Hi all, I will be attending a talk to be given by William Briggs, author of a book on CS (don't know the title), to be held here in Perth on Nov 26. I was invited, separately, by a couple of different friends, both of whom I have talked to extensively about the virtues of CS. Because of this I did a little net searching on William Briggs and found a site that appears to be closely associated with him, the "Compassion Response Network":
http://www.nw.com.au/%7Ekeane/healing/02CSHealthSafety/00index2.htm What I found was quite a number of, in my opinion, inaccuracies and half truths. I may be doing Mr Briggs an injustice by assuming that the statements are linked to him and, if that is not so, I apologise totally. If, however, these are really related to his ideas then I would like to be sure of my facts before my friends are exposed to his talk. Could those with a reasonable grasp of the following issues, selected from the various web pages on the site, please comment on them accordingly? Also, anyone who has read his book may be able to discern if these are similar concepts to those he has written. BTW, at one point Bill Briggs is described as "Australia's leading authority on colloidal silver". On colloids, ions and salts: "A Particulate Test, or Specific Ion Test. This test measures only colloidal (that is, ionic) silver, and can be expressed as ppm of colloidal silver" "Pure water itself does not conduct an electron flow, but ions (colloidal particles) and salts are good conductors for electron flow." I thought ions (Ag+) and colloidal particles were different. On what is formed when making CS: "with most products, show that about 80% of the silver content is in silver salts or compounds." "Silver sinters off from the anode, forming either positively charged silver colloid particles, or combining with any salts or compounds in the water, forming silver chloride, silver nitrate, silver iodide or various other silver compounds depending upon the salts and impurities originally in the water." "Even most of the genuinely "electro-colloidal" solutions contained about 80% silver salts, and some of these were in such high concentrations, or using toxic salts such as silver nitrate, that regular taking of them over years could lead to severe silver toxaemia and perhaps even diagnosed argyria." More on "positively charged" next, but is ionic silver (the 80%) the same as silver salts or compounds? On absorption (adsorption?) and associated charge: "Colloidal silver and silver salts however, because of their positive charge, are repelled by the intestinal lining, which therefore does not admit such positively charged particles to be adsorbed into the blood stream." "But in the mouth and throat, the Ph balance is definitely alkaline, and under such situations, the positively charged silver colloid is rapidly adsorbed, that is, attracted and assimilated by the negatively charged mineral elements in the blood." I was under the impression that, while the ions had a positive valence, the colloidal particles were negatively charged. On argyria and heavy metals: "The sad danger in commercial preparations for silver medications and "colloidal" solutions, and also for home colloidal silver preparations, is that there are many not doing the rigorous checks during preparation required to ensure safety and quality, and there seems to be emerging a group of people with substantial heavy metal (silver) toxicity, as serious in its own way as the recent concern about mercury toxicity." "Some of these more extreme cases are developing acute argyria, and the wave of such cases is already apparent." "Thefact is, that pure colloidal silver never settles in the body tissues, because it is too small, and so never contributes to argyria." "Medical authorities differ on how much silver causes argyria, and of course different silver salts vary in their toxicity. Let us consider the proposition that 1 gram of silver ingested over a year will give rise to argyria (medical authorities differ, but 1/2 gram to 1 gram of silver is often regarded as sufficient, when taken over a year, to cause argyria). ---- Let us then calculate how much silver we would ingest taking 5mls (a teaspoon) a day of a preparation containing 4 ppm of silver salts. ---- Now taking 5 mls of solution a day for 365 days = 1825 mls or 1.825/250 = 0.73% of the quantity (1 gram) required to cause argyria. Or 1.46% of 1/2 a gram over a year." "But even silver accumulation in the body of a lesser degree than that which leads to medical diagnosis of argyria is serious, as it congests the body with a heavy metal, inhibiting proper body functioning. We may compare the situation of silver toxaemia with that of mercury toxaemia produced by the widespread dental use of amalgam fillings that include mercury and silver." "Even most of the genuinely "electro-colloidal" solutions contained about 80% silver salts, and some of these were in such high concentrations, or using toxic salts such as silver nitrate, that regular taking of them over years could lead to severe silver toxaemia and perhaps even diagnosed argyria." "The result is that recently there have been a growing number of argyria cases coming to medical attention; now argyria is once again a recognised illness in our society." I didn't think silver was considered a heavy metal, and where are the "wave" of argyria cases? On silver nitrate, light and silver solubility: "A few of selected samples of commercial colloidal silver were very high in silver nitrate, indicating that to prepare the solution, the silver electrodes were immersed not into water, but into a nitrate solution." Silver nitrate is sensitive to the entire visible light spectrum, whereas colloidal silver is mainly sensitive (that is it loses its positive charge and precipitates out) to ultra violet light." Silver colloids are fat soluble, whereas silver compounds and salts are water soluble. Silver salts such as silver nitrate or silver chloride will precipitate out in fat cells, and in this way build up in the body." I'm not sure at all about the above statements. There are many more statements on the site that I would question, but these are enough for me now. I am not sure what the Briggs talk will be about, but I suspect commercial intent. I believe he is part of a group that intends going to Africa and injecting 50,000 AIDs sufferers with IV colloidal silver. Although I may question the transmission method, I do heartily applaud such an undertaking. I hope I'm wrong about his link to this site, but if not I suspect I may have to ask a few pointed questions at his talk. If that is the case, it will probably make both of us quite uncomfortable. Regards, Mike Fuller -- 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]>
