The senators problem was that he used 8 oz a day, every day, of what was probably thousands of PPM silver..and who knows what.. for 2 years...and probably was a susceptible one too. [One of those- one out of two thousand- silver working dust breathers who turn blue after a few years on the job]
Silver chloride 'might' be a culprit...IF...the dose is high enough for long enough...and.. other factors are present. At 20 PPM and under, the water that it's in will kill you first. If you are very young, have the other factors present and survived drinking all that water every single day, you 'might' be blue at the funeral home. Ode At 11:01 PM 6/28/2004 -0400, you wrote: >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]> > >
