Re: CS> CS and the blood-brain barrier
From: mamapug
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 08:51:57
http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/m74690.html
>> The term "oligodynamic" was first used by von Nageli in 1893 to
>> define a material that is "effective in small quantities." It
>> includes heavy metals such as mercury, copper, and silver.
> Silver is NOT a heavy metal, it is a transitional metal, also
> known as a noble metal, along with gold and copper.
> Marshalee
Marshall and Marshalee,
Thanks for the correction - I guess I picked that up from the von
Nageli reference. Roger Altman talks about the possibility of heavy
metal poisoning in his groundbreaking study on silver:
"While some of these crude techniques did produce some CS, the
product itself, nor its concentration, could be relied upon to be
consistent from batch to batch, or to contain enough small
particles to have much biological activity (while minimizing the
dangers of heavy metal poisoning)."
http://www.silvermedicine.org/AltmanStudy.pdf
However, Jason has a nice page that settles the issue:
"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 truly a scientific term, and there
has never been consensus on the meaning of this term in the
scientific community. 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. There is no basis from a biological standpoint, a
chemical standpoint, or any other scientifically demonstrable
standpoint including any medical significance that would suggest
any actual significant meaning for the term heavy metal as applied
to silver, or any other metal."
http://www.silvermedicine.org/silver-heavy-metal.html
So, transitional it is:)
Best Wishes
Mike Monett
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