Experts: It’s the Silver Ion That Gives Colloidal Silver Its Antimicrobial Power...

You’ll find some people on the internet claiming that the ionic form of colloidal silver doesn’t work.

But ionic silver is the #1 most popular form of colloidal silver in the world today because, simply stated it’s the most effective form.

Here’s what the experts have to say about the powerful infection-fighting qualities of ionic silver:

"The antimicrobial properties of silver are due to the silver ion..."

-- Romans, I.B. 1954. Oligodynamic metals. In Antiseptics, Disinfectants, Fungicides, and Chemical and Physical Sterilization. Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger, 388-428.

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"Silver ions are bactericidal, antifungal, protozoicidal, and active against herpes simplex virus."

-- Russell, A.D., et al. 1994. Antimicrobial activity and action of silver. Progress in Medicinal Chemistry, 31, 351-370.

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"...the microbicidal activity of silver is significantly ion influenced.”

-- Simonetti, N., et al. 1992. Electrochemical Ag+ for preservative use. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 58(12), 3834-3836.

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"To be bactericidal, the silver must be available as a solution, and the efficacy of the solution is dependent on the concentration of silver ions present in the solution…silver is effective against a broad range of antibiotic-resistant organisms, which is expected because silver has been regularly found to be effective against antibiotic-resistant organisms”.

-- Wright, J. Barry, Lam, Kan, and Burrell, Robert E. 1998. Wound management in an era of increasing bacterial antibiotic resistance: a role for topical silver treatment. American Journal of Infection Control, 26(6), 572-577.

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“Beginning in 1973, in vitro studies demonstrated that such ions were an effective antibiotic with a very broad spectrum and favorable quantitative evaluations compared with synthetic antibiotics…The failure of other nontoxic metal ions to produce a similar alteration with the same electrical parameters strongly indicates that the electrically generated silver ion is the agent responsible for the observed cellular changes…Healing rates in these wounds are significantly accelerated and are accompanied by enhanced healing of the bone, soft tissue, nerve, and skin, with replacement of missing tissues by histologically normal tissues…The responsible agent for these cellular effects is believed to be the electrically generated silver ion”.

-- Becker, Robert O. 2000. Effects of electrically generated silver ions on human cells and wound healing. Electro- and Magnetobiology, 19(1), 1-19.)

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"Silver ions were more effective at inhibiting bacteria than platinum, gold, copper and stainless steel ions."

-- Spadaro, J.A., et al. 1974. Antibacterial effects of silver electrodes with weak direct current. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 6(5), 637-642.)

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“The Ag+ filler showed significantly more antibacterial activity than the control filler without silver ions…The findings indicate that the antibacterial effect is due to silver ions released from the Ag+-containing filler.” (Yamamoto, Kohji, et al. 1996. Antibacterial activity of silver ions implanted in silicone dioxide filler on oral Streptococci.

-- Dental Materials, 12: 227-229.

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“It has been shown shown that the ionic portion of a colloidal silver protein is the germicidal component.”

-- Sollman, Torald, and J.D. Pilcher 1924. Organic, protein and colloid silver compounds: Does the “colloidal silver” become available as antiseptic? Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine. 10:38-42.

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"...the bactericidal power of CS (colloidal silver) is due to the silver ion."

-- Uegaki, Shingo. 1930. Influence of the blood constituents on the bactericidal power of colloidal silver. Japanese Journal of Experimental Medicine. 8: 573-613.)

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"Silver is a disinfectant for non-spore forming bacteria at concentrations about 1000 times lower than the levels at which it is toxic to mammalian life. ...The ionic form of silver is necessary."

-- British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Silver, Environmental Protection Department, February 19, 1996

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“In the present paper we show that silver ions inhibit the respiratory chain of E. coli. The most sensitive site of inhibition was between the bcytochromes and cytochrome a,. A further site of inhibition was located between the site of substrate interaction with the respiratory chain and flavoprotein.”

-- “The Effect of Silver Ions on the Respiratory Chain of Escherichia coli,” P. D. Bragg and J. D. Rainnie, Department of Biochemistry, University of British Columbia

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“…conversion of silver to silver ions is necessary for efficacy.”

-- Albert T. McManus, MD, Chief of Microbiology, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Army Burn Center, United States Army Institute of Surgical Research

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"Ionic silver, although technically a colloidal, does seem to offer more beneficial properties than the traditional colloidal silver. Ionic silver can be generated by electrolyzing the silver metal or dissolving silver compounds and appears to have superior antimicrobial activity.

One of the reasons for this, in addition to the charge of the particles, might be that ‘silver ions in solution offer a greater surface area because of the fact that they are individual atoms, not clusters of atoms as seen in a colloid.’ This means that ‘they react more quickly and readily,’ and since they ‘are relatively smaller than colloidal particles, they will penetrate…more rapidly and effectively.’”

-- S.M. Foran, Therapeutic Properties of Silver: an Historical and Technical Review

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"Silver compounds have a wide variety of uses as caustics, astringents, antiseptics, and germicides. Their activity resides in the silver ion, which is a protein precipitant [in that] it is toxic to bacteria by precipitating the protein in the bacteria protoplasm.”

-- Handbook of the Hospital Corps of the United States Navy, 1953

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“All silver-based antimicrobials act against bacteria through the action of silver ions (Ag+). The effect of silver ions against microorganisms is well established and is referred to as the oligodynamic effect. Silver ions interact with bacteria cells through 3 mechanisms:

1. Damage cell membrane

2. Displace Ca2+ and Zn2+ ions

3. Interact with sulphur, oxygen or nitrogen

Silver ions are active against a broad range of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Unique qualities of silver ions are: Low risk for bacteria resistance, effective in very low concentrations, no human toxicity”

-- Dr. Murray J. Height, Ph.D, Chief Technology Officer, HeiQ Materials, Silver Nanotechnology Working Group

[All quotes were taken from the Experts Quotes page or the Clinical Studies page at The Silver Edge web site.]

Silver Ions Rule!

The bottom line is that silver ions flat out rule.

That’s not to say other forms of colloidal silver – such as particulate, or metallic silver, or silver proteins, or silver citrate, etc. – are ineffective. They aren’t.

But they are only effective to the extent that they release silver ions in the system. The more silver ions they release, the more effective they are.

So the next time someone tries to tell you ionic silver is “ineffective,” show them this article and watch ‘em squirm.

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Colloidal Silver, Radical Environmentalists and Rational Environmentalists

Why colloidal silver and other silver-based antimicrobial products will sooner or later be regulated by the EPA as “environmental toxins”…

A member of the Colloidal Silver Secrets Community on Facebook recently posted a question, asking why I so frequently write articles against what I call "radical environmentalists" and the EPA, and what this has to do with colloidal silver.  

Since the EPA and the radical environmentalists are joined at the hips in an incestuous relationship that could ultimately spell doom for colloidal silver and other silver-based consumer products, I thought readers of this ezine might be interested in reading my reply.

Rational Environmentalists

v/s Radical Environmentalists

The EPA is the Environmental Protection Agency. They are a federal government agency commissioned, essentially, to regulate pollution and toxins and protect the environment from being harmed.

Environmentalists, on the other hand, are (generally speaking) well-meaning people who believe we should each live our lives in such a way that we don't destroy the very environment we depend upon for our existence and sustenance.

However, environmentalists range from what I call the RATIONAL to the RADICAL. I'm always careful to distinguish between the two, since I consider myself a rational environmentalist.

For example, rational environmentalists want people to voluntarily do things like:

· plant more trees

· recycle aluminum cans and plastic beverage bottles

· garden, and mulch your food scraps rather than discard them

· buy energy-efficient appliances wherever possible

· put insulation around your home water heater so it doesn’t use so much electricity or gas

· separate your trash into different categories so it can be more efficiently disposed of

On the other hand, radical environmentalists are all about raw force and power. They want to hyper-regulate and micro-manage every aspect of your daily life with rules and regulations, including rules for what temperature you can put your thermometer on at home…

…how much electricity or gas you can use each month in your home, how far you can drive each day (i.e., fuel consumption), how much trash you can put in your dumpster each week, even how much toilet paper you can use when you wipe your rectum.

