That makes sense, AgCl is inferior to CS in killing bacteria. Marshall
"Nina Silver, Ph.D." wrote: > I wanted to jump in here briefly and tell you what an engineer friend of > mine discovered with CS that was "started" with a very mild saline solution. > He fed two similar petri dishes of bacteria CS, one solution of which had > been "started" with salt and one without. He discovered that the > salt-started CS was highly inferior to killing the critters. > > The experiment was repeated at least 5 times. Five out of the six times my > friend did the experiment, the non-salt CS did a vastly superior job of > killing bacteria. > > However, he DID find that tiny amounts of baking soda "started" the solution > without compromising the microbe-killing ability of the CS. > > I like to make my initial batch of CS by heating the distilled water first. > I heat it in the pyrex measuring cup in which it's being made, and place it > in a pan of water like a double boiler. I do this to avoid the possibility > of metal from a pot leeching into the CS water. Then, with subsequent > batches, I use some already made CS to "start" the solution. > > Regards, > Nina Silver, Ph.D. > dedicated to world healing and social change > visit my website http://www.Heart-of-Healing.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]>
