• Silver, in its atomic state, has the capacity to absorb oxygen and act as a catalyst to bring about oxidation.
• Atomic (nascent) oxygen absorbed onto the surface of silver ions in solution will readily react with the sulfhydryl (-S-H) groups surrounding the surface of bacteria or viruses to remove the hydrogen atoms (as water), causing the sulfur atoms to form an R-S-S-R bond; blocking respiration and causing the bacteria to expire.
• Employing a simple catalytic reduction/oxidation reaction, colloidal silver will react with any negative charge presented by the organism's transport or membrane proteins and deactivate them.

2. Reaction With Bacterial Cell Membranes

• Studies with Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, a tenacious bacteria that is difficult to treat, demonstrated that as much as 12% of silver is taken up by the organism's DNA.
• Silver binds to the DNA without destroying the hydrogen bonds holding the lattice together, it prevents the DNA from unwinding, an essential step for cellular replication to occur.
• Since silver kills only bacteria that is anaerobic or nitrogen breathing, the friendly bacteria in the digestive tract are immune to it due to the fact that they are oxygen breathing, (aerobic)

• The Greeks, Romans & others used silver vessels for water and other liquids to keep them fresh.
• The Egyptians used silver as a thin beaten paper-like product and wrapped it around wounds to avoid infection.
• Ancient families who ate from silver utensils rarely were sick and had few infections
• Generations ago, pioneers trekking across the Wild West in the US faced many hardships. Keeping safe drinking water was one of them.
• Bacteria, algae, etc., found a fertile breeding ground in wooden casks, which were carried by the wagons.
• They placed silver coins in the casks to retard the growth of the spoilage organisms.
• They also placed silver coins in their milk to keep it fresh.
• Settlers in the Australian outback suspended silverware in the  water tanks to retard spoilage.
• Wrapping wounds in silver foil was a common treatment around the turn of the century to prevent infection.
• Eventually, man learned to make silver nitrate and use it in wounds as an antibiotic. But silver nitrate is a silver salt and is caustic, and therefore burns tissue, much like iodine.
• These early, unstable and crudely made silver solutions were sometimes injected directly into the body, taken orally or applied topically. Remarkably, there were no significant side effects.

Silver in the Colloidal Form

• The comeback of silver in medicine began in the 1970’s
• Carl Moyer, chairman of Washington University’s Department of Surgery, received a grant to develop better treatments for burn victims. Dr. Harry Margraf, as the chief biochemist, worked with Dr. Moyer and other surgeons to find an antiseptic strong enough, yet safe to use over large areas of the body.
• Silver has always been one of the most universal antibiotic substances.
• When administered in the colloidal form, it is non-toxic.
• Medical journal reports from the early 1900’s demonstrated that a properly prepared colloid of silver was the only form of silver solution that was not deposited under the skin, no matter how many times the proper amount was administered.
• Jim Powell reported in a Science Digest article in March 1978, titled “Our Mightiest Germ Fighter”:
• “Thanks to eye-opening research, silver is emerging as a wonder of modern medicine. An antibiotic kills perhaps half-dozen different disease organisms, but silver kills hundreds. Additionally, silver-resistant strains fail to develop”.
• Modern ionization technology was developed by (NASA) in the early days of the space program as a lightweight method of purifying recycled water on spacecrafts.
• In the United States and Canada, more than 100 hospitals have installed silver-based water purifying systems to eradicate Legionnaire’s disease, a deadly bacteria that infects hot water pipes and storage tanks in large buildings.
• Antibiotic resistance is quickly becoming a public health nightmare. Traditional antibiotics continue to lose their ability to kill certain strains of bacteria. To date, nearly every disease causing organism known has become resistant to at least one antibiotic, and several are immune to more than one. Scientists have known since the dawn of antibiotic age that the more an antibiotic is used, the quicker it tends to become useless due to bacterial resistance.  

• FDA has ruled that it can only be described as a mineral supplement or dietary supplement.
• “Medical Journal Reports and documented studies spanning 100 years, indicate no known side effects from properly manufactured colloidal silver in animal or human testing. There has never been a reported reaction with colloidal silver and any prescription medication…” - The Association for Colloidal Research
• Chemically produced colloidal silver causes Argyria. Colloidal silver was widely used in the early 1900's. Scientists at the time discovered that if they CHEMICALLY COMBINED the silver colloid with a protein, it would not only be better digested, they could produce it in greater concentration. 
• This led to silver nitrate and silver salts. Before the early 1900's there had never been any negative side effects with ingesting silver, so testing the toxicity was not a big concern. But before the toxicity was tested, doctors at the time had already begun to use it on their patients. 
• As we know now, silver nitrate and other silver salts were toxic in high doses. It caused Argyria, a cosmetic bluing or graying of the skin produced  by a build-up of un-dissolved silver particles in the tissues. 
• All silver salts are identified as toxic, although the only adverse effect noted is Argyria. Therefore, the concern is with silver salts NOT colloidal silver. 
• Colloidal silver is non-toxic, non-addictive, and has no side effects, UNLESS you are allergic to silver.
  
• The body develops no tolerance to colloidal silver and one cannot overdose. 
• If you are allergic to silver, do NOT use Colloidal Silver

 

By now nearly everyone has seen the story about Paul Karason who the news media has dubbed "The Blue Man". Although the news media has continually said that he was taking colloidal silver, nothing could be further from the truth. The Blue Man story became a major media disinformation event which was produced by a public relations firm and paid for by a pharmaceutical interest. The purpose of this campaign was to scare the public away from using colloidal silver products. The tactic was to claim that the Blue Man's condition was caused by his use of colloidal silver thus implying that anyone who uses colloidal silver would suffer a similar fate. The entire story as presented is a study in blatant misrepresentation. The fact is that Paul has a condition called argyria that turns the skin a blue-gray color. He got this condition by taking his homemade silver compound that was mostly a highly concentrated ionic silver solution. When he prepared the solution he believed he was making colloidal silver. He was not making colloidal silver. To make the solution even more dangerous, he added salt to the brew and then used electrolysis to make a high concentration of silver chloride with large particles which is well known to cause argyria. He further applied the compound to his skin causing him to become an internal and external photographic plate. To finish himself off, he used a tanning bed to "fix" the silver in his body. The moral of the story is to know the difference between true colloidal silver and ionic silver or silver proteins, and don't try to make either at home! 

 

The Blue Man charade demonstrates once again that the mass media cannot be trusted to report anything that even resembles a truthful "news" story. All "news" today is propagated with an agenda just like the phony economic statistics put out by the U.S. government.

 

 

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