BO, research CS generators from SOTA instruments or SCADA.  These companies make high quality products and SOTA was endorsed by the late Dr. Bob Beck.  And they won't break your wallet either.

Some things to remember when making CS is to use, when possible, distilled water so silver does not interact contaminants or other minerals floating in the water.  Optimally it would be best to make your own distilled water from a stainless steel distiller, to avoid the plastic toxins that would have seeped into the water in the first place.  Also store it in amber glass bottles and away from sunlight, since silver is photosensitive (the silver ions will turn black when exposed to light).

As a pharmaceutical chemist i cannot imagine how much difference could exist between a home generator and an "industrial" generator for CS. The only thing that would separate the two final products is Quality control and the analytical instruments that measure ppm.   At low ppms the solution is truly colloidal however when a certain concentration threshold is reached (depending on the purity of the water and silver source) the solution becomes ionic and is more easily oxidized forming a black precipitate , silver oxide.  Home generation can produce a high quality CS if strict guidelines are used to prevent high ppm ionic solutions. This must be determined empirically since the variables include: voltage, distance between the anode and cathode, quantity of water, temperature, quality if water, etc..

However if a reasonably accurate ppm meter (reads 0 in distilled water) is used to stop production at or below 10,000 ppm it should be fine and should be stored in an amber glass bottle out of the light. If the solution begins to accumulate a black precipitate at the bottom then discard it and make a fresh batch. Finally i agree with noignrnc, in that immunity is your best defense and CS should be used sparingly for acute infection, not for chronic illness. I do not agree with the germ theory as big pharma would propose, yet it is the innate or "designed"  intelligence of our immune system that truly begets health and longivity. If you have a chronic problem then your system is out of balance, NOT silver deficient.  

kindjoe, thank you for your explanation.  What I had been reading talked about home generators making a largely ionic silver which they said was bad, but did not explain that you could control that simply by checking it with a ppm meter.  I'm glad to know that and it makes some of the contradictory things I'd been reading make more sense.

Can you say "Papa Smurf".

I very much agree with you on this, I have also done tons of research on CS and if taken properly and in the right dose there is NO way of getting argyria, I have been taking it for some time now for my arthritis and it is wonderful. alos it has to be made properly

I am VERY concerned (and skeptical) about stories like this that in essence are attacks on the most effective natural health remedies. Let me clarify this article for everyone: This is ONE guy who WAY OVERUSED colloidal silver. Nothing here mentions the thousands that benefit from it. I read an article in the Wall Street Journal attacking colloidal silver a couple of years ago. Completely biased and almost certainly paid for by Big Pharma. Colloidal silver is a great threat to them.

Big business tends to attack anything that really works, that can seriously hurt their business and that they can't profit from. This clearly appears to be one of those attacks. People have to wake up and realize that "news" stories in Big Media nowadays are nothing more than favors and mouthpieces for their biggest advertisers. They are not allowed to print the truth anymore, and anything in the mainstream media should be looked at with skepticism.

Big Pharma kills over 200,000 Americans every year. There are rarely fatalities from natural remedies. You have to carefully moderate any supplement that you take. But if we are comparing the natural health field to the Evil Medical Establishment, I'll take one Papa Smurf over 200,000 dead family members, friends and neighbors ANY day.  

NieeMA (and everyone) -

I STRONGLY disagree with the statement below...PLEASE correct me with links to valid information if you have evidence of my being incorrection (the more I learn, the more I'm sure 'unlearning' what we think we know is correct is just as importantant as learning something new! :)

>>>Conventional antibiotics are designed to seek and destroy only a certain band of pathogenic bacteria yet kills the bacteria needed in the digestive tract (also known as friendly flora).  Once your friendly flora has been destroyed the yeast also found in the intestinal tract begins to run rampant causing a serious condition of candidiasis.  Silver does not have this serious side effect.<<<

Silver is NOT selective in destruction of microorganisms (and this includes ALL health-giving bacteria in our bodies). You can easily give yourself a yeast infection/overgrowth and/or various varieties of digestive problems by using too much/long colloidal silver (especially with the high ppm types).  Here is a VERY good explanation (mirrored by hundreds of other CS sites & FAQs)   colloidal-silver.utopiasilver.com

