Interesting. I noticed you footnoted several paragraphs, but did not give the references. Could you give me the refs?
Thanks, Marshall Ivan Anderson wrote: > The mechanism for the darkening of tissue by silver is as follows: > > Silver chloride is photo-reduced by UV light to metallic silver and is > then reoxidised to black silver sulphide and bound to the tissue. If a > high concentration of selenium is present the silver sulphide will be > converted to silver selenide, which may result in higher deposition > than with silver sulphide. (1) > > ATSDR (1990) reports that the deposition of silver in tissues is the > result of the precipitation of insoluble silver salts, such as silver > chloride and silver phosphate. These insoluble silver salts are then > transformed into soluble silver sulfide albuminates, to bind or to > form complexes with amino or carboxyl groups in RNA, DNA, and > proteins, or to be reduced by ascorbic acid or catechol-amines. The > skin discoloration of humans with argyria may be caused by a > photo-reduc-tion of silver chloride to metallic silver. The metallic > silver is then oxidized by tissue, sub-sequently forming black silver > sulfide. (2) > > Colloidal silver is in fact oxidised and therefore an oxidising agent > which partly explains its biological action. > > I am coming to the opinion that as silver must be ionic in form to be > biologically active, the only value in CS over soluble silver salts is > that one does not need to ingest the anion part (negative part of a > silver salt, eg NO3-) which may be toxic. As it is likely that the > silver ion will form a bond with the first available anion (Cl- ?), > and does so in the stomach or blood, it is just as well that the > Chloride anion is readily exchanged for Sulphide etc. and so the > silver is able to perform its actions in bonding to and disrupting > cell walls, and so on. > Metallic silver, which is not readily dissolved by HCl, but will > release some ions over time, is unlikely to be absorbed by the stomach > but may be absorbed in the small intestine. It is mildly antiseptic > and will find its way to the liver just as any reduced silver not > bound in the tissue will. > It is the ionic silver which will find itself attached to body tissue > and it may be wise to take small doses through out the day rather than > large single doses to limit this occurrence. > > Thoughts any one? > > Ivan. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Marshall Dudley <mdud...@execonn.com> > To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> > Sent: Thursday, 2 December 1999 05:18 > Subject: Re: CS>alittle gray > > > Normally graying is caused by silver compounds. The process is > exactly the same > > as photo developing. When light strikes a silver compound it > disassociates, > > producing a small particle of silver metal. This particle will be > produced > > where light can reach the compound, ie. the skin. Then if > additional silver > > compounds are present, and the ph of the blood is correct and there > is a > > developer present, additional silver will dissociate at the sites > where a silver > > atom is present, causing the atom to grow into a clump. > > > > Many compounds are developers, such as caffine and tannin, both of > which are in > > tea. http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/text-coffee.html > > > > Since colloidal silver is already reduced, this should never happen > with pure > > colloidal silver. If indeed this is what is happening then it > sounds like you > > are getting some silver compounds in your colloid. Are you using > pure distilled > > water without adding any salt or anything? If you have a TDS meter, > check the > > distilled water for purity, they may be putting in filtered > municipal water. If > > you don't have a TDS meter, boil down 8 oz of supposedly distilled > water in a > > clean pyrex container, and see if you get any residue left. > > > > Marshall > > > > donna2...@aol.com wrote: > > > > > James, > > > Could this gray be a build of of silver in my blood maybe? I am > really > > > reaching for straws here. If it is from the CS then everytime I > go into the > > > sun it will get darker......is this what you are saying? > > > > > > Donna Earnest > > > > > > -- > > > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal > silver. > > > > > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail > message to: > > > silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- > silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > > > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > > > > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > > Silver-list archive: > http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net> > > > > > >
