Silver
&
Bacteria
Silver
has
a
remarkable
ability
to
selectively
destroy
pathogenic
bacteria
while
not
causing
harm
to
healthy
probiotic
bacteria.
This
webpage
presents
data
showing
silver’s
efficacy
against
bacteria,
explores
which
silver
technologies
are
the
most
effective
against
bacteria,
and
provides
answers
to
the
most
commonly
asked
questions
surrounding
silver
and
bacteria.
Does
Silver
Really
Work
Against
Bacteria?
Study
1:
Structured
Silver
on
Seven
Pathogens
Recent
tests
of
silver
technologies
were
performed
at
a
pharmaceutical
grade
lab
located
in
Salt
Lake
City
that
is
FDA
registered
and
third-party
accredited
to
ISO
17025
standards
(ACLASS).
It
is
a
GLP,
GMP,
and
GTP
facility.
This
Silver
Health
Institute
study
provides
primary
research
to
answer
questions
frequently
asked
by
today’s
doctors
as
well
as
the
general
public.
The
primary
goal
of
this
study
was
to
test
structured
silver’s
ability
to
kill
pathogens
from
each
of
the
major
categories
of
pathogenic
bacteria
along
with
one
common
yeast.
A
secondary
goal
was
to
test
the
efficacy
of
the
2011
structured
silver
technology
with
the
leading
silver
aquasol
technology
of
the
previous
decade.
This
comparative
test
only
included
experimentation
on
two
bacterial
strains.
The
results
of
this
test
were
clear:
the
2011
structured
silver
technology
is
effective
with
all
major
categories
of
pathogenic
bacteria
as
well
as
Candida.
Based
on
the
data,
the
conclusions
are
as
follows:
“Structured
silver
destroys
all
categories
of
bacterial
and
yeast
pathogens
within
5
minutes
and
does
so
at
a
level
of
99.99%
while
the
acidic
silver
aquasol
only
destroyed
92%
in
5
minutes.
This
means
there
were
1,400,000
living
MRSA
bacteria
left
alive
in
the
acidic
silver
aquasol
after
five
minutes
and
none
in
the
structured
silver.”
Study
2:
Silver
vs
Silver
A
second
study
comparing
silver
technologies
occurred
in
the
lab
at
Brigham
Young
University
in
May
of
2014.
This
study
compared
five
silvers
of
vastly
different
concentrations
and
their
ability
to
kill
MRSA,
a
drug-resistant
form
of
Staphylococcus.
Two
silvers
were
a
10
ppm
concentration,
two
were
30
ppm,
and
one
was
200
ppm.
This
‘apples
vs
oranges’
study
showed
that
only
one
of
the
lower-concentration
silvers
kept
pace
with
silver
that
was
6-20
times
more
concentrated.
Importantly,
results
from
this
study
were
estimated.
Quoting
from
the
article:
“Counts
were
so
high,
that
the
number
of
CFU
had
to
be
estimated
on
the
1:10,000
dilution
of
the
reaction
mixture.
Thus,
the
log
reduction
and
percent
kill
values
are
also
estimates.”
That
stated,
here
are
the
test
results
(kill
rate
of
MRSA
after
2
minutes):
1.
“Solution
C”
(200
ppm)
–
99.999955%
2.
“Solution
A”
(30
ppm)
–
99.82%
3.
“Solution
D”
(10-30
ppm)
–
58.3%
4.
“Solution
B”
(10-30
ppm)
–
47.1%
5.
“Solution
E”
(10-30
ppm)
–
39.7%
Thus,
two
solutions
(C
and
A)
killed
nearly
all
of
the
bacteria
within
two
minutes
while
three
solutions
(D,
B
and
E)
killed
approximately
half
of
the
bacteria.
The
identity
of
the
lower-concentration
solutions
are
as
follows:
Importantly,
use
of
a
200
ppm
silver
is
generally
not
recommended
as
the
volume
of
silver
ingested
would
quickly
exceed
the
EPA’s
recommended
daily
maximum
silver
intake
(RfD).
Why
risk
using
a
200
ppm
silver
when
a
structured
silver
of
much
lower
concentration
does
the
same
job?
Watch
Structured
Silver
Eliminate
Bacteria
Structured
silver
kills
some
pathogens
on
contact.
This
Silver
Health
Institute
video
shows
staph
and
strep
bacteria
meeting
structured
silver
and
being
killed
on
contact:
Microscope
View
of
Silver
Killing
Bacteria
Answers
to
Four
Common
Questions
The
following
four
questions
are
frequently
asked
by
doctors
and
the
general
public
when
learning
about
silver’s
ability
to
kill
pathogenic
bacteria:
1.
Why
is
silver
itself
anti-bacterial?
2.
How
can
silver
kill
“bad
bacteria”
but
not
“good
bacteria”?
