I suppose that would depend on how much sulfher is on the surface of the skin. Skin contact definately tarnishes silver jewlery. Perhaps the reason the skin doesn't discolor is that the tarnish is firmly bonded to the silver jewelry and the skin is contantly shedding. Ken
At 10:51 AM 12/13/00 -0500, you wrote: >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]> >> > >> > > >
