Marshall,
Thanks for your experience and wisdom that you share with us! This has to be
one of your best and it answers many questions that we have been asked and
wondering about.
Sincerely,
Richard Harris, 56 yr FL Pharmacist

-----Original Message-----
From: Marshall Dudley [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 10:59 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: CS>Water Oz...


It is rather simple really.  If there are silver compounds in the blood they
are
light sensitive, and will produce silver atoms upon exposure to light (basic
photography).  Thus one can get a buildup of metallic silver atoms in the
skin
when exposed to sunlight if they have silver compounds in the blood.
Normally
these get transported out in short order with no lasting effect. However if
the
blood contains sufficient silver compounds, and there is any developer in
the
blood (most likely caffine), then additional silver will plate out on these
seed
atoms of silver, creating silver crystals (basic photo developing).  At some
point
these crystals will grow to sufficient size and shape, to where they get
stuck in
the tissues.  When they grow to sufficient size, then they will begin
absorbing
light, and will then appear as a gray, blue or black area.

Thus to get argyria requires sufficient silver compounds in the blood, or
skin
(you can get it instantly with silver nitrate applied to the skin then
exposed to
light).  Colloidal silver should not be capable of causing argyria since it
will
not reduce to silver metal causing particles in the skin to grow, it is
already
silver metal.  Theorectically the ionic portion of CS could contribute to
this
condition, but there are two things that will tend to prevent it.  First,
the ppm
of the silver will be too low to cause the crystals to grow rapidly engough
to get
trapped. Second, all the colloidal portion of the CS will provide sites for
any
plating out of the ions, thus they will not tend to do so only in the skin
where
it can be seen, and the particles will not grow sufficiently to get trapped.

Marshall

Tony Moody wrote:

> Hallo Frank,
> Do  you know what the pathway is to the argyria, or can you take a
> guess?
>
> Thanks,
> tony moody
>
> > WaterOZ Ionic silver is actually "silver citrate", usually 100-150 ppm
and
> > is known to cause argyria.
> >
> > The owner of the company got argyria from using this product according
to an
> > individual who personally knows the owner.
> >
> > frank key
> >
>
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