Maybe argyria would be more difficult to detect on Mexicans and Indians than on Anglos???
Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reid Harvey" <[email protected]> To: "silver list" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 7:56 PM Subject: Re: CS>3200 ppm CS & Mexico¹s drinking water > Jack, > As a result of something else that Alex said there are now a few points > concerning Microdyn of which I'm not sure. In part of a response Alex > said: > > .....This Agua limpia is Microdyn (3200 ppm c.c.) but was produced by > Roland Laboratories for the use in the purification for wasted water by > the Mexican Government (I am pretty sure they NEVER let others to know > the secret formula/production/research) They patented this way of making > the C.S. (I believe they use a micro pulverize method named colloidal > pulverizer mill) And yes there are several companies selling the C.S. in > Mexico. But no one has the 3200 p.p.m....... > > My question now concerns something I learned in Chemistry, where my > knowledge of this discipline is quite incomplete. It has been my > understanding that ions can only exist in solution, otherwise under very > limited circumstances. My impression from prior discussions here is > that the *best of the concentrated CS brands* may contain no more than > about 0.5 to 1.0% of a protein stabilizer. But if a concentrated CS is > made from *a micro pulveriser mill,* what does this say about other > compounds that may be present? This is something to think about and I'm > not saying CS made in this way is necessarily a problem, only that I now > see question marks. > > I do know that there are companies in Spain that make a *powdered CS,* > as I've mentioned here before. And my understanding from technical > literature is that one of these brands contains 80% silver. So what > else is present? As to Microdyn, I should say that I have no particular > reason to believe it has problems, but I am also curious about cases of > argyria in Mexico, documented or anecdotal. If for no other reason this > would be of interest for a society in which there is a lot of exposure > to silver. > > I also mentioned earlier that in a 250 ml. glass I found, using the > Hanna PWT, that each 1 drop of the Mexican 3200ppm CS added 1.0 ppm to > the water. So 10 drops gave 10 ppm. At this rate for any questionable > 20%, indicating 2.0 ppm (let us say for the sake of argument) of a > silver compound, would this pose a possible cosmetic problem? For that > matter what about people in our part of the world, South Asia, who are > eating sweets that are covered with silver leaf? > > I would also like to say that I think Alex Torres appears to be doing > wonderful work. Incidentally, Alex said only Microdyn makes CS as > concentrated as 3200ppm, but we who saturate ceramic filters have used > products as high as 32,000 ppm, 3.2 % solution. > Reid > > Jack Dayton said: > 3200 ppm CS & Mexico¹s drinking water > > It is hard to know how to write this, but I becameinterested in high > concentration CS about 6 months ago after an exchange of messages > between Bill Missett and myself. > > At the time Bill was living in Mexico, and had, on more than one post, > mentioned Mexican made CS that was being sold as 3200 ppm. I suggested > that he might like to become a reseller to interested list members, > because of the extremely low price it was available for there. That > didn¹t work out.................... > > > > > -- > 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]> > >
