[pure-silver] Re: my dog ate my film.... A toxicology consult
- From: Laurence Cuffe <cuffe@xxxxxxx>
- To: "pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:18:04 +0000
Thanks everyone for all the reassuring advice. The dog is zoning out on the
couch.
All the best
Laurence
Sent from an iPad,
On 29 Dec 2011, at 20:30, Bogdan <bkarasek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> 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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