http://bssv01.lancs.ac.uk/StuWork/BIOS316/Bios31698/Mthion/MET.HTM
http://www.nal.usda.gov/ttic/tektran/data/000009/46/0000094696.html http://lowdose.org/pubs/ehp/members/klaassenfull.html http://bssv01.lancs.ac.uk/StuWork/BIOS316/Bios31699/AgMet/AgMet.html http://www.thorne.com/altmedrev/fulltext/tox3-4.html http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00898/meeting/cant97/c2.ht m#xtocid12350 http://www.uwo.ca/chem/faculty/stillman.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <rogalt...@aol.com> > Ivan: > > Thanks very much for you insight. I'm particularly interested in item (4) > which I will repeat, piece by piece, here. > > 4. "The metallothioneins which the body uses to chelate and eliminate > toxic metals are used to eliminate silver also." > > Can you provide a reference that supports this statement with regard to > colloidal silver? > > "If high doses of silver are present these proteins may not be able to > eliminate toxic metals as readily, and if overwhelmed, may result in the > deposition of silver in > the tissue." > > Proponents of colloidal silver have been telling us that it will not cause > Argyria at practically any level of concentration/ingestion rate. We have all > heard of individuals who continue to take massive quantities of it without > any negative effects. I myself took 2.3 mg per day for several months without > any noticeable impairment. So in light of these observations could you please > expand on your statement above? > > Thanks, > > Roger Hi Roger, I believe the lowest reported dose that induced Argyria was 2g over 9 months, so taking CS is unlikely to cause this. Here are some links to papers discussing the role of metallothioneins : http://bssv01.lancs.ac.uk/StuWork/BIOS316/Bios31698/Mthion/MET.HTM http://www.nal.usda.gov/ttic/tektran/data/000009/46/0000094696.html http://lowdose.org/pubs/ehp/members/klaassenfull.html http://bssv01.lancs.ac.uk/StuWork/BIOS316/Bios31699/AgMet/AgMet.html http://www.thorne.com/altmedrev/fulltext/tox3-4.html http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00898/meeting/cant97/c2.ht m#xtocid12350 http://www.uwo.ca/chem/faculty/stillman.html Good night, Ivan. -- 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...@eskimo.com>
