Roger and Frank, As you have said Roger, "Reid: One way to START to answer the skeptics is to get a total silver analysis to confirm the Ag PPM you mentioned. In addition, I'm hoping the Frank Key will chime in. Perhaps you two could get together so that he could either produce this high concentration CS himself, or get a sample of it since he is well equipped to examine such a product in detail and let us know the results."
I do intend to run a test for PPM, and of course, this will be the proof of the pudding. Out of feeling of bit of responsibility to the list I will ask my director if we can do this as early as possible. But for one reason or other we both trust the generator we use so would ordinarily put the PPM test on the back burner. Obviously this is important, but we have prioritized other work ahead of it. The tests are cheap enough here, but the infrastructural problems, communication and transportation can be daunting. Now let me tell you about the more round about method we are using, which is to determine how much CS we need in our filters. Yesterday we got results from the University of Dhaka, Department of Micrbiology, indicating 100% pathogen removal, for filters that had each been saturated with 7.5ml of the Mexican CS product 'Bio-Pur,' combined with an additional 60ml of water. The Bio-Pur label says 0.15% and our CS diluted from this gives enough material for complete saturation of the filter. At this dilution I calculate the CS is 167ppm, which is fortuitously almost exactly what our new generator will do. So in coming tests we will progressively halve the amounts of Bio-Pur and our CS when saturating the filter, for each successive test. At some point we will get a group of filters that does not remove 100% of pathogens, then we will have a clearer picture as to exactly how much CS is needed at the beginning of the filters lifetime. There will no doubt be some disparity between the amount of Bio-Pur needed and the amount of our CS, vis-a-vis the manufacturers observations of 1500ppm and 170ppm respectively. The results of the bacteriological test will probably not corelate very precisely and that is exactly when we'll require the PPM test for accuracy. But as you have suggested getting the test sooner rather than later would be best. So far we have been operating without a budget, so have prioritized things a bit differently. Our bottom line is that we know its all working, and that experience has given us some confidence in the manufacturers. There are other reasons I believe the CS I've been drinking is legit. For example, I am experiencing none of the various and sundry odors of my body; a first for me; B.O., halitosis, the works. My family has also been able to kick several nasty viruses, and I'll soon find out if this CS treats our bad dandruff. (We must sound like human wrecks!) Roger, I would be happy to send samples to Frank, but I find that the most secure way of doing this is to ask some friend or the other, who's flying there, to carry it along. I can think of no one off hand who is going within the coming month, but could keep my ear to the ground. On the other hand, I believe that Stephen Quinto is aware that the other Mexican product, Microdyn is highly concentrated. Their bottles are labeled 0.32%, i.e. 3200ppm. Perhaps I could have someone get Frank a little of the Microdyn? In any event I would like to respectively request that others who take an interest in this issue give it a fair hearing, up to the point ppm is determined. I would ask that people refrain from using words like, 'scoundrel,' when describing those who assert they make the concentrated CS. I believe that some legitimate producers have been severely discouraged from participating in this discussion because of this kind of knee jerk, and sadly that is to detriment of many of us. Thanks for your interest, Reid Harvey Frank Key said: 'How did you determine the concentration to be 170 ppm?' -- 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]>
