New Use For Silver

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.