Re: CS> CS and the blood-brain barrier From: mamapug Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 08:51:57 http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/m74690.html
>> The term "oligodynamic" was first used by von Nageli in 1893 to >> define a material that is "effective in small quantities." It >> includes heavy metals such as mercury, copper, and silver. > Silver is NOT a heavy metal, it is a transitional metal, also > known as a noble metal, along with gold and copper. > Marshalee Marshall and Marshalee, Thanks for the correction - I guess I picked that up from the von Nageli reference. Roger Altman talks about the possibility of heavy metal poisoning in his groundbreaking study on silver: "While some of these crude techniques did produce some CS, the product itself, nor its concentration, could be relied upon to be consistent from batch to batch, or to contain enough small particles to have much biological activity (while minimizing the dangers of heavy metal poisoning)." http://www.silvermedicine.org/AltmanStudy.pdf However, Jason has a nice page that settles the issue: "Is silver a heavy metal?" "Silver, medically, does not share the toxicology associated with what are commonly described as heavy metals. Legally, the definition of what is or is not a heavy metal varies depending on which regulatory agency one queries. According to SIGNA's medicare qualification documents, silver is not a heavy metal." "The term heavy metal is not truly a scientific term, and there has never been consensus on the meaning of this term in the scientific community. Classification of 'heavy metal' has never been scientifically based on any actual quality associated with any element, although many adaptations to the periodic table have been attempted. There is no basis from a biological standpoint, a chemical standpoint, or any other scientifically demonstrable standpoint including any medical significance that would suggest any actual significant meaning for the term heavy metal as applied to silver, or any other metal." http://www.silvermedicine.org/silver-heavy-metal.html So, transitional it is:) Best Wishes Mike Monett -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>