>From reading postings on this listserv for the last year or so, I have observed a consensus that oral consumption of CS is quite acceptable, even positive, if what is being drunk is pure, elemental silver suspended in distilled water. On the other hand, oral consumption of silver compounds (like silver chloride, silver nitrate or nitrite, silver sulfate or sulfite, silver carbonate, etc.) is dangerous, causing argyria. In fact, I believe I saw a posting months ago to the effect that application of silver compounds to the eyes of babies caused them to develop argyria.
If these are legitimate concerns (and they certainly sound legitimate, even scary, to me), why don't we still have a problem with ingestion of "pure" CS because the solution will surely mix with the other contents of your stomach whenever you drink it? For example, we know that our stomachs secrete a substantial amount of hydrochloric acid. Why wouldn't the silver solution react with the HCL in our stomach to make silver chloride? If you drink CS with a hot dog, why wouldn't you end up with silver nitrate or silver nitrite coursing through your intestines? Due to the chemical properties of our stomach, even drinking CS on an empty stomach would logically seem to pose a danger of formation of destructive silver compounds inside our stomachs, to thereafter wreak havoc with our innards. Are my concerns legitimate or am I missing something fundamental here? Christy Barton -- 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]>
