18 Nov
2009
18 Nov
'09
2:48 p.m.
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 05:43:15PM -0800, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 18 Nov 2009 at 1:37, Alexander Schreiber wrote:
Cue old Paracelsus "Sola dosis facit venenum" (It's the dose that makes
the poison). Yes, while silver is normally quite harmless to humans, if
you ingest enough (especially in a finely divided form, "colloidal
silver" *cough*), you can poison yourself. There is also water
poisoning. In other news, being stupid was found to be not so healthy
after all ;-)
Kind regards,
Alex.
--
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and
looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison
Also as a permanent germ killer (silver is rather
unhealthy to a lot
of germs, while quite harmless to humans).
But see "argyria" and for a Y2K slant, "Stan Jones"...
I once had a friend (now deceased) who believed that she could not
get enough selenium.