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Safety & Research

The Argyria Myth

Is It Possible To Get Argyria Using NutraSilver?
It would appear not. According to the US EPA,you must take silver nitrates or silver salts in very large quantities (over 10 grams) to get argyria. NutraSilver contains only nano-sized real silver particles and double-distilled CLUSTERED WATER and nothing else. Additionally, you must take silver in very large sizes (they get trapped under the skin) and NutraSilver silver particles are in the very low nano-range size. Commercially manufactured modern colloidal silver products all use very tiny silver particles.

The Blue Man

Some of you may have seen a man on TV recently that is blue. His name is Paul Karason


If you would like to see Paul’s interview, please click HERE

Some of the reasons why he is blue are:

1) He manufactured colloidal silver incorrectly at home using tap water that has impurities

2) He took huge amounts for a very long time

3) He put his ‘creation’ on his face and went out in the sun where a chemical reaction is guaranteed

Blood tests showed he 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.


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.

Minimum Amount Of Silver Known To Cause Argyria
The minimum amount of silver known to cause argyria in adults, from the use of any silver compound (including salts) is 900 mg of silver taken orally in one year. The EPA standard for the amount of silver that can be safely consumed in drinking water is .005 milligrams per kilogram of weight per day (EPA RED document page 2, 4th paragraph). This means that a normal sized adult could safely consume one ounce of NutraSilver® every day for a 70 year life span and still be within the safe limits as defined by the EPA. In the EPA RED document for silver, the EPA goes on to state (3rd page, 4th paragraph), “The EPA does not anticipate that dietary exposure to these low levels of silver will be associated with any significant degree of risk.”

How Long Does The Body Retain Ingested Silver?
According to the EPA IRIS (Integrated Risk Information Systems) Report on silver (5th page, 1st paragraph), several tests were conducted in order to determine the absorption and retention of ingested silver in a number of animals (including primates). These tests indicated that between 90-99% of ingested silver was excreted by the second day after ingestion and greater than 99% was excreted in less than a week. This clearly shows that silver does not build up in the system when consumed in small amounts.

Conclusion
According to the EPA, who is in charge of defining safe levels of any mineral in water used for ingestion or drinking, the oral consumption of small amounts of silver in water on a daily basis poses no significant degree of risk.