CNN and Consumer Report both warn of danger from taking colloidal silver. The danger they are promoting is a condition where skin turns blue called argyria. What both of these organizations failed to do is perform due diligence in verifying the information contained in their stories. Each organization failed to research easily obtainable information about the possible cause of argyria. Contrary to the reports issued by these two organizations, true colloidal silver is not the cause of argyria. Products that have been known to lead to argyria are solutions of silver protein and solutions of silver ions; neither of these products are true colloidal silver.
You may have seen Paul Karason, the guy who the media reports turned blue from taking silver by rubbing it on his skin. In the most recent report issued by CNN the subject was actually making a solution of ionic silver in his home and ingesting it as well as applying it to his skin. He was not taking colloidal silver as the irresponsible report stated. Unfortunately, Paul bought a generator a result of watching an infomercial that “electrolyzes” water.
Manufacturers of true colloidal silver have warned of the risk associated with making using solutions of silver protein and solutions of silver ions from kits for years. To learn about the nature of many of the more common silver products go to: http://www.silver-colloids.com/Reports/reports.html Pay particular attention to the classification as either 1) colloidal silver, 2) ionic silver, or 3) mild silver protein.
