In a message dated 11/3/00 5:56:00 PM EST, i...@win.co.nz writes: << Roger, The lowest recorded amount of silver to cause argyria, that I have seen, is 900mg over the course of a year orally, which equates to 90 L of 10ppm CS. Another study, as reported by Dr John Hill, estimated that the minimum oral dose for producing argyria is 25 to 50 grams over a 6 month period, which equates to 2,500 to 5000 L. The 900mg result seems to be out of step with all other estimates. Silver Nitrate is soluble in water 222gm AgNO3 per 100gm of water. Silver nitrate solutions contained about 10% AgNO3, this equates to a 37,400 ppm solution as silver, ie 37,400 mg per litre or 37.4 gm per litre. 10 ml of this would supply 0.374 gm of silver! So you can see that not too much of this brew is required to reach the limits as shown above, and of course some people will be more susceptible than others. Not many cases of argyria considering the numbers of people who used these products. Ivan. >>
Ivan: From the figures above it seems quite likely that silver nitrate is the real culprit simply because it is capable of transporting so much silver into the body in a relatively short time period. So I would be interested to know if there is ANY documented case in which CS caused argyria? If not, isn't it safe to say that it is PRACTICALLY impossible for CS to produce argyria. On a related point, do you have any data at all that equates CS's in vivos efficacy to particle size? Even from a qualitative point of view such as Tyndall, conductivity, color, clarity? Finally, do you think there is any truth to the claim that using a low quality CS (large particle size) is the best strategy for attacking infections in the stomach and intestines because of the (presumed) slower rate at which these particles ionize? Roger -- 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>
