Paula: I agree with your desire to share accurate information, so perhaps we can come up with a technically accurate way to answer the question... Mine would be as follows:
Is silver a heavy metal? Silver, medically, does not share the toxicology associated with what are commonly described as heavy metals. Legally, the definition of what is or is not a heavy metal varies depending on which regulatory agency one queries. According to SIGNA's medicare qualification documents, silver is not a heavy metal. The term heavy metal is not a scientific term, and there has never been consensus on the meaning of this term in the scientific community. By some definitions, both Magnesium and Potassium are heavy metals. Classification of "heavy metal" has never been scientifically based on any actual quality associated with any element, although many adaptations to the periodic table have been attempted, including gram atomic weight and by the number on the periodic table, both which have no real chemical significance-- not from a biological standpoint, a chemical standpoint, or any other scientifically demonstrable attribute including any medical significance. Ref: http://www.iupac.org/publications/pac/2002/pdf/7405x0793.pdf http://www.cignamedicare.com/partb/lmrp/nc/cms_fu/2001-006.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: sol To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 1:47 PM Subject: Re: CS>Silver-heavy metal NOT That's ok, people seem to be mis-reading my intent, I do not need arguments that silver is not toxic or that water can be toxic. I just want to stop telling folks it is not a heavy metal, if in fact it is. I have also read it called a "transition" metal, and the toxic heavy metals are also listed as transition metals on the table I sent the link to. I sh ould have researched this a long time ago, and not parroted things I read. There is plenty of evidence that silver (EIS) is not toxic without making false arguments, which is what I want to avoid, as when I myself find out that a fact is mis-stated or false, I tend to disbelieve everything else, you know? I simply want to be accurate. paula ----- Original Message ----- From: mamapug Even water is toxic in amounts large enough to drown in. Water can also be toxic when swallowed in large amounts. Here in Utah, a couple is up for murder, for forcing their adopted child to drink quarts of water as a punishment. It killed her. She was 5. Marshalee
