Hi Bill, Thanks for looking in the horses mouth.
James Osbourne Holmes [email protected] FTNWO -----Original Message----- From: BILLBSC [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 5:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: CS>Fw: Materia Medica << File: ATT00001.html >> ----- Original Message ----- From: BILLBSC To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 7:07 PM Subject: Materia Medica Hi all, The Materia Medica listing for Argentium Nitricum (Silver Nitrate) is correct according to the latest Materia Medica Ninth Edition by Boericke & Tafel, Inc. is just what it says . . . SYMPTOMS FOR OVERDOSE OF SILVER NITRATE. This has absolutely no relationship to Colloidal Silver whatsoever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The only persons in danger of ingesting too much Silver Nitrate in their Colloidal Silver are those who carelessly make Colloidal Silver with HVAC - Open Arc, and allow the process to run too long. The EPA limit for Silver Nitrate ingestion by humans is set at 20 PPM. When Colloidal Silver made in this manner is allowed to run for an extended time, say 24 Hours or more, you can generate a Silver Nitrate loading in the batch that might approach 70 PPM. Then, you might possibly start getting symptoms described in the Materia Medica. Independent laboratory testing has shown the following characteristics, in part, for a long running batch using open arc, 12,000 VAC. Hanna TDS 1 Meter Reading 870 PPM Actual by Lab 47.8 PPM Nitrate test strips 60 PPM + Actual by Lab 68 PPM Hanna PH Meter 2.7 PH Actual by Lab 1.98 PH Nitric Acid Actual by Lab >0.1 % (Was Below Test Capability) Viscosity Actual by Lab 1.208 This is typical of the testing being done for me by a certified laboratory on instruments within their certification or calibration dates. In some cases the instruments are freshly calibrated for our tests. This is the only way that I can see that a person could get these symptoms from using colloidal silver. Use of any substance by humans without comprehensive, continual testing is playing Russian roulette with your well being! The reason I have not presented this type of information before is that testing of CS is wildly variable in results using the equipment that is affordable to most. Questioning suppliers (Hanna, Cole-Parmer, and other suppliers of equipment) brings one result: you cannot rely on Conductivity, TDS, Water Quality Instruments, ETC. to test Colloidal Silver - Period. You might be able to get close if you have a competent lab do repeated tests versus your instrumentation until you develop a correction factor. For instance - up to 250 PPM on a Hanna DiST WP Meter, properly calibrated, AND: properly cleaned after each use - - - you could divide the reading by eight (8) and have a reasonable approximation of the strength of Colloidal Silver. Example: Lab test - 19.6 PPM Hanna DiST WP 158 PPM 158/8 = 19.75 PPM Bill Biagioli N.M.D. [email protected] -- 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: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
