In a message dated 00-06-05 09:21:37 EDT, you write:

<< Subj:     Re: CS>"Innoculating" Ourselves with CS
 Date:  00-06-05 09:21:37 EDT
 From:  i...@win.co.nz (Ivan Anderson)
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 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.
 
 
  >>

Ivan: Many thanks: Roger


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