Hello silver-list, I accidentally sent this to Ivan, wehn I meant to send it to the list. Ooops.
Wednesday, April 25, 2001, 3:21:00 AM, you wrote: IA> Thanks Hanan, IA> As Dr John Hill wrote some years ago, there is no reason to suspect that IA> bacteria will not develop resistance to colloidal silver. Lets hope these do IA> not become wide spread. IA> Ivan. I personally don't agree. Didn't I read something on the list recently (??) that stated bacteria that naturally lived in silver-rich soil had some degree of resistance, but if taken out of the silver-rich environment for a short time, it lost that resistance? I liken this to the natural pesticides pyrethrin and rotenone. Insects will NOT develop a resistance to the natural versions, but for some reason, they WILL develop a resistance to the synthetic versions. As for the article posted by Hanan, it struck me as a sort of propaganda (by the writer, not Hanan). The way it stated "ranging from beneficial clinical applications, to commercial and folk practices that are of questionable value but little harm, to snake-oil products and frauds found through the internet and health food stores" really smells. It sounds quite similar to the "supplements are worthless, and possibly dangerous, so we should outlaw them for public sale...... BUT, we will PRESCRIBE them to you!!" that keeps circulating here in the U.S.A. A case of "it's only good for you if we prescribe it"! While bacteria haven't had a problem developing resistance to modern-day antibiotics, keep in mind that it has accomplished this in what, 50 years or so? So, since silver has been on the earth since the beginning of time, along with the bacteria, doesn't it make sense that if the bacteria were going to develop a resistance, it would have done so millions of years ago? Just my proverbial $0.02! -- Best regards, Solar mailto:[email protected] -- 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]>
