Yes but external application is not the same as oral ingestion. Toxicity varies with route of administration. Many therapeutic agents have varying levels of safety depending on how they are administered and depending on the individual's state of health, metabolism and current toxic load as well as other medications.
Garnet On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 18:28, Stuff wrote: > At 08:32 AM 4/9/2004 -0500, Garnet wrote: > > >The lethal dose of Silver Nitrate in mice is 50 mg/kg. In humans the > >lethal dose of Silver salts is 1 gram. So yes there are risks for those > >who do not educate themselves and exercise due caution in their set up. > > And yet it's used for *external* application... > > "Most doctors treat newborns with silver nitrate or other medicine to keep > them from getting gonorrhea in the eyes, which can cause blindness. " > > http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/womenshealth/factsheets/std.htm > > What is NOT mentioned here is that it's applied to the eyes [a doctor told > me] in some fashion that I'm not > particularly aware of...on the eyeball or what? > > stuff > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >
