Editor’s Response: To commenters on “The Other Silver War”: The Lowdown on Silver Toxicity
This article is in response to comments in questions in my first article: The Other Silver War.
In response to whether it is better to use silver on food than it is to use pestisides, I have more questions than answers. Is it being used to replace said pesticides or in conunction? If in conjunction then no, it is not safer. It is more dangerous.
But the real question here isn’t only whether it’s safe (which, it’s not, practically or in theory). This is also a simple matter of consent and my supposed right to choose as a consumer.
As someone who uses alternative medicine techniques and has used colloidal silver on myself for a few colds, I fully embrace and recognize the merit in homeopathic science. I’ve seem some lives completely turned around using homeopathic medicine.
I have met wonderful people in the field whose patients are their testimony, including a Ph.D in nutritional biochemistry who studies the way what we ingest affects us on a cellular level. He recommends colloidal silver to his patients for colds.
There is support from traditional and alternative science for colloidal silver having anti-bacterial attributes.
Multiple mainstream studies into the use of colloidal silver in medicine conclude silver nano particles effectively penetrates bacteria cells at 10nm diameter.
So is this really just another “public relations” fraud?
We have already seen story after story about how silver is in the environment at dangerous levels. Everyone who remembers the “blue man” fraud and knows not to try making their own batch of colloidal silver in their home kitchens.
Silver Toxicity:
Argyria is a rare condition caused by consuming improperly-made silver solutions that contain too many silver particles that are too large in size, and that were made using the addition of salt.
Determining factors going into whether a batch of colloidal silver is “safe” [2] are how many silver particles are concentrated, how big those particles are, and what they were prepared with.
The recommended dose of nano-sized whole silver products is 30 parts per million so as not to be at risk for Argyria. This is not accounting for other risks associated with silver toxicity. [3][4]
The ideal range for silver nanoparticles to be antibacterial is between 5- 10nm in diameter. [5] Any less than 5nm in diameter results in the nanoparticles penetrating beneficial bacteria.
According to Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, the nanoparticles found in the pears are between 20 and 70 nm in diameter. This is 2-7 times the dosage effective to be antibacterial so… what are they using the silver for?…
And now let’s entertain a hypothetical argument. Even if the silver was showing up in therapeutic range, let’s assess the risk of constantly ingesting silver colloids in context of the ever increasing antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria.
Experts in the medical field are on the brink of a crisis with the effective antibiotics at the onset of extinction.
Would the same behavior persist in bacterias that we carry around by silver nano particles always being present in our food and, therefore, us and the bacteria we carry?
Or what if the problem is worse and upon us with particles between 20-70nm in diameter. Too big to penetrate the bacteria cell but just small enough to trigger a protective response?
These questions are important as the medical industry faces another challenge in finding effective treatments for disease. If that’s even the plan.
To tie all of this together I would like to conclude on this thought:
Colloidal silver is a remedy, not a vitamin. With that in mind, foods contain vitamins, not remedies. Right?
I would like to reserve my right to determine when I am in need of a remedy and supplement accordingly.
[1] The “blue man” is a man who received media attention for his condition of Argyria. Read more about the blue man at NaturalNews.com, who are, in fact, sympathizers with colloidal silver and one of the sources that I use for this response.
[2] The FDA has never recognized colloidal silver as safe for human consumption and mainstream science describes it as a toxin.
[3] According to mainstream science.
[4] The office that my Ph.D acquaintence practices out of sells a colloidal silver product with 500 parts per million.
[5] The bottle from the alternative medicine clinic has .001 microns, or 1 nm in diameter silver nanoparticles.
References:
Clinical Applications of Gold and Silver Nanocolloids by Guy E. Abraham, MD
Toxicity of various silver nanoparticles compared to silver ions in Daphnia magna
Detection of Engineered Silver Nanoparticle Contamination in Pears, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Toxicity Summary for Silver: Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., for U.S. Department of Energy
Over-the-Counter Drug Products Containing Colloidal Silver
Ingredients or Silver Salts, Food and Drug Administration
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What are the main myths about colloidal silver?
Well, there is only one known side effect, one that opponents of colloidal silver tout relentlessly since it is the only complaint they have. Argyria, or turning blue. Let’s place some common sense on this; drug money.
There are arguably 10 MILLION people in the USA that use colloidal silver daily. That is about one person in thirty. If colloidal silver turns people blue, then where are the blue people?
Ask yourself this; How many blue people have you met in your entire lifetime? None, right? So what is the fuss? The real fuss is that “they” do not want you to know about colloidal silver since it would cut into “their’ profits and is so inexpensive compared to “their’ pharmaceutical profits . I am guessing that you don’t care about “their” profits, but rather your precious health and lowered healthcare costs.
Argyria is a thing of the Past
Most cases of argyria occurred prior to 1970 when manufactures made colloidal silver with real silver and the particle size was far too large. The particles would lodge in the skin and when exposed to sunlight, like photo paper, would turn bluish-grey. That is why, when antagonist of colloidal silver present people prior to the 1970′s because there are extremely few people using modern colloidal silver who ever experience any side effect.
Since all modern manufactures of colloidal silver now create colloidal silver with nano-sized particles or silver ions, there is no opportunity to get argyria from any store-bought colloidal silver product.
What silver products cause argyria?
