Collidial Silver properties.What are they?!
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Colloidal silver can be used to keep drinkable water potable over a long period; however, it is not suited for disinfection. It is also used internally and externally for alleged health benefits. Colloidal silver has been claimed to kill various microorganisms. Continued ingestion of high doses silver may result in argyria, a permanent discoloration of the skin.
While high concentrations of colloidal silver will certainly kill many bacteria in vitro, the use of colloidal silver as an internal (in vivo) medicine is controversial.
Due to unsubstantiated health claims (not having gone through the FDA's drug trial and testing regimen) and the poor quality of samples gathered in health food stores, in 1999 the US FDA banned over-the-counter sales of such products, or their advertisement as providing health benefits. If no health benefits are claimed, and colloidal silver is sold as a supplement, its sale is legal. In 2002, the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration made a similar ruling.
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From what I hear it's supposed to kill bacteria and viruses (nothing can live in silver).
BUT BE VERY CAREFUL. It's very possible--no matter what the company selling the colloidal silver tells you--to "overdose" on silver. The result is that your skin takes on a blue or greyish tint (called argyria) that is positively ghostly!
I don't think there's any real proof that silver works, but there are many documented cases of the results of silver ingestion.
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http://www.rotten.com/library/medicine/quackery/argyria/ for photos. Be careful, they're very graphic
Something you don't want or need I hear. Did you ever hear about the lady who used that in her nasal spray? She has bits of silver in her skin. Her skin is silver on her face. Looks badd. I think she has a website too. She could probably tell you alot. She was on Ripley's believe it or not.
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