Thanks Neville, and by the way (so's not to send two emails) I got an email 
from Floyd which I replied to, and it contained the bit about not being able to 
be read by the silver list server - and my reply was returned! So who knows 
what's going on there!  Dee

Sent from my iPad

> On 19 Feb 2015, at 10:43, Neville <one.red...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Well I was working on a pet private theory I've had for years regarding EIS.  
> From my earlier laboratory tests the pH was between 7.0 and 8.0, on the 
> alkaline side, even after weeks in storage, now if cancer and other nasties 
> supposed to thrive or grow or multiply in an acidic environment I considered 
> perhaps this could have something to do with how efficacious this stuff is, 
> and I sort of still believe it has some merit.
> 
> I also believe if taken first thing in the morning before breakfast the 
> stomach acid will be at it's lowest ebb, due to having nothing to digest for 
> a number of hours during the night, this also is included in my pet theory 
> for efficacy.  I have only stumbled upon one article which supports that 
> view.  May be common knowledge to other folk, but being a numpty I only 
> considered it in more recent times.
> 
> As you may remember, I have always held the belief that EIS ingested 
> immediately after brewing contains the highest amount of Ag+ ions, {which it 
> does}, and hence is at its highest in efficacy, due to relative dormancy of 
> stomach acid as explained above.  One other pH test I had undertaken in the 
> past, {tested within hours of production and apparently was extremely high 
> alkaline from what the bloke said} convinced me I may not be talking out of 
> my hat.  All these in combination I had hypothesised could, and I repeat, 
> "could", have something to do with why this stuff is so good for some health 
> issues.
> 
> Now of course everything, other than the stomach acid thing, is all 
> hypothesising and simply pie in the sky and has been blown completely out of 
> the water with these other pH tests I had just got done.
> 
> It now seems one just cannot rely and/or trust anyone else to perform any 
> form of tests, nor can one rely on the cleanliness of equipment used for that 
> testing.  There are just too many inconsistencies and potential variables 
> with DW, personnel involved in the testing, equipment used, unknown 
> contaminants etc etc.
> 
> It just annoys me that I can find zero information in the public domain 
> regarding the stuff we make, everything revolves around that damn so called 
> "colloidal silver" and it's illegitimate cousins.  I am unable to find 
> anything to do with our predominantly ionic product which can be taken as 
> gospel or of any relative value.
> 
> Today was a disappointing day for me.  OK, I may use a cheap brand of DW, but 
> it would be nice to try Pure Water such as chemists use for prescriptions, or 
> other water of excellent purity for pH testing, even RO water, which I 
> can't/won't do in my kitchen anyway, so not being strong on patience I shan't 
> bother messing around with pH for a while now. The more answers or clues I 
> look for only turns up even more questions and uncertainties.
> 
> N.
> 
> Subject: Re: CS>Electrode cleaning?
> From: d...@deetroy.org
> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 09:42:19 +0000
> To: silver-list@eskimo.com
> 
> That's very interesting Neville and full marks for perseverance!  I've never 
> tested for ph - only ppm and my distilled water always reads '0' on that and 
> the CS always ends up about 15.  Does ph matter - I mean I know it does in 
> our bodies, but does it in CS?  Many thanks...Dee
>