Caution; Using Too Much Colloidal Silver Can Produce Argyria

Any product can be abused and colloidal silver is no exception. Taking too much colloidal silver may produce a condition called argyria which causes the skin to turn an ashen-gray color.  While argyria is a cosmetic condition, it apparently causes no medical conditions. We implore you to follow our instructions and not take more than is recommended.  Used correctly, colloidal silver is a terrific antimicrobial, killing germs throughout the body.

The EPA's I.R.I.S. on Silver states:

"The critical effect in humans ingesting silver is argyria, a medically benign but permanent bluish-gray discoloration of the skin. Argyria results from the deposition of silver in the dermis and also from silver-induced production of melanin. Although silver has been shown to be uniformly deposited in exposed and unexposed areas, the increased pigmentation becomes more pronounced in areas exposed to sunlight due to photo-activated reduction of the metal. Although the deposition of silver is permanent, it is not associated with any adverse health effects. No pathological changes or inflammatory reactions have been shown to result from silver deposition." 

Important Nano-Silver Background You Need to Know

• There is far too much MIS-information about Colloidal Silver 
• Silver is a NOBEL METAL LIKE GOLD 
• There is no such thing as “Silver Poisoning” 
• Humans have been using silver for over 4,000 years.  
• Try to find even one documented death from ingesting real colloidal silver. Good luck.

According to Larry C. Ford, M.D., at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UCLA School of Medicine, 1988:

“There is no known disease-causing organism that can live in the presence of even minute traces of the chemical element of simple metallic silver,” 

“Colloidal silver appears to be safe for children and pregnant and nursing women. It is tasteless, odorless, contains no free radicals, is harmless to human enzymes and has no adverse reactions with medications.”

“Colloidal silver has proven to be toxic to all tested species of fungi, bacteria, protozoa, parasites and many viruses. More importantly—unlike conventional antibiotics—infectious agents, cannot build a resistance to silver.”

“Taken internally, it may improve digestion, help prevent colds, flu and all organism-caused diseases. It can be used as a douche, atomized, nebulized or inhaled. Applied externally, it has been shown to help with things such as skin abrasions and burns (including sun burn). It can also be dropped into the eyes and ears to help the body overcome infection."   Kurt Grange, Ph.D., N.D., is a nutritional bio-physiologist and author.

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The Environmental Protection Agency Reveals Their Conclusions on Colloidal Silver:

“Argyria has been described in syphilitic patients in poor health who were therapeutically dosed with a total of about 1 g of silver in the form of silver arsphenamine together with other toxic metals. There have been no reports of argyria or other toxic effects resulting from the exposure of healthy persons to silver.”

“Although the deposition of silver is permanent, it is not associated with any adverse health effects. No pathological changes or inflammatory reactions have been shown to result from silver deposition. Silver compounds have been employed for medical uses for centuries. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, silver amphetamine was used in the treatment of syphilis; more recently it has been used as an astringent in topical preparations. While argyria occurred more commonly before the development of antibiotics, it is now a rare occurrence.”

“Taking one ounce of colloidal silver daily, according to EPA guidelines, is well below the critical daily intake for the development of argyria.”

Nano-silver; the EPA Has Safely Regulated Nano-silver for Decades

(Nanowerk News) The Silver Nanotechnology Working Group SNWG), an industry effort intended to foster the collection of data on silver and nanotechnology in order to advance the science and public understanding of the beneficial uses of silver nanoparticles in a wide-range of consumer and industrial products, made a detailed presentation to the recent EPA Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) meeting to discuss the topic “Evaluation of Hazard and Exposure Associated with Nanosilver and Other Nanometal Oxide Pesticide Products (Arlington VA, November 3-6, 2009). Key conclusions from the presented analysis include:

The SNWG provided the SAP meeting with a detailed historical and technical analysis that demonstrated that these materials have a long established commercial history as engineered particles of nanoscale size. Despite changes in terminology, the underlying material being described is in fact the same that has been used for decades. i.e. nanoscale silver.

EPA has a long history of safely regulating nanosilver

The EPA has been safely and successfully regulating nanosilver products for decades. These products have been used in a wide range of consumer applications such as swimming pool treatments and drinking water filters with an established record under FIFRA of regulated and safe use dating as far back as the 1950’s.

