On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 11:07:35 -0500, "Ian Roe" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Hi to Ted Windsor: > >I have seen postings before about how anything more than 20 ppm is a waste. >It's a pretty subjective statement. It's really more helpful to say, "I use >20 ppm and it is effective for me!" > >Many have felt that anything over 10-12 ppm is a waste. It really depends >upon how one is using their CS and what one isusing it for - doesn't it? Well, here's the situation. There has been some lab testing of CS (ionic silver), and the experiments show that 5 ppm will kill just about everything in a short time. The only exception was one strain of staph (or was that strep?) that needed 8 ppm to do the job in the same amount of time. Stronger concentrations seemed to be *less* effective for some pathogens tested. (I think it was the BYU tests that I'm remembering.) >If >one is using it topically or to sterilize countertops, spray salads, then >the higher ppm is useful and so is the ionic content. There is a rationale >here. Given equal particle size, That's the rub. Higher ppm usually means larger particle size -- probably due to the ions clumping together (Zeta potential and all that). > if one is used to taking two ounces of 5 >ppm per day (and they experience it's efficacy) , then if they were taking >20ppm they would only need to take 1/4 of this or if they were taking 30ppm >then they would only have to take 1/6 of this. If they are purchasing their >CS, then it does make a difference in cost. A teaspoon of 30ppm is equal to >an ounce of 5 ppm. A 500 ml bottle of 30ppm would be equivalent to six >500ml bottles of 5 ppm. Diluting 30 ppm to 5 ppm would still leave you with the larger particles of the original 30 ppm CS. -- Dean -- from (almost) Des Moines -- KB0ZDF -- 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]>