I use CS extensively externally (and used to use it internally quite often) and when I might run up against an infection that I can't beat by bolstering my immune system with high-quality echinacea tincture, I would use it again internally....but that hasn't happened in over 6 years!  For me (for common infections) it makes more sense to bolster my body's own immune system to learn to recognize/identify the invader and how to destroy it (hence gaining some level of true natural immunity), than it does to indiscriminately kill beneficial life within my body just to kill a few lousy bad guys (which sounds alot like the logic of chemotherapy to me...yikes).

Remember, the Powers That Be have a LOT to gain by making us 'bacteria-phobes' and breaking down our immune system.  I feel that strengthening our immune systems is a healthier choice.

I agree with you, NieeMA, as I have been making my own and using it for 15+ years, & when OVERused, it can cause yeast infections, like antibiotics.  

The KEY to ANY treatment for any problem/disease, is common sense and judicious use of the product.  We cannot take antibiotics on a daily basis for the obvious reasons, and likewise, WHY would someone take an "antibiotic-acting" substance, natural or not, on a DAILY basis? As NieeMA and others on this thread have said, boost the immune system instead! Think about it!

I do know someone (now deceased for other reasons) who took it in very high strengths and doses (16+ oz/day) for 3-4 years, until he finally developed Argyria. AT LOW DOSES, WITH CONSERVATIVE USE, AND WITHOUT THE USE OF SALT IN MAKING IT, COLLOIDAL SILVER IS A REAL AND EFFECTIVE PRODUCT! Use common sense!

I've made about 75 gallons of colloidal silver in the past 15 yrs that I gave to friends, family, & clients, & myself, using a Bob Beck zapper/silver maker.  Don't be in a rush--take the slow road & NOT use the salt (a faster method), and the particle size will be smaller, the color a slight gold.  Use ONLY 99.9999% PURE silver bars or thick wire (ask at silversmithing supply). GOOD DISTILLED H2O IS A MUST! I use old hydrogen peroxide plastic bottles to store it in (the plastic is made to withstand chemical decomposing), or dark brown GLASS bottles (the BEST method) that I keep INSIDE A DARK CABINET! Colloidal Silver WILL become TOXIC when exposed to light!

The best advice I can give to discovering the TRUTHS about viable & wonderful NATURAL methods of self-healing are to QUESTION EVERYTHING, and then keep questioning EVERYTHING! Especially the FDA, organized Medicine, & media. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH...research...research! Question, Question, Question everything! Try researching out-of-USA resources. And you will begin to discern the truths from the regurgitated garbage and disinformation that flies around the (mostly USA) web.

The blue color could potentiallu also point to vascular problems and or cardiovascular as well.Could be multi factoral.

Blessings

Dr. Trudy

No, that guy should smile and grin all the way to the bank!!!  He will get laid and paid more than any American televangelist, if he is worshiped as a HINDU GOD.

"Vishnu is one of the gods of the Trinity. Vishnu represents the power of sustenance. Vishnu is known to be blue in color. The blue of Vishnu indicates his infinite stature. Blue is associated with the infinite since immeasurable entities like the sky or ocean appear blue."

Very educational, as I've read from various friends how they took colloidal silver for this or that, but had never heard or even considered the possibility of overdoing it. I remember a friend that went crazy with the carrot juice thing 20 years ago, juicing and drinking a pound of carrots a day or so...and she turned orange!! I've heard that it happens to others. Wonder what happens if this guy starts drinking a lot of carrot juice - would it balance the blueness in his face as the orangy tint came in??

Also, what about a heavy metals detox type diet, like the.... oooh now my brain kops out on me, the clay stuff that I can drink - Bentonite - (whew, thought of it!)? wouldn't something like that help detox the silver effects from his body??

Hey I added some points for Mary to make up for the one who accidentally gave her negative poingts!! ;-)  It happens to the best of us!!