Posted on 12/13/2023 6:28:24 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
About the Author:
Jon Forrest Little graduated from the University of New Mexico and attended Georgetown University’s Institute for Comparative Political and Economic Systems. Jon began his career in the mining industry and now publishes “The PickAxe” which covers topics surrounding precious metals, energy, history, and politics.
Silver is also necessary in medicine...................
Of interest to me (and maybe to you) as I’m a Silver-Bug from way back. Also, both my Grandpas and my Dad and Mom worked at Allis-Chalmers in Milwaukee, WI.
Mom did Bookkeeping and Dad and my Grandpas worked on all kinds of ‘secret stuff’ for Mother Government, which we later learned were some of the parts for the various space missions, as well as the bombs dropped in WWII on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Yikes!
Do people still drink that silver-laced water? I remember Dad being a fan of it many years ago.
Somehow putting METAL into your body never appealed to me!
>> ... whitest color, the highest optical reflectivity, and the highest thermal and electrical conductivity
Check Your Privilege!!!
>> Do people still drink that silver-laced water?... Somehow putting METAL into your body never appealed to me!
Yeah, me neither. We knew a guy who swore by colloidal silver. His skin actually took on a subtle bluish-gray tint over time.
But it does have real medicinal properties, silver-iodide for instance.
When digital photography became the norm, and film became scarce, a huge market for silver disappeared.
Wiki:
Silver iodide is an inorganic compound with the formula AgI. The compound is a bright yellow solid, but samples almost always contain impurities of metallic silver that give a gray coloration. The silver contamination arises because some samples of AgI can be highly photosensitive. This property is exploited in silver-based photography. Silver iodide is also used as an antiseptic and in cloud seeding. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Overindulgence in silver can cause discoloration in a person's skin, namely turning bluish-gray color.
NIH - Colloidal Silver: What You Need To Know:
https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/colloidal-silver-what-you-need-to-know
Why? To make a whole bunch of second place trophies?
Still a hard ‘NO’ for me! ;)
People can overdo anything.
And photography.
It has no know use in the body. It is not an essential mineral.
It was used as a wound dressing to prevent infection before antibiotics were discovered..............
Ever seen a report on our inventory of Gold....in the last 10 years?
>> People can overdo anything.
I personally believe in moderation in all things... including moderation. ;-)
1. Easy to sell out the back door to raise funds with an untraceable valuable item.
2. Create the demand and sell the US more silver thus rewarding politicians with funding....
Silver bullets. Getting ready to fight vampires.
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