Determining a Realistic Approach
It is recognized that topical (surface of the skin) contact with silver compounds or solutions will cause skin and other body tissues to turn gray or blue-gray in varying degrees depending upon the levels of silver in the compound or solution. The condition is medically referred to as Argyria. The most common cause of Argyria in humans is the inhalation or ingesting (most commonly by drinking) of silver compounds over a long period of time.
Most things are fine in moderation.
The sales pitch for using "naturals" or "Nutraceuticals" is coming interestingly from large corporations who have figured out that they can avoid the stifling development costs of FDA testing and approvals by simply calling a product "natural" and selling it as a supplement. Although there are rules governing the "natural" supplements they do not include blind tests, performed in stringently controlled test environments in order to assure accuracy. There are no standards regarding efficacy nor of sourcing or verification of claims. The threat in the use of "naturals" is that they are not highly regulated and therefore they do not come with thousands of test results, mortality rates, side effect warnings, etc that FDA approved drugs do. That does not mean that they don't work but it does mean that you are the sole source of verification, safety, efficacy and monitoring of your health and status when self proscribing Nutraceuticals.
Nutraceuticals as they have come to be known are very popular with people who yearn for or live a more simple life as homesteaders or rural style living. People who harbor deep seated contempt for the "establishment", "corporations" and governments tout the old school homeopathic methods too but all too often take it to extremes. Unfortunately in their attempt to escape the misdoings and greed of large institutions they mistake natural or old school as safe. They are sadly misguided. Facts are still facts and scientific and empirical data are still reliable benchmarks as long as you are able to verify their sources or duplicate them yourself.
The photo to the right (the fingers) is the result of direct skin contact with high rate solution of silver nitrate. Silver Nitrate in extremely high concentration 80% or higher can not only turn the skin blackish blue but will kill the outer epidermal layer(s).
To some people anything that does not come from a pharmaceutical company is fraud or dangerous, to others its the opposite. To me, I say why not take a happy medium?
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