You said "The truth is that a silver solution whose silver content is predominantly ionic silver should not be labeled as "colloidal silver". The FTC would call that product mislabeled"
I say, going by the following definitions, ionic silver seems to be a colloid. What say you? Since you mentioned the FDC, a government agency, I chose one of their dictionaries. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html Medical Dictionary Main Entry: col·loid Pronunciation: 'käl-"oid Function: noun 1 : a gelatinous or mucinous substance found in tissues in disease or normally (as in the thyroid) 2 a : a substance consisting of particles that are dispersed throughout another substance and are too small for resolution with an ordinary light microscope but are incapable of passing through a semipermeable membrane b : a mixture (as smoke) consisting of a colloid together with the medium in which it is dispersed Main Entry: par·ti·cle Pronunciation: 'pärt-i-k&l Function: noun 1 : one of the minute subdivisions of matter (as an atom or molecule) ; also : ELEMENTARY PARTICLE 2 : a minute quantity or fragment Main Entry: elementary particle Function: noun 1 : any of the particles of which matter and energy are composed or which mediate the fundamental forces of nature ; especially : one (as the photon or the electron) whose existence has not been attributed to the combination of other more fundamental entities 2 : one of the structural units of mitochondrial cristae that are observable by the electron microscope usually as spheres or stalked spheres and are prob. the seat of fundamental energy-producing reactions Main Entry: pos·i·tron Pronunciation: 'päz-&-"trän Function: noun : a positively charged particle having the same mass and magnitude of charge as the electron and constituting the antiparticle of the electron -- called also positive electron Yours in health, James Allison -- 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]>
