That was directly from one of Rosemarys links. Ken
At 11:03 AM 12/1/00 -0500, you wrote: >Ode Coyote wrote: > >> http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ToxProfiles/phs9024.html >> "The federal government has developed regulations and guidelines to protect >> people from the possible >> health effects from long-term exposure to silver in drinking water. The >> Environmental Protection >> Agency (EPA) suggests that the level of silver in drinking water not be >> more than 0.05 milligrams per >> liter of water (mg/L) (which is equal to 50 parts of silver per billion >> parts of water or ppb). However, >> in May 1989, the EPA announced that this restriction on silver levels in >> drinking water might be >> removed. For short-term exposures (1-10 days), EPA suggests that drinking >> water levels of silver >> not be more than 1.142 mg/L (which is equal to 1.142 parts of silver per >> million parts of water or >> ppm)." > >That is interesting. Then taking 1 oz of 10 ppm or 2 oz of 5 ppm of CS per day >would be (1 oz)(10mg/l)/(33.8 oz/l) = .2958 mg. The amount this new level would >be for a person drinking 2 to 4 liters a day would be 2.282 to 4.564 mg a day. >So the amount we typically take for maintainance is 1/10th to 1/20th of what the >EPA would allow in water! That seems pretty good ammunition against those who >want to claim that this level is toxic. > >Of course if they are really in the know, they know that 2 ppm or so of flouride >is allowed, even added to the water, and that is truely toxic. > >How long does it take for them to act? 11 years seems a bit long. > >Marshall > > >-- >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]> > >