The radical environmentalists are all about control.

What’s more, they’re heavily agenda-driven. And much of their agenda is based upon the needs of whichever corporations they’re receiving the largest grants and donations from.

In other words, they cry about the environment, but they are in reality front men for whoever is paying them the most money.

These are the environmentalists who scream to high heaven about the "toxicity" of antimicrobial silver, and rail against its use in consumer products such as colloidal silver, or toothbrushes, computer keyboards, kitchen contact surfaces, clothing, etc.

They claim -- with no convincing evidence whatsoever -- that the use of antimicrobial silver will eventually destroy the environment (even though the silver comes from the environment in the first place, which they never bother to mention).

Radical Environmentalism

And the Colloidal Silver Wars

Radical environmentalists are very politically oriented, and frequently work hand-in-hand with the EPA to get regulatory policies adopted that are consistent with their own agenda.

In 2009, for example, a consortium of these radical environmentalists petitioned the EPA to pull products containing silver nanoparticles -- including colloidal silver – from the market until they could be studied to determine if they posed a threat to the environment.

They claimed silver is a dangerous “pesticide” that might harm “ecologically sensitive microorganisms” if enough of it “escaped into the environment” from commercial products.

The EPA asked for public comments before making a decision.

So, while the radical environmentalists rallied their followers to send comments to the EPA questioning the environmental safety of silver-based consumer products –

-- I rallied colloidal silver users from around the country and we bombarded the EPA with emails, letters and phone calls telling the environmental bureaucrats to keep their hands off colloidal silver.

This took the EPA and the radical anti-silver environmentalists completely by surprise! They thought their plan to have silver-based products pulled from the market was a slam-dunk sure thing.

In fact, they were so sure of victory, they had attached an appendix to their petition to the EPA, naming 300 silver-based products -- including the top five brands of colloidal silver -- as products needing to be pulled from the market immediately.

For a running account of this battle against the radical environmentalist groups seeking to convince the EPA to regulate antimicrobial silver as a “pesticide,” see my following ezine articles from 2009 and early 2010:

· Emergency Alert: Stop EPA From Further Regulating Colloidal Silver as a "Pesticide"

· Act Now to Help Save Colloidal Silver From EPA Regulation

· Special Update on the Battle to Save Colloidal Silver From Regulation By the EPA

· Updated Contact Information for Stopping the EPA from Regulating Colloidal Silver

· In Defense of Colloidal Silver, Part I: Colloidal Silver Users Tell EPA “Hands Off Our Colloidal Silver!”

· Colloidal Silver and “NanoSilver”: What’s the Difference

· Will the EPA Actually Ban Products Containing Silver Nano-particles?

· Dirty Tricks in the Battle to Save Colloidal Silver from EPA Regulation

· Enviro Groups Lie About Study in Last Ditch Effort to Have Silver Regulated by EPA as a "Pesticide"

· Update on EPA Petition to Regulate Silver as a "Pesticide"

Switching Tactics

Seeing they were losing the battle to push the EPA to hyper-regulate antimicrobial silver in commercial products using the “pesticide” angle, the radical environmentalists switched tactics.

They’re now waging an ongoing public relations campaign designed to scare the bejabbers out of the American public. They want the public to believe silver is a “dangerous toxin” that threatens to destroy the environment, including plants, animals and yes, even people.

And they’re working tirelessly to drum up public pressure on the EPA to institute strict regulations against the use of antimicrobial silver in commercial products, in order to “save the environment.”

First they issued a "white paper" calling for an outright ban on colloidal silver and all silver-based products, claiming silver will harm children. You can see my article exposing the fraudulent nature of their claims here.

Then they began having their environmentalist cronies in the news media print articles decrying silver as a “dangerous environmental toxin.”

And they’ve cajoled environmentalist researchers at several universities into doing laboratory studies attempting to "prove" antimicrobial silver is somehow “toxic” to the environment.

Over the months since they’ve undertaken this new tactic, I’ve worked relentlessly to expose these planted media reports and agenda-driven laboratory studies as junk science and rank sensationalism.

