List Members,

I think the problem of undesired messages r.e. Japanese translation
appeared again.   I changed my "reply"  preferences and I hope
eliminated this.   Please advise if previous problem is gone.    Again,
sorry.

"Jonathan B. Britten" wrote:

> Several vendors post on their websites apparently legitimate,
> independent tests of CS made with their machines.     One tests on
> so-called "toilet water,"  another on strep. bacteria.      At some
> point I think it would be valuable to collect such independent lab.
> tests in a single folder entitled "In vitro tests"  and have another
> folder for "In vivo non-human animal tests"  and another for "in vivo
> human animal tests."    Or something along those lines.
>
> Sota Instruments -- no connection whatsoever with me -- claims to have
> Canadian government approval of their devices as Class C medical
> instruments,  so their must be a wealth of objective data there.
>
> As for all the various list management ideas -- things are moving in
> the right direction,  and I think my mention of Sota above is the kind
> of reference to a vendor that is appropriate and should be permitted
> in this forum.    Other than this sort of thing,  I wholly concur with
> the "no vendor" letter from Mr. Devour.
>
> JBB
>
>
>
> Marshall Dudley wrote:
>
>> [email protected] wrote:
>>
>> > Herb: I think the major problem here is that we are not even on the
>> > threshold of deciding the CRITERIA of what constitutes good or
>> > excellent CS. That's why I believe that we will be wasting our time
>> > by allowing one vender to debate another about whose CS is best. A
>> > much better format is to engage in discussions concerning why
>> > certain criteria should be used to distinguish one CS product from
>> > another. Let's see the evidence which supports *criteria selection*
>> > first. This initial step will probably takes years to establish
>> > scientifically. Roger
>>
>> I think there are several criteria, and for a producer it can be
>> somewhat different than for home made.  for instance stability is
>> very important to the producer, but if someone makes it and drinks
>> it the same day, that criteria is likely not important.
>>
>> Small particle size sound nice, but the real important part is the
>> ability to kill pathogens.  I think that if one is to compare
>> products or methods of production, then a test should be done in
>> which each is tested for it's ability to kill virus, bacteria,
>> protozoa and fungi.  In some cases a fairly large particle size with
>> lots of surface area (like a snowflake) could be more effective than
>> a small sherical particle.  The only way to know this would be to do
>> some testing with cultures.
>>
>> Another criteria is the ability to allow cells to revert back to
>> stem cells. This is very important when used on burns or other
>> injuries.
>>
>> I think it quite possible that CS is better than ions for killing
>> most pathogens, but that ions are necessary for the conversion to
>> stem cells. I wish there were some way to test for this without
>> involving injury to a person or animal.  Maybe if one cultured cells
>> from scraping the inside of the mouth, one could determine if
>> undifferentiation takes place in the prescence of silver.
>>
>> Worth looking into I believe.
>>
>> Marshall
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