Ode Coyote wrote: > There is still an element or two missing. The elimination rate meeds to > be figured in. > So, is that 4 grams 'consumed' or 4 grams 'retained' over a lifetime? > With elimination rates at something like 94% in 24 hrs..and that rate > drived from doses of inhaled dust, it might take several pounds of silver > over a 'long' lifetime to retain 4 grams. > Researchers attempting to deliberately induce argyria were mainly > frustrated even at extremely high, near toxic doseages of silver compounds > with the vast majority of subjects refusing to turn blue. Apparently, > susceptibility is very low. >
My guess is that the researchers were biologists and didn't have a clue as to the chemistry requirements. If any of these steps are not done, then argyria cannot form. 1. silver must be ionic, such as a compound 2. when silver is in the body, the skin must be exposed to light, preferrably UV for seeding. 3. The skin must be alkaline. Although the blood is alkaline, the skin is usually acid. So washing with something like lye soap would likely do that. 4. The blood must have a developer in it. Caffine is a good developer. 5. The ionic concentration of silver must be high enough to cause the particles to grow rapidly enough to get trapped in the skin. Note that with CS, there are loads of seed particles avaiable, and most are not at the skin. So a large quantity of true colloid could also prevent argyria as it would use up the ionic silver long before it found it's way to the skin and any particles formed by exposure to the light. I bet if they had consulted a chemist from Kodak they could find a way to do it repeatably. Marshall -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
