Most likely copper and gold, some possible zinc.  But the amount is so
trivial that even if it were mercury or arsenic, 10 ppm CS would still
meet the EPA requirements for drinking water if I remember right.

Marshall

David wrote:

> I was just curious, that if you use .999 or .9999
> silver wire, and since it is not 100% pure silver,
> what other metals are you getting in your water
> besides silver? Would that be zinc or copper too?
>
> David
>
> --- "oldgl...@bigcountry.net"
> <oldgl...@bigcountry.net> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was told it is not a good idea to add hydrogen
> > peroxide to the steam
> > distilled water before making the Colloidal Silver
> > because it causes the
> > resulting product to be 100% ionic as opposed to 85%
> > ionic without the
> > hydrogen peroxide.
> >
> > Reportedly it won't affect the ionic ratio if the
> > hydrogen peroxide is added
> > after the making of the Colloidal Silver.
> >
> > However, unless there is a good reason to add
> > hydrogen peroxide to the water
> > after making the CS (is there any proof of
> > efficacy), it might not be a good
> > thing to do.  I just read where hydrogen peroxide
> > might be implicated in
> > Alzheimer's along with other minerals (zinc and
> > copper).
> >
> > Jean Baugh
> >
> >
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