Marshall said: > Chlorine in the water will create Silver Chloride, which can cause argyria. The senator that got argyria is a good example.
Actually, I have never read or heard of argyria caused by silver-chloride. Can you cite this statement? The EPA lists silver-chloride as a skin irritant, nothing more. The senator made coffee-colored CS and drank 8 oz/day for two years. This does indeed demonstrate that it is possible to overdose on whatever compounds were made in his tap water. The next question is, did his argyria (faint blue only on his eyelids, according to him) result from silver compounds, or simply because he made CS with huge silver particles? (Large enough to color it brown.) Then discussion of what the mechanism is that causes argyria begins. Is it because large particles get stuck in the capillaries of the skin and turn dark from exposure to sunlight? Makes sense. Or is it because of some other undefined mechanism? Silver-nitrate is toxic, meaning it causes harm to the body, it doesnt just cause argyria. It is toxic AND causes argyria (in sufficient quantity). But its toxicity is irrelevant to argyria. Argyria is not caused by something toxic, but by silver or silver-compound particles too large to make it through the capillaries of the skin. This is evidenced by silver smiths who got argyria from inhaling silver dust (which are VERY large particles of silver) over a long period of time. > Silver nitrate can form if there is any nitrate in the water, which is most likely for most water systems. Check any MSDS for silver nitrate and you will find that silver nitrate is toxic. Yes, silver-nitrate is toxic, and is cited by the FDA as such, but silver-nitrate causes argyria only when taken in quantities and at levels significantly higher than anything one could generate making CS in most tap water. I am not pro-tap water, but I regularly see folks treat CS that has any color or murkiness like it was rat poison. I could not estimate the number of gallons of yellow to gold (or murky) CS I have drunk over the last five years, but have seen no blue in my skin. I have also drunk coffee-colored CS from time to time. I wouldnt do it regularly (unless I had to), but I am not afraid to occasionally. ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca -- 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]>