3.
What
about
silver
and
normal
healthy
cells?
4.
How
can
new
forms
of
silver
outperform
older
silvers?
Each
question
is
answered
below
in
a
video
with
Dr.
Gordon
Pedersen.
Question
#1:
Why
is
the
Element
Silver
Anti-Bacterial?
“What
is
it
about
silver?
I’m
seeing
silver
coins
kill
bacteria,
even
in
a
water
jug.
I’m
seeing
silver
in
many
different
forms
destroy
stink
and
odor,
viruses,
bacteria…
What
is
it
about
silver
and
why
does
it
work?
I’m
Dr.
Gordon
Pedersen,
and
I’m
the
Medical
Director
of
The
Silver
Health
Institute,
and
this
is
why
silver
works.
In
a
chemical
diagram,
this
is
what
silver
looks
like.
We
have
two
electrons
in
an
inner
orbital,
8,
18,
and
then
in
the
outer
orbital
we
only
have
one
electron.
I
have
signified
it
there.
This
is
significant
and
this
is
why
silver
works.
It
has
only
one
electron
here,
and
it
rotates
like
a
wheel
that’s
out
of
balance.
It
can’t
ever
get
itself,
even
as
dense
as
it
is,
in
balance
until
an
electron
is
placed
into
this
placement.
Where
is
it
going
to
get
an
electron?
One
single
electron?
It’s
going
to
steal
it
from
bacteria.
It’s
going
to
steal
it
from
viruses.
It’s
going
to
steal
it
from
yeast.
Yeah!
Here
is
a
single-layered,
cellular
organism.
Meaning,
there’s
only
all
these
little,
teeny
electrons
around
here,
and
that
makes
up
a
cellular
wall.
It
is
an
incomplete
cellular
wall
because
it’s
only
one
electron
thick.
As
soon
as
this
silver
particle,
which
is
magnetic,
gets
anywhere
near
this
bacteria,
it’s
going
steal
that
bacteria
and
make
silver
completely
in
balance.
Stealing
an
electron
from
bacteria,
viruses,
and
yeast
balances
silver.
That’s
why
silver
works.
There’s
other
mechanisms
of
action,
but
silver
steals
an
electron
to
balance
itself
out,
thus
destroying
pathogens.
The
point
is
that
once
it
steals
an
electron
and
it
is
balanced,
that’s
an
ionic
silver.
That
is
a
colloidal
silver
of
the
past.
Those
are
the
inferior
silvers
that
literally
need
one
particle
of
silver,
to
steal
one
electron,
and
now
it’s
neutral
and
it’s
balanced
and
it
can’t
steal
any
more.
Until
it
comes
into
the
same
proximity
with
multiple
silver
molecules.
Then,
in
a
crystalline
structure,
it
has
the
ability
to
give,
take,
give,
take,
and
even
shoot
electrons
in
a
way
that
kills
pathogens.
This
is
important
because
we
have
found
that
this
single
can
become
multiple,
and
it
can
come
in
a
tetrahedral
circle
or
a
tetrahedral
framework,
and
we
call
that
a
crystalline
structure.
So
if
we
take
silver,
which
is
“Ag,”
and
we
take
four
of
them,
and
we
put
all
the
oxygens
that
make
it
balanced
on
here
as
well,
then
each
one
of
them
has
an
oxygen
and
each
one
has
a
hydrogen,
and
all
of
a
sudden
we
get
a
crystalline
structure,
with
hydrogen,
with
oxygen,
and
with
silver.
We
call
this
a
crystalline
structure,
and
this
silver
particle
can
easily
steal
an
electron,
and
then
recharge
this
one,
and
then
it
can
steal
an
electron,
and
recharge
this
one,
and
then
it
can
steal
an
electron,
recharging
this
one.
As
you
can
see,
a
crystalline
structure,
is
like
a
rapid-fire
machine
gun,
killing
killing
killing
killing,
while
the
ionic
and
the
inferior
forms
of
silver
only
kill
one
particle
for
every
silver
molecule
that
exists.
That’s
why
the
old
silver
fell
out
of
solution
and
could
cause
argyria.
The
new
forms
of
silver
don’t
nearly
have
the
possibility
of
doing
that
because
all
the
silvers
stay
bonded
to
the
water,
how
can
it
fall
out
of
solution
to
cause
argyria?
Which
is
the
bluing
of
the
skin.”
Question
#2:
How
Can
Silver
Kill
Pathogenic
Bacteria
But
Not
Healthy
Bacteria?
“The
question
is,
‘how
can
silver
destroy
bad
bacteria
and
yet
selectively
spare
the
good
bacteria?’
In
other
words,
why
does
it
kill
pathogens
like
strep
and
staph
and
pseudomonas
and
yeast,
yet,
it
doesn’t
kill
our
good
intestinal
flora.
