Yes Jason, Many thanks to Frank for making this book available. It is a most interesting expose on the variability of product available on shop shelves.
It would seem that many manufacturing processes leave much to be desired. The inclusion of filter paper and other contaminants may be the result of back yard operations and may be acceptable for personal use, but this is questionable when supplying friends and associates and is unacceptable when profiting from sale to the general public. No wonder the FDA gets upset. I doubt whether bio-burden tests, efficacy, concentration or particle size tests are performed and available for many commercial colloidal silvers. No doubt the cost of this testing is a reason why they are not performed, and the results may require a complete reworking of the generating and bottling process. But if I can do it, then so can any one. The testing procedure as detailed in the .pdf book is really an overview of the contaminants found in a sample of available colloidal silvers and the range of particle types and sizes also found therein. But the selection method precludes a meaningful comparison of efficacy, and may indeed select the most unreactive samples. I too have found that filtering with coffee filters to be less than ideal. These filters react with the CS and seem to be contaminated with chemicals. Much better to use laboratory filter paper if filtering is required. I have built a stainless steel assembly (my background is in food and pharmaceutical processing equipment) to house the 0.1micron filter that I use in my commercial process. The CS flow is pressurised by an inert gas, and the resultant colloid is then effectively filter sterilised. Using a syringe is a novel method for retrieving the 'best' of the batch, I have recommended syphoning to others in the past. However, the CS produced by my small personal generators requires no filtering. Regards Ivan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Eaton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, 31 December 2000 10:21 Subject: Re: CS>Free Book Available > Yes, Frank, thanks for the .pdf book. Some of the research described was > unique, and I enjoyed reading it. Any plans to take those in vitro studies > to the human body? > > The research both confirmed and < apparently > refuted some personal > experiences. I'm particularly interesting in figuring out why a small > dosage of colloidal silver ( nowhere NEAR a 1:1 CS/Bacteria ratio ) wiped > out a life threatening Psuedo & Staph infection ( septic & flesh eating ). > On the surface, the data regarding the AMOUNTS of colloidal silver in > proportion to the colonies of bacteria is solid. But I wonder: What might > be the average percentage of bacteria that NEEDS to be eliminated in order > for the body's immune system to be able to handle an infection that it had > not been able to handle, and what might any variables be based upon? > > As far as the filtering goes? I noticed a big drop in effectiveness when > filtering ( I used standard non-bleached coffee filters ). I changed to > simply extracting the theoretical "best" colloidal silver in any batch with > a syringe, and using the rest for external applications. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Frank Key <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 9:26 AM > Subject: Re: CS>Free Book Available > > > > Steve, > > > > There is no staff at the university continuing Ron's research. I guess I > am > > the closest thing to meeting that definition, as I worked with Ron from > the > > beginning on cs research. In fact, it was I who got Ron interested in this > > field of research in the first place. > > > > The "star" rating was an overall quality metric, not just effectiveness. > > > > The contamination criteria was chosen by Ron as being indicative of the > > quality of a commercial product. A quality commercial product should not > have > > any significant contamination. If it did, that was cause to be dropped > from > > further consideration. The worst offender was the living bacteria found in > > some products sold as "silver protein" or "mild silver protein". > > > > If a home made batch of cs is contaminated, it is up to the user to decide > if > > he wants to use it. As we learned from "Survivor", some folks are > comfortable > > eating living bugs and other criters. > > > > > -- > 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]> > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.219 / Virus Database: 103 - Release Date: 05/12/2000
