Maybe. However I believe there is evidence that water is necessary as well, so this may still show negative, even though silver kills pathogens on contact when wet.
Marshall Keith Emerson wrote: > Roger, > Culture some common bacteria and when the colonies are well established > sprinkle some powdered silver over the petri dish. Where the silver > particles land, the colonies will die and you will have your evidence. This > assumes of course that you don't start with a strain resistant to silver. > > Keith (can spell my own name on occasion...) > > In a message dated 3/26/01 9:13:42 AM EST, [email protected] writes: > > =>Dean: Well, do we have ANY evidence that silver particles have > =>germicidal properties? > =>Roger > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
