Info wrote: > The statement below which appears on the silver-colloid website seems to be > the source of some controversy. > > > Ingestion of highly concentrated forms of ionic silver can cause > >argyria, a permanent discoloration of the skin. The > >likelihood of argyria becomes significant for ionic > >silver concentrations above 100 ppm. Typical ionic > >silver products contain between 3 and 20 ppm of ionic > >silver which would not cause argyria." > > It seems to be technically accurate in every detail. > > Highly concentrated forms of ionic silver above 100 ppm are not made by home > hobbyist machines. This is a class of product that is manufactured > commercially and sold as "Ionic Silver" by companies such as WaterOz. > Technically, the WaterOz product is silver citrate, but the company refuses > to identify the anions used in their "ionic" products. I have it on good > authority that the owner of WaterOz in fact has argyria from using his own > product. "On good authority" means this information came from a personal > friend of that individual. > > "Typical ionic silver products contain between 3 and 20 ppm of ionic silver > which will not cause argyria." Most all home made ionic silver and > commercially sold ionic silver products fall in this category. We are not > aware of a single case of argyria from this class of product. > > Would someone please explain what is controversial about the above > statement?
The statements are fact as far as I can tell. Ionic silver such as silver nitrate or silver citrate in concentrations over 100 ppm can certainly cause argyria, preperations at 20 ppm of silver hydroxide and less in the form of EIS appear to not. But is it because of the lower concentration, or because EIS contains particles for the ionic silver to plate out on? I think it is the latter choice primarily because I believe that only an ounce or so of 100+ ppm of silver citrate a day can cause argyria, yet a quart or more of 10 to 20 ppm EIS will not. The amount of ionic silver in the quart of EIS is actually several times as much as the silver in the ounce of 100 ppm silver citrate, yet does not cause argyria. I would be willing to bet that if you were to mix WaterOz with Meso Silver, even if the amount of Meso Silver is only 5% of the amount in the WaterOz, it would not cause argyria either. Marshall -- 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]>
