Langsley T Russell wrote: 
Recently I followed the thread under the subject of "Buyer Beware". In it a 
silver substance referred to as colloidal silver was in fact between 85% and 
99.7% ionic silver. 

I've checked a number of lab reports on commercially available "colloidal 
silver". In every case the ionic content has been between 85 and 99% yet it is 
consistently referred to as colloidal silver. We wouldn't do that in talking 
about juice as opposed to flavored drinks.  Even though the practice of 
referring to all of these substances as colloidal silver isn't intended to 
deceive, isn't this practice indeed deceptive? 

I know that Colloidal silver has become a sort of catch all term for liquids, 
gels, and ointments containing silver in virtually any form, but isn't that 
part of the problem we face every day in trying to help people understand what 
is and is not a quality "colloidal" silver product? 

I believe that what most of us make with our home generators is, generally 
speaking, 85% or greater ionic silver yet we continue to refer to it as 
colloidal silver. 

Why, as a community, do we seem so unwilling to refer to the substance we're 
talking about as ionic silver? It seams clear that in 90% or more of the cases, 
the substance being talked about is an ionic silver solution and not colloidal 
silver at all. Are we afraid that we will confuse people by using the term 
ionic silver? Or is it just easier to continue to do what we've been doing and 
not try to explain the terminology and work at reforming our habits? Or is 
there some other reason that we hesitate to use the term, ionic silver 
solution? 

When people ask me, How can I be sure I'm getting real colloidal silver? Or how 
can I tell if the CS I'm buying is what the label claims? Or how do I tell the 
difference between a good CS and one that is not so good? shouldn't I tell them 
that, chances are, you are not getting true colloidal silver no matter what you 
buy? 

Aren't we doing our cause more harm by being so careless in our terminology. If 
what we are making and/or selling is 85% to99% ionic silver in its make up, why 
don't we call it Ionic silver or ionic silver solution rather than colloidal 
silver, which it is not? We appear to be more particular about the terminology 
we use for the water we use to make this stuff than we are about what we call 
the end product. 

How can we hope to enhance our credibility when we don't even call our product 
by an accurate name. We all know that there are very real differences between 
colloidal silver and an ionic sliver solution. Wouldn't we all be better served 
if we consistently used the right term for the substance under discussion? 

If ionic silver solutions are actually responsible for most of the impressive 
results achieved by people using "colloidal silver" shouldn't we make that 
clear rather than crediting it to colloidal silver? 

LTR 


Yo: i don't make cs i buy it on line from utopia silver and i also read about 
cs production.  i don't think people are being deceptive by calling their 
product cs per se  from what i've been reading you can make cs with greater 
parts ionic atoms or with greater silver particle concentration.(some folks 
think the ionic part is the greater strength of the product some think the 
silver particles do the trick).............  in any event  whoever is making cs 
and selling it should let you know the inoic and silver contration their 
product is made of. 


thank you


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