The US Federal Register listed the silver products that cause argyria as:
Silver salts, including silver nitrate, silver arsphenamine, silver chloride and possibly silver iodide.
These products were sold until about 1975 under various labels consisting of silver solutions ranging from 5-30% silver [50,000-300,000 ppm (parts per million) of silver] (Federal Register, FDA-21CFR Part 310, pg. 53685).
NutraSilver® contains no silver salts, silver nitrate, silver arsphenamine or silver chlorides.
NutraSilver® is 100% pure nano-sized silver particles and double-distilled clustered water manufactured under closely scrutinized federal guidelines.
The Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS is required by all governments globally) demonstrates that NutraSilver® is totally non-toxic.
You Must Seriously Abuse Colloidal Compounds (not colloidal silver) to Get Argyria
Many different silver products have been and are still being used throughout the medical industry. Up until the advent of chemical antibiotics, as we now know them, which came about in the 1940s, some very strong silver products were being used as antibiotics. Of the millions of people who used these concentrated silver products, there were no reported deaths and only 239 reported cases of generalized argyria. ( EPA Report ECAO- CIN-026, January 1991, page VI-3).
In order to get argyria, you would need to make your own silver compound following these basic mistakes:
Use tap water (it combines with the silver and changes the molecular structure).
Combine it with salt and/or chlorine
Inject it directly into a vein
Put in on your skin
Take 1,000 times the recommended amount in a very short time
In other words, seriously abuse colloidal silver (we do NOT recommend any of this)
Silver Washes Out Of The System Quickly
According to the EPA IRIS Report on silver (Integrated Risk Information Systems, 5th page, 1st paragraph) it states that a number of tests were completed to test the absorption and retention of ingested silver in a number of animals, including primates (we are primates). In its conclusion, the test work indicated that between 90-99% of ingested silver was excreted on the second day after ingestion, and greater than 99% was excreted in less than a week. So, in other words, almost all of the ingested silver was out of the body in only two days, and most of the rest was out of the body in a week. They found that silver does not build up in the system.
To Get Argyria, You Must Make Your Own Silver Compound (not colloidal silver)
There are thousands of websites that sell colloidal silver generators. Colloidal silver generators typically produce ionic silver in the 2 – 20 ppm range and that is far to low to use for serious ailments. Most are completely safe as long as you following the manufactures instructions. Be aware that you are making IONIC colloidal silver and not true colloidal silver. You see, true colloidal silver is made from real silver from a silver mine whereas ionic silver is made from a silver wire with electric current running through it that sheds silver ions into the surrounding distilled water.
It is when the maker of colloidal silver adds salt or chlorine to the mixture to “up” the parts per million (PPM) that real danger arises. These additives create silver compounds that can cause argyria and can have serious consequences.
NutraSilver® is made from real silver from a silver mine. It is 3,600 ppm and far more potent than any home made colloidal silver can be. NutraSilver®, unlike ionic silver that is basically clear in color, is dark yellow in color which is the color reflected when light hit it.
Blue man
You Must Take Hugely Excessive Amounts Of Colloidal Silver to Get Argyria
Paul Karason, also known as the “Blue Man” publicly stated that he did all of the things stated above in order to turn blue. He even rubbed colloidal silver on his face and laid down in the sun. Blood tests showed Paul is very healthy with no silver poisoning and he states publicly that he “has never felt better and plans to continue to use his ‘home-made’ silver product.”
When asked why, if the silver did not cure his dermatitis, he keeps taking it. “Because of some profound benefits that I had received from using it, like no more acid reflux, no more sinus troubles; my arthritis went away,” he said. On a recent appearance on NBC’s Today Show he agreed to undergo a complete physical exam at the prompting of the show’s medical professional. The stated concern was that the silver “may have” caused problems with his internal organs such as the liver, heart and brain.
Following the exam the doctors concluded that he was in excellent health for a man of his age. But, they reserved final comments until the results of the heavy metal blood test came back from the lab. To everyone’s surprise, in spite of the extreme quantities of silver water he had consumed which was 2000% to 4000% of the recommended daily dose, the results of the blood analysis showed everything in the normal range. There was no indication of kidney for liver damage whatsoever.
Silver Poisoning
The term “silver poisoning” is often confused with Argyria. There is no such thing as silver poisoning. If there were, why have we not heard of even one death from silver poisoning? Why would NASA and the EPA state often and frequently that they use colloidal silver and that it is safe?
Silver is a Heavy Metal, or is it?
loving brothersScience has yet to define ‘heavy metal’ completely; it is a term used quite frequently when referring to harmful metals that do not belong in the human body. Metals like cyanide and arsenic and others are often associated with the term ‘heavy metal’ correctly. Silver is a transitional or sometimes referred to as a noble metal.
Colloidal Silver Summary
Humans have been using colloidal silver for somewhere between 2 and 3 THOUSAND years. There has not been even one reported death using colloidal silver in all of that time. Before antibiotics arrived, colloidal silver was the “standard treatment” for all pathogenic diseases.
The technology to manufacture colloidal silver safely has given birth to a whole new era of disease prevention and mitigation. Colloidal silver is safe. There is no evidence that colloidal silver can harm or kill humans and there is much scientific evidence that colloidal silver is absolutely fatal to pathogens.