Altman web site: http://www.silvermedicine.org/AltmanStudy.pdf
----- Original Message ----- From: "M. G. Devour" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 11:17 PM Subject: Re: CS>CS over dose / Gray Face > 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]> > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.0.0/268 - Release Date: 2/23/2006 > >
