[pure-silver] Re: my dog ate my film.... A toxicology consult
- From: Bogdan <bkarasek@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:30:15 -0500
On 12/29/2011 3:05 PM, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
On 12/29/2011 01:50 PM, Gerald Koch wrote:
Silver is not a particularly toxic element at least not for higher
forms of life. It is among a few metals that can be implanted in the
body. The ingestion of colloidal silver or silver compounds can cause
a condition known as argyria which casues the skin to turn blue but
causes no other health problems. This condition was once caused by
people who overused used a mild germicide called Argyrol. The FDA
banned this OTC medication some years ago. The condition popped up
again a few years ago when it become popular for health concious
people to take colloidal silver. There were many "snake oil" websites
devoted to people buying their machine for making this substance.
Some silver salts are irritating or corrosive such as silver nitrate
but this is not due to the silver content.
So unless "old blue" really starts to turn blue I wouldn't be overly
concerned. Dogs have a very strong constitution and vomit reflex. For
future reference a handy emetic for dogs is 3% hydrogen peroxide.
Check for the dosage with your vet as it depends on weight.
Jerry
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*From:* Laurence Cuffe <cuffe@xxxxxxx>
*To:* pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Sent:* Thu, December 29, 2011 2:20:09 PM
*Subject:* [pure-silver] Re: my dog ate my film.... A toxicology consult
Just like it say's on the tin, I found most of a roll of 120 BW film
on the dog cage. It was partly unrolled, and both ends were chewed
off. The dog looked happy. Being a photographer, or aspiring to it, I
immediately retired to the darkroom and developed what was left of
the roll As the edges were gone, I just rolled and unrolled the film
in a tank of developer. There was no recoverable image. However,
while I was manipulating the film in the darkness, it occurred to me
that the silver in the film might cause the dog problems.
Any thoughts or relevant experiences?
All the best
Laurence Cuffe
But in any case, do let us know how your dog develops ...
Hope you get a good negative..... and not a positive :)
Bogdan
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