Hunh? Did I miss something Marshall? What about these quotes... "This is easy to explain by examining how a catalyst works. Each positively charged silver atom will attract one negatively charged atom or molecule. Once they touch, the charge is neutralized."
"The larger the particle, the more positively charged silver atoms can attract oxygen and other negatively charged particles to the surface." "There are a number of reasons why silver seems to have much more effectiveness than normal antibiotics. Here are a number of them: 1. Colloidal silver is positively charged; most antibiotics do not carry a strong positive charge. This causes silver to virtually seek out and destroy pathogens, instead of simply having to move around until they happen to bump into each other. This effect is quite appropriately referred to as the "Silver Bullet"- effect by Dr. Robert Beck." "It was later discovered that the pathogenic bacteria are negatively charged. Most pathogenic bacteria are anaerobic, and if oxidized will die. In order to prevent oxidization, they carry an enzyme to repel negatively charged oxygen. If this enzyme is disabled so that they lose this negative charge, or if oxygen is supplied in a form such that it is reactive to negatively charged pathogens, such as ozone water or hydrogen peroxide, the bacteria will be oxidized. This reaction is lethal to the pathogen." "It would follow that that negatively charged bacteria, and negatively charged oxygen will be attracted to and will bind with silver particles. Since the negative charge is neutralized through an electron transfer with the particle of silver, each can easily combine with the other, and will do so, oxidizing the pathogen and destroying it." >From the above quotes, I would assume that AG+ is where it's at. I would hope that the above quotes have a special meaning for you, as we both know who wrote them *grin*. Sorry if I sound confused, however, it's all your fault *said with a mischievous grin* ;> Yours in health, James Allison ----- Original Message ----- From: Marshall Dudley To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 9:22 AM Subject: Re: CS>Silver-resistent pathogens Very interesting article. However, I don't think it concerns colloidal silver though. All the research is being done on Ag+ ions, which although present in most CS, is not the part of the CS which has the real punch. It has been shown that metallic silver, not silver ions, are the real workhorses in CS, being many times as effective as Ag+ in killing pathogens. The rest has been deleted to save bandwidth.
