Mr. Devour, my compliments on an excellent summary of the situation!! pj
"M. G. Devour" wrote: > > Excellent work, Jeff! > > Far too many folks would be too intimidated to even attempt to > research and refute the argyria claim. > > I'll be straightforward on the question. I don't know that a whole > bunch of us aren't going to turn blue someday. It's no more *proven* > that CS is perfectly safe than it is *proven* that it's dangerous. > > What we have (and *all* that we have) are widespread anecdotal > evidence, a few limited studies, and some straightforward > computations we can do that suggests we'll be okay: > > * Nobody we know of has turned blue yet from taking pure, small > particle, electrolytically made colloidal silver. Some experimentors > have been taking many ounces per day for a number of years. > > * The only folks we know of who *have* turned blue have had extreme > occupational exposure to silver dust or silver compounds, or used > **doctor prescribed** nostrums containing high concentrations of > silver salts or other silver compounds. Most of these cases seem to > date back to the 50's or before. > > * I've heard tell of some folks who have fed large quantities of CS > to laboratory animals with no ill effects. I can't point to the > specific study, so I hope someone else on the list can give us a URL. > > * If you compare the quantities of silver metal known to be required > to develop argyria with the amount consumed in any reasonable use of > low concentration CS you'll quickly recognize that we are at least a > couple of orders of magnitude lower. > > * Finally, a couple of folks here have done tests that show that a > large amount, if not substantially all, of the silver ingested from > CS is excreted by the body over a reasonable period of time. Combine > this with the low quantities mentioned in the last point, and you'll > see an even greater margin of safety suggest itself. > > The only areas of concern I would mention are these: > > There are some silver preparations available that advertise > concentrations of many tens of ppm to several hundred ppm. Since > most of our experience is with CS that is 20 ppm or less, users of > those high concentration preparations should be careful *not* to > overuse their product based on other people's reports of using > larger quantities of 5-10 ppm CS. Adjust dosage for the concentration > of the product so total silver metal consumed is similar. > > Some of the products sold as CS, particularly by health food stores > and some MLM's, are over-priced and of questionable quality. Some > have been tested and shown to contain little or no silver, artificial > color, additives, or chemical residues from bulk manufacturing > processes that are not the same as we talk about here. > > I also recommend that if you haven't used CS before, or you are > trying a new or different product, to always start out with an > extremely small first dose. I'm talking about a few drops to a half > teaspoon or so. There may be some people who respond badly to silver, > possibly because of an allergic reaction. A very small initial dose > will lessen the chance of a serious reaction. > > Also, be aware of the Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction, or Herx, also > known as a healing crisis. This occurs when you kill off pathogens in > your body, releasing the toxins in their cells into the blood stream > all at once. This, again, suggests starting small and increasing the > dose slowly to avoid intense or severe reactions. > > All that being said, I want to repeat that we have no guarantees. > Unless and until multi-megabuck studies can be done, this stuff > remains experimental and you're using it at your own risk. The only > person who can decide if it's safe to try is you, after gathering as > much information as you can and consulting whatever professional > advisers that you trust. > > Be well, > > Mike Devour > silver-list owner > > Disclaimer: > > I, MICHAEL DEVOUR, DISCLAIM ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE USE OR MISUSE > OF THE INFORMATION, INCLUDING LINKS, PROVIDED ON THIS LIST. EVERY > INDIVIDUAL SHOULD OBTAIN COMPETENT MEDICAL ADVICE BEFORE USING THIS > INFORMATION. THIS FREE INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED BY ME AND IS > PROVIDED SOLELY FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES TO INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED > IN THESE TOPICS. > [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] > [mdev...@eskimo.com ] > [Speaking only for myself... ] > > -- > 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>
