Agreed, Ken! No arguement. My main point is that a CS vendor does not have the right to make a risk assessment for their customers... not really. Since there are at least three variables, all existing data is at best inconclusive -- and in reality, from 'our' point of view, highly encouraging.
The EPA risk documents' end conclusion is that a minimum of 4 grams consumed is enough for a critical level of silver accumulation -- in some cases. To find out how much silver actually accumulated in the entire body might be inhumane! Yet even this figure is hardly directly translatable to CS used orally. Adjustment factors were used to convert amounts taken via injection to "oral equivalents"... Who knows how applicable those figures really are. The primary strength of those studies is that under 4 grams of total silver intake is KNOWN to be completely safe ( albeit perhaps not all at once! ). Therefore, those who are ultra-conservative have an end figure to apply with confidence. Of course, they have to be INFORMED first that the calculated figures exist! I'm of the opinion that a properly made colloidal silver wouldn't accumulate in the body at the same "rate" as other silver compounds. However, I don't believe this is established by fact. The short-term studies, few as they are, are interesting, but cannot be viewed as definative. It may be nine months to a year of daily use before the silver begins to accumulate in the body at an increased rate, due to dietary considerations; perhaps longer. Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ode Coyote" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 5:47 AM Subject: Re: CS>Unsupported denials & claims > 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. > I'd venture to say that Rosemary the blue is an exception rather than the > rule. What about the probable thousands of others who did the same thing > but DID NOT develop argyria. Only ONE case out of a single given accepted > practice that how many participated in? > > Maybe 40,000 people a year die by automobile interactions in the USA, but > hundreds of millions don't, yet cover billions of miles a month in > automobiles. Now, what's the actual risk factor? > I myself have driven well over a million miles, half a million in a big > rig, and never so much as scratched anyone yet. > Ken > -- 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]>
