Hello James, Saturday, March 1, 2003, 6:19:21 PM, you wrote:
JA> You said "The truth is that a silver solution whose silver content is JA> predominantly ionic silver should not be labeled as "colloidal silver". The JA> FTC would call that product mislabeled" JA> I say, going by the following definitions, ionic silver seems to be a JA> colloid. JA> What say you? JA> Since you mentioned the FDC, a government agency, I chose one of their JA> dictionaries. JA> http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html JA> Medical Dictionary JA> Main Entry: col·loid JA> Pronunciation: 'käl-"oid JA> Function: noun JA> 1 : a gelatinous or mucinous substance found in tissues in disease or JA> normally (as in the thyroid) JA> 2 a : a substance consisting of particles that are dispersed throughout JA> another substance and are too small for resolution with an ordinary light JA> microscope but are incapable of passing through a semipermeable membrane b : JA> a mixture (as smoke) consisting of a colloid together with the medium in JA> which it is dispersed The part about NOT passing through a semipermeable membrane differentiates colloidal from ionic. Ionic is dissolved, and therefore will pass through a semipermeable membrane. JA> Main Entry: par·ti·cle JA> Pronunciation: 'pärt-i-k&l JA> Function: noun JA> 1 : one of the minute subdivisions of matter (as an atom or molecule) ; also JA> : ELEMENTARY PARTICLE JA> 2 : a minute quantity or fragment JA> Main Entry: elementary particle JA> Function: noun JA> 1 : any of the particles of which matter and energy are composed or which JA> mediate the fundamental forces of nature ; especially : one (as the photon JA> or the electron) whose existence has not been attributed to the combination JA> of other more fundamental entities JA> 2 : one of the structural units of mitochondrial cristae that are observable JA> by the electron microscope usually as spheres or stalked spheres and are JA> prob. the seat of fundamental energy-producing reactions I don't have a CLUE as to why you included "elementary particle", as the common definition (the first one) has nothing to do with colloids, but rather subatomic particles. JA> Main Entry: pos·i·tron JA> Pronunciation: 'päz-&-"trän JA> Function: noun JA> : a positively charged particle having the same mass and magnitude of charge JA> as the electron and constituting the antiparticle of the electron -- called JA> also positive electron James, if you think that somehow a positron has ANYTHING to do with the positive charge of ionic silver, think again. A positron is the OPPOSITE of an electron, and exists in ANTIMATTER. The positive charge of ionic silver is caused by a LACK of an electron, and has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with silver, whether ionic or colloidal. JA> Yours in health, JA> James Allison Please, let us not try and impress, or confuse, anyone with basic BS on the subject. Two of the above definitions have NO PLACE in discussing colloidal and/or ionic silver (well, the "elementary particle" one could be used in the definition of an electron I suppose). -- Best regards, Solar -- 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]>
