New Use For Silver

We have been using colloidal silver for over ten years with no ill side effects. In fact it has cured a case of leptospirosis which is never curable with conventional treatments. The one lepto with parasites that attach to the blood cells. We have a colloidal generator and make our own,to buy it in the store in can cost a lot of money.Anyone who wants more info can PM me.
John1

New Use for Silver ?!
you kidding me? ))
it is one of the oldest uses for silver

good you've discovered it by yourself ... just make sure you put as pure silver as possible ... canadian 9999 would be great for water purification purposes

Speaking of water and silver. The Russians and some high-end vodka distillers are now using silver filtration to not only remove impurities but to actually enhance the "texture" of the ethanol. These distillers have also tried using gold and platinum filtration for some ultra premium vodka offering, but apparently only silver imparts a truly noticeable and allegedly pleasant taste difference.

In case you want to look it up, the medical turn for silver turning you blue is: Argyria

Thanks, Unholyroller. Good info there.



The round that I am using is a 1/4 oz. Indian Head .999 silver round. No need to get too technical with this, though. Silver is unlikely to be very soluble in water, so the natural solubility will determine how much silver is in the water.



Possible but very unlikely considering the very low solubility of silver in tap water. Undoubtedly, this is somewhere in the very low ppm to high ppb range. Yes, this exceeds EPA recommendations of 50 ppb or so but EPA often does that just to be cautious when they do not have a definitive study on something.



Many people have done this and report that their health has improved thanks to colloidal silver consumption. While this is anecdotal evidence, there seems to be a lot of it, so may be true in some cases.



Not a NEW discovery but a new USE for ME.



Indeed so, Angel. There was a reason for making baby spoons from sterling silver.



Interesting. I may have to do a taste test on that to be sure.



It could if a larger surface area led to better contact between silver and water. My assumption is that the silver dissolves to the extent that it can in the time allowed before being consumed and that this is likely to be relatively constant given that the solubility and use rate is fairly constant.



Not being a biologist, I had no idea whether or not silver would have ANY effect on algae. I knew that it has a strong anti-bacterial action but that does not mean that it will affect algae as well. The evidence that I have indicates that algae growth is inhibited. Perhaps this is because silver kills the bacteria that the algae need to live and grow? Will need to consult with the biologists out there to know for sure.



Yep, that would be a "magic bullet" kind of thing. On the other hand, many forms of cancer seem quite susceptible to control via a low-fat / low-salt / high anti-oxidant diet, exercise, and drinking plenty of water. Many of us don't do these simple things so end up increasing our risk of getting a degenerative disease, like cancer.

"Not being a biologist, I had no idea whether or not silver would have ANY effect on algae. I knew that it has a strong anti-bacterial action but that does not mean that it will affect algae as well."

There in lies my mistake as algae and bacteria are two totally different types of microscopic life, and I was confusing them as the same, duuuuh. Rainman strikes again, lol....

Indeed so, Hawk. I know that they are different life forms but other than that not too much.



It might if it was sufficiently concentrated. There are iodine salts in the ocean and algae grows there, so concentration might be the key. If not, then maybe the fact that pure iodine and ionic iodine are not the same chemically, so we cannot deduce that both will be equally effective at this. Iodine does have a bitter metallic taste, however, so probably would not be good in drinking water unless the Brita filter itself removed it.



That can be a good plan if your water quality is really bad and is causing you plumbing problems. As you know, it is an expensive answer to water quality problems. In our case, the water quality is reasonably good, it is just the taste that needs a little help. Probably 90% or more of the water we use is not used in drinking or cooking, so the pitcher filter works well enough.



Haven't tried that but might at some point. Fridge is pretty crowded and water stored in there gets pretty cold. The low light and cold temp should do a real job on algae, of course, but a black paper wrap on the pitcher might do well enough and not produce nearly ice cold water.

Well, as I mentioned in another post, this was a new use in our house and not a new invention. Still, it makes me wonder how many other CCF members, if any, are also doing this.



Yes, they are, MK, and it seems a really good idea. Silver is a very effective anti-bacterial substance, even at low concentrations. Unlike some anti-biotics, there seems to be no danger in developing a strain of bacteria that is resistant to the effects of silver.

All this has me wondering just what would be the effect, if any, of developing a way to deliver silver right to a cancerous cell. Could be that it would either slow the rate of the spread of the disease or it might even stop it in its tracks. Much would likely depend on putting the silver into just the right form and then delivering that to the precise location where it would have maximum effect. Food for thought, though.