Hi David, If this is true, then the brown plastic Hydrogen Peroxide bottles would be ideal to store Colloidal Silver?
Jean Baugh ********************************** > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 01:08:34 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: CS>The Glass vs Plastic debate.. > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 18:10:03 -0700 > > > Anyone find these comments to be true? This is an article from ABL labs web > page. The findings suggest that plastic may be better than glass for cs > storage. Does ABL use plastic for there ASAP solution? > Thanks > Steve > > Silver in Glass vs. Plastic Containers > > > Introduction > > A great deal of controversy has arisen in the market place on the question of > whether it is better to store silver solutions in glass versus plastic > containers. There is a misconception that has prevailed in the market place > that glass is better. The idea that glass containers are better for storing > products which contain silver has never been proven scientifically. In fact, > it has been reported in other studies that glass may have a detrimental effect > on silver products. > > Test Work > > I have been conducting biological studies for 3 years, in the laboratory of a > major private institution, on the use of silver products to kill and inhibit > the growth of bacteria. I have conducted thousands of tests on numerous > strains of pathogenic bacteria. In the testing I have completed, I have used > both glass (5 ml glass test tubes) and plastic (Falcon 5 ml polypropylene > plastic test tubes). In some of the test work we found that there was a > difference in the amount of silver that was needed to kill the bacteria when > glass was used versus plastic test tubes. In order to make sure this was the > case, it was decided that the MIC tests (Minimum Inhibitory Concentration) > should be replicated by more than one person and a direct comparison was made. > The MIC tests were performed in triplicate in both 5 ml 13X100mm glass test > tubes and 5 ml Falcon polypropylene plastic test tubes. Results of the > bacterial (MIC) tests showed that Staphylococcus aureus was inhibited at 2.5 > ppm! > when the MIC test was performed in the plastic test tubes. S. aureus was > inhibited at 5 ppm when the MIC test was performed in glass test tubes. This > suggested that the material with which the test tubes were made, specifically > glass or plastic, may have effected the results of the MIC test. Numerous > other tests were also completed using larger concentrations of bacterium and > in those tests it was found that there was no significant difference at all > between using the glass test tubes versus plastic test tubes. > > Other Studies > > The studies which I performed are not the only tests showing that glass, in > some circumstances, may have a detrimental effect on silver products. It has > been noted in another independent study which has been cited by other > researchers that silver can adsorb to glass (Chambers 1960; Thurman 1989). > With this in mind, it may have been possible that the silver could have > adsorbed to the surface of the glass test tubes reducing the concentration of > available silver interacting with the bacteria which resulted in having to use > a higher amount of silver to kill the bacteria when the glass test tubes were > used. > > Conclusion > > In the test work I have completed as well as in other available studies, it > was found that glass may, in some cases, have a detrimental effect on silver > products. While it can be said that glass did not always show the detrimental > effect, it can also be stated that we found no problems at all with using the > plastic instead of glass. Our tests, in conclusion with the other available > independent study (1Chambers et al. and 2Thurman et al.), would suggest, by > inference, that silver products should not be stored in glass containers which > could reduce the available concentration of silver, but rather in a high > quality plastic container. > > Respectively, > > David A. Revelli, MS " > > > > > > > -- 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]>
