Dosimetry

N.R.Thompson reports that it takes 0.2 ppm concentration to achieve decontamination and Dr. Crookes reports that it takes 5 ppm. Thirty-two oz. of 20 ppm silver in a 165 lb human will disperse to 0.24 ppm equilibrium neglecting losses and time lag. It takes about one ounce per day of 20 ppm silver to compensate for normal fluid losses, so that would be considered a maintenance dose after desired decontamination concentration is accomplished. Calculations follow:

given:

1/8 gal. = 16 oz.

average adult human body weighs 165 lbs.

gallon of water weighs 8 lb.

then:

gal./8 lb.x 180 lb. = 20 5/8 gal, average adult human body equivalent water

and

1/8 gal. is to 1 million/20 part as 20 5/8 gal. is to x

Solving for x, x = ((20 5/8) million-gal.)/ ((20 part)(1/8 gal.))

= 8 1/4 million per part, and

(8 1/4)^-1 = 4/33 part per million = 0.121 ppm.

The average person exchanges about 5/8 gal.fluid per day.

32 oz. Ag / 20 5/8 gal.: x oz. Ag / 5/8 gal.

Solving for x, x = ((32 oz. Ag)(5/8 gal.))/(20 5/8 gal) = 32/33 oz. 20 ppm Ag or approximately one ounce.

Therefore it takes two 16 oz. bottles of 20 ppm silver to meet the 0.2 ppm decontamination level quoted by N.R.Thompson in the human body equivalent water.⁶ If a person goes by Dr. Crookes 5 ppm value, the amount is twenty-five times higher, fifty 16 oz. 20 ppm bottles.

At one ounce per hour intake, it would take three days just to get it into the system and a person would have to take an extra ounce for each day it took predicated on the daily fluid loss factor. The latter would not normally be warranted except in life threatening situations like AIDS, HIV, Ebola, cancer and other terminal diseases.

Dietary Comparison

In 1940 and 1966, respectively, R.A. Kehoe ⁷ and I.H. Tipton ⁸ reported that under normal circumstances the average daily diet will yield approximately 50 mcg to 100 mcg of silver. A part per million is a milligram per liter (ppm = mg/l) and a microgram (mcg) is a millionth of a gram (1 x 10^-6 gram). The normal average daily dietary intake would be 0.00013 ppm in the average human body equivalent water - a factor of 1/2000th the amount needed to decontaminate per Thompson and 1/50,000th if a person goes by Crookes.

I have taken about 2 oz every couple hours without upset. I haven't tried more. That's about one sixteen-ounce bottle of 20 ppm silver per waking day along with other fluid intake. After the average person achieved this concentration, it could be maintained with about one ounce of 20 ppm silver per day as part of his regular 5/8 gal. of recommended fluid intake. Calculation is as follows:

32 oz. Ag / 20 5/8 gal.: x oz. Ag / 5/8 gal.

Solving for x, x = ((32 oz. Ag)(5/8 gal.))/(20 5/8 gal) = 32/33 oz. 20 ppm Ag or approximately one ounce.

Weight and situation will alter the normal circumstances. In desert heat a person could easily lose a gallon a day. In humid conditions, the loss could be less than 5/8 gallon per day, and silver varies in concentration, so adjust accordingly.

Some of David Hudson's research indicates that in the case of microatomic Rhodium and Iridium, they are annihilated by reaction with nitrogen, a by-product of breathing. Then all bets may be off in the calculation for concentration maintenance - a person must intake fresh minerals frequently and regularly, proportionate to respiration in addition to the fluid replenishment factor.

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