A detailed look at the depth of history of silver within the EPA shows that the toxicological studies that form the basis of the EPA’s general hazard limits for silver derive from historical data from nanoscale silver materials and not ‘conventional (bulk) silver’ as is often mistakenly assumed. A careful examination of the EPA public registration database (NPIRS Public) for silver over a period of 6 decades reveals: 

The very first registered silver product was a colloidal nanosilver algaecide product that has been safely used by millions of consumers for over 50 years (registered since 1954).  Every EPA silver registration between 1970 and 1990 was either a colloidal nanosilver or nanosilver-composite product. The very first NON-nanosilver product registered by EPA was not registered until 1994. An overall analysis reveals that today over 50% of all EPA registered silver products are in fact based on nanoscale silver. Silver Washes Out Of The System Quickly

According to the EPA IRIS Report on silver (Integrated Risk Information Systems, 5th page, 1st paragraph) it states that a number of tests were completed to test the absorption and retention of ingested silver in a number of animals, including primates (we are primates). In its conclusion, the test work indicated that between 90-99% of ingested silver was excreted on the second day after ingestion, and greater than 99% was excreted in less than a week. So, in other words, almost all of the ingested silver was out of the body in only two days, and most of the rest was out of the body in a week. They found that silver does not build up in the system.

“Silver occurs naturally mainly in the form of its very insoluble and immobile oxides, sulfides, and some salts. It has occasionally been found in ground, surface, and drinking-water at concentrations above 5 µg/liter. Levels in drinking-water treated with silver for disinfection (see Protection and improvement of water quality) may be above 50 µg/liter. Recent estimates of daily intake are about 7 µg per person.”

“Only a small percentage of silver is absorbed. Retention rates in humans and laboratory animals range between 0 and 10%.”

“The only obvious sign of silver overload is argyria, a condition in which skin and hair are heavily discolored by silver in the tissues. An oral NOAEL for argyria in humans for a total lifetime intake of 10 grams of silver was estimated on the basis of human case reports and long-term animal experiments.”

Levels Of Silver Usage Historically Deemed Safe

Many different silver products have been and are still being used throughout the medical industry. Up until the advent of chemical antibiotics, as we now know them, which came about in the 1940s, some very strong silver products were being used as antibiotics. Of the millions of people who used these concentrated silver products, there were no reported deaths and only 239 reported cases of generalized argyria. (EPA Report ECAO- CIN-026, January 1991, page VI-3).

Which Category of Silver Causes Argyria; Colloidal Silver or Silver Compounds?

According to the US EPA, you must take silver nitrates or silver salts [both silver COMPOUNDS] in very large quantities (over 10 grams) to get argyria. NutraSilver® contains only nano-sized real silver particles and double-distilled water.  Additionally, you must take silver compounds 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 these days.

Avoid exposure to sunlight or tanning beds. Wear protective clothing and use sunscreen (SPF 30 or higher) when you are outdoors.

 What Silver Products Cause Argyria?

The US Federal Register listed the silver products that cause argyria as:

• 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.
• 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.

Conclusions;

1. According to the EPA, who is charged with 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.”

2. The U.S. Government’s Center for Disease Control confirmed in 1995 that there has never been any allergic, toxic or carcinogenic reaction to colloidal silver.

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 Paul is blue are:

• He manufactured colloidal silver incorrectly at home using tap water that has impurities.

• He took huge amounts for a very long time (14 years)

• 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. On a recent appearance on NBC’s Today Show he agreed to undergo a complete physical exam at the prompting of the show’s medical professional. The stated concern was that the silver “may have” caused problems with his internal organs such as the liver, heart and brain.

Following the exam the doctors concluded that he was in excellent health for a man of his age. But, they reserved final comments until the results of the heavy metal blood test came back from the lab. To everyone’s surprise, in spite of the extreme quantities of silver water he had consumed which was 2000% to 4000% of the recommended daily dose, the results of the blood analysis showed everything in the normal range. There was no indication of kidney for liver damage whatsoever.

Mr. Karason took silver compounds, NOT colloidal silver.