Carol Ann writes: > Your statement about senior members bluish nails beg the question..... > and in a way contradicts previous statements (not necessarily your) that > Silver does not stay in the body for great lengths of time. Such a > statement implies also a consistent build up, with not enough exiting in > proportion to what is being taken in. > > Any thoughts?
Thank you, Carol Ann. Good questions. We've had a small handful of cases of generalized argyria reported here in the last eight years. In every one, as with Bob Medwith's recent report, it turned out they were using high concentration silver salts in significant amounts. Anybody else remember Water Oz? We've now had several reports of nail beds turning blue as well, in folks that have been at this for a long time, it seems. If there's a case of argyria, we want to know about it, and analyze why it happened, as we have in Bob's case. We're here to learn the truth, good, bad, or indifferent. We've decided to study this material and share the information freely with whoever is interested, and let them make an informed decision. A past member, Roger Altman, performed a study several years ago. He had the silver content of his urine and feces monitored for a few weeks during and after a course of silver intake. If I remember correctly, the measurements of silver excreted during the period matched the amount ingested, within reasonable error bars, and correlated with something like a 2 to 3 week period to excrete it all. (Anybody have a link handy?) Though the work was carefully done, it is only a sample of one individual at one point in time. We know that variations in health, nutritional status, and genetics, at least, can influence the results. That said, it pretty clearly demonstrates that the human body is capable of excreting a meaningful amount of silver. I think it's reasonable to speculate that if you swamp your body's ability to excrete silver by taking in too much at once, and do it for long enough, argyria can happen. At 5 to 15 parts-per-million it takes a whole lot of *water* to deliver enough silver to do that. A lot more, in fact, than you'd be comfortable consuming. That's why for a long time now our consensus has been to use lower concentrations, made at low current with distilled water only. The result is still highly effective, while risks should be much reduced if not eliminated. Since nobody here has tens of millions of dollars to invest in research and the people who do are more eager to suppress alternative therapies than study them properly, the only way we have to learn more is by doing our own experiments and sharing the results. There are risks in that, just as there are in all forms of health care. Learn all you can, then decide. Be well, Mike D. [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- 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] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
