That does make sense, since about the only thing that silver ever reacts with easily is sulfur. But if that is the case wouldn't silver rings and bracelets cause a problem?
Marshall Ode Coyote wrote: > One article i read has the silver reacting with sulpher in the skin, > changing it into a light sensitive compound. > [article was on an EPA site, I think] > Ken > > At 04:20 PM 12/12/00 -0800, you wrote: > >> BUT DON'T FORGET THE EVILS OF AGYRIA!!!!!!!! > >> [waving arms & panting!] --Russ > > > >Even drinking the largest-particle electro-colloidal > >silver I could make (dark purple or brown), I would > >still need to drink more each day than I am able to > >drink, over an very extended period of time, before > >argyria would reach the level of faint possibility. > > > >The discussions of argyria that have occured on this > >list and elsewhere have demonstrated to me that nobody > >even knows what causes argyria. > > > >The two schools of thought seem to be that, > > > >1. Argyria is caused by ingesting large amounts of a > >silver salt (over an extended period of time), which > >somehow photosynthesizes into silver metal (catalyzed > >by light) which is trapped in the skin pigment. > > > >2. Consuming large amounts of silver or silver salts > >in particularly large particle size (such as > >mechanically ground up silver) for an extended time. > > > >Neither of these eventualities are related to the > >consumption of electro-colloidal silver. Neither the > >amount of silver nor the largest possible particle > >size of electro-colloidal silver is remotely close to > >any known intelligent theory of the cause of argyria > >(excepting inane claims made by the FDA). > > > >The fact remains that, "We could not locate a single > >case of orally consumed colloidal silver manufactured > >in the last 25 years causing Argyria in our review of > >the literature. Alexander G. Schauss, Ph.D. Director, > >Life Sciences Division John Hopkins University. > > > >Terry Wayne > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. > >http://shopping.yahoo.com/ > > > > > >-- > >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]> > > > >
