Marshall Dudley's post regarding material that appears on the silver-colloids.com website contains what we believe are inaccuracies. I have asked Dr. Maass to prepare appropriate comments.
To keep the formatting of the chemical equations accurate requires the file be kept in html format. Because the resulting file exceeded the size limits of the silver-list, the page is was put on the silver-colloids.com website. Here is a link to that page: http://www.silver-colloids.com/misc/Ionic-response.htm Frank Key Colloidal Science Lab. ----- Original Message ----- From: Marshall Dudley To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 10:31 AM Subject: Re: CS>confused about ionic/colloids etc It is accurate down to "Why is this important":. . It is an insoluble compound which means once it is formed in the human body, it does not dissolve. This line is false, silver chloride does dissolve, it has a solubility of .8 ppm in cold water. Silver chloride is an insoluble salt that does not dissolve inside the body once it has formed. Repitition of a false statement. Silver chloride is mostly a useless waste product eliminated by the kidneys and expelled through the urine, but it also has its dangers. It may be eliminated by the kidneys, but most would never make it that far, it reacts with the traces of ammonia in the blood producing fulminating silver, which is very soluble. Then that reduces with glucose in the blood producing - extremely small colloidal silver particles. Not only does it fail to provide the benefits that colloidal silver is known for, but more importantly, ingestion of highly concentrated forms of ionic silver can cause argyria, a permanent discoloration of the skin. Half true, it does provide the benefits of colloidal silver, since it becomes colloidal silver in the blood stream, but ingestion of highly concentrated forms of ionic silver (meaning all silver salts like silver nitrate) can cause argyria. But we are not talking about highly concentrated salts of silver, so this appears to be misdirection to confuse the issue. A typical so-called colloidal silver product that is 10 ppm (parts per million) of total silver has 90% of the silver in ionic form and only 10% in particle form. This is true although some go as high as 20% particle. Since it is particles, not ions,that determine a product's effectiveness, consumers need to be educated to look for silver content in the form of particles not ions. What experimental evidence do they have to back that up? The tests I ran a few weeks ago showed that ionic silver was much more effective in preventing spoiling of milk than the particulate portion. Marshall -- 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>