You can read some of my articles exposing the anti-silver agenda of the radical environmentalists, here:

· Exposed: More Environmentalist Claptrap Against Colloidal Silver

· Dr. Hildegarde Staninger Labels Colloidal Silver a “Health Hazard” in New Study…But Is It a Legitimate Conclusion, Or Is It Self-Serving?

· Environmentalists: Silver Is Toxic to Fathead Minnows

· The Colloidal Silver Assaults: A Week to Remember!

· Colloidal Silver v/s the EPA Greenies: Understanding the Lies Behind the “Silver is Dangerous to the Environment” Con

· Environmentalists: Silver Nanoparticles a Threat to Plant Life!

Threats and Rank Sensationalism

The radical environmentalists even threatened a fellow natural health journalist for exposing the millions of dollars in grant money they had been taking from Big Pharma before trying to have silver-based antimicrobial products regulated as dangerous "pesticides" and "toxins." You can see my article about this blatant threat, here.

And now the radical environmentalists are actually claiming that earth is DOOMED because of the use of silver in commercial products like silver-impregnated stockings that help prevent stinky feet.

I’m not kidding you. That’s the mentality we’re dealing with.

The radical environmentalists are using the worse kind of hyperbolic sensationalism in order to scare the public into thinking silver is a threat to man and his environment. You can read my article exposing their false claims of an impending environmental apocalypse here.

EPA Holds Hearings on

The Use of Antimicrobial Silver

By using these over-the-top tactics, the radical environmentalists have convinced the EPA to continue holding hearings on the growing use of antimicrobial silver in consumer products, and to develop stringent new regulations limiting the use of silver in all consumer products.

The EPA now appears to be leaning toward the radical environmentalist position against the use of silver in consumer products, even though pro-silver groups like the Silver Nanotechnology Working Group (SNWG) have been attending these meetings and vying earnestly to put the true facts about silver and its safety in front of the EPA panel. You can read my latest article on this, here.

Naturally, the EPA, being a government bureaucracy, leans more toward the radical environmentalist position, because it will give them more regulatory power over business and industry, and over what consumers can and can't buy in regards to silver-based products.

You've never known a government bureaucracy to turn down more power and authority, have you? After all, government bureaucracies are all about empire-building. So I certainly don't expect them to listen to reason in this case, either. They are simply acting true to kind.

So far, the EPA hearings have pretty much been stacked with the agenda of the radical environmentalists.

And in my humble opinion, it is only a matter of time before anti-silver regulations demanded by the radical environmentalists will be adopted by the EPA. Perhaps slowly at first. But they will be adopted.

Continuing to Expose the Anti-Silver

Agenda Of the Radical Environmentalists

Colloidal silver is probably responsible for more healings of serious illnesses and more saved lives than any other natural remedy in existence. That’s why I continue to take a bold stand on its behalf.

I’ll continue to do my part to expose the deceptive and sensationalistic nature of the anti-silver agenda of the radical environmentalists. And I hope you’ll help too, by passing along these posts to others as I write them.

In upcoming blog post starting late next week, I'll expose how the radical environmentalists are even opposing the commercial use of potentially life-saving products like silver-impregnated butcher paper.

Yes, they claim the antimicrobial paper will clog up waste disposal sites, and the silver will leach into the environment and harm sensitive microbes!

Of course, silver-impregnated butcher paper -- a recent invention -- would dramatically cut down on food-borne illness and disease, saving literally hundreds of thousands of human lives each year and eliminating billions of dollars in health care costs in this country alone.

It appears the radical environmentalists don't care in the least about saving human lives or eliminating billions of dollars in health care costs. Apparently, they think of man as a worthless blight on this planet, and the more of us that die of food-borne illness and disease, the better.

I simply cannot fathom how they can call themselves “environmentalists” and in the same breath oppose such a simple and profoundly effective solution to the growing problem of bacterially contaminated food -- especially since the deadly MRSA pathogen has now been found in the U.S. meat supply.

But…they are indeed opposing this safe natural innovation that could literally change the world almost overnight. Be sure to watch for my blog post on this topic over the next few weeks.

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