Here’s
why:
if
this
is
my
silver,
and
it’s
in
a
crystalline
complex
or
a
structure,
this
structured
silver
is
significant
because
it’s
going
to
steal
one
electron.
And
we
talked
about
that
in
an
earlier
video.
So
what
happens
if
I
steal
an
electron
from
this
bacteria
is
that
that
actually
ruptures
and
the
contents
pour
out;
the
bacteria
dies.
Because
this
membrane
is
one
electron
thick,
it’s
easy
to
steal
one
electron,
rupture
it
like
a
water
balloon,
and
it
just
gushes
out,
the
immune
system
cleans
it
all
up.
Now,
healthy
bacteria
is
different.
When
you
talk
about
healthy
bacteria,
we
talk
about
bacterial
classifications
or
nomenclature.
What
that
means
is,
is
that
a
bacteria
is
labeled
by
a
genus,
or
its
genetic
makeup,
and
then
its
species.
So
we
have
lactobacillus
and
then
acidophilus,
that
would
be
a
good
healthy
bacteria.
The
genetic
label,
lactobacillus,
all
bacteria
labeled
lactobacillus,
are
labeled
because
they
secrete
a
milkfat
around
themselves
to
protect
themselves.
So
from
their
inner
lining,
they
secrete,
like
an
excretion
coating
themselves,
so
what
you’ve
got
is
like
an
M&M,
here
is
the
soft
milk
chocolate,
and
an
extra
coating
around
it
to
protect
it
from
the
acid
that’s
in
your
stomach.
You
see,
these
are
healthy,
and
they
lie
in
your
intestines
and
they
need
to
have
protection
from
the
acids
of
your
stomach.
They
have
learned
to
do
so,
evolved
or
created
to
be
such,
by
making
this
milkfat
go
around
them.
Silver
is
water-soluble.
Water
and
fats
don’t
mix.
They
separate.
Now,
a
bacteria
with
only
one
layer
of
electrons
around
it,
easily
loses
an
electron
and
dies,
but,
the
good,
healthy
bacteria
are
genetically
different
with
a
second
coating.
And
any
water,
or
any
silver,
that
comes
in
contact
with
it
will
not
penetrate
the
fat.
The
fat
layer
is
a
barrier
to
silver
penetrating
it.
It’s
that
simple.
The
same
thing
can
be
said
about
every
cell
in
your
body
if
it’s
healthy.
All
of
our
healthy
cells
are
made
of
a
lipid
bi-layer.
Lipid
meaning
fat,
bi-layer
meaning
two.
So
every
cell
in
your
body
doesn’t
just
have
one
layer,
it
has
two,
and
they’re
made
of
fats
so
water
doesn’t
penetrate.
The
simple
answer
to
why
silver
liquids
and
gels
don’t
kill
good,
healthy
bacteria,
is
because
they
can’t
penetrate
a
double
fat
layer
because
they’re
water-soluble,
but
easily
steal
electrons
that
are
only
one
electron
thick,
in
the
unhealthy,
pathogenic
bacteria.”
Question
#3:
What
About
Silver
And
Healthy
Cells?
Maybe
you’ve
seen
this
in
the
wiring
in
your
house,
where
you
have
a
wire,
that
one
is
copper,
right
next
to
it,
after
the
insulation,
is
a
silver
wire.
Why?
These
are
the
two
best
conductors
of
electricity,
and
since
your
body
is
an
electromagnet,
these
copper
particles
attract
the
silver
particles,
so
when
silver
comes
up
and
butts
up
against
it,
it
now
wants
to
be
drawn
into
that
cell,
yet
it
still
isn’t
until
it’s
actively
transported,
and
what
actively
transports
across
the
membrane
of
a
red
blood
cell?
Let’s
take
a
red
blood
cell,
for
instance.
A
red
blood
cell
is
manufactured
by
the
bone
marrow
and
it
consists
of
a
lipid
bi-layer.
What
that
means
is,
is
you’ve
got
two
layers,
and
it
protects
all
the
contents.
Nothing,
in
a
water
form,
can
get
in
there.
It’s
going
to
be
blocked,
it’ll
be
rejected,
and
it
can’t
get
in.
So
how
does
silver
get
in?
Silver
is
a
mineral.
Silver
is
the
most
active
of
energetic
minerals,
meaning
it
transfers
more
electricity
than
any
other
metal.
Now,
what
is
the
manufactured
element,
mineral
element,
of
a
red
blood
cell?
Iron.
You’ve
heard
it
said:
ferratin,
which
is
ferrous,
or
ferrous
oxide.
All
these
words
mean
that
this
cell
is
made
of
iron.
So,
if
you
have
iron
that
makes
up
one-fourth
of
that
entire
cell,
they’re
gonna
be
scattered
through
this
cell
and
in
the
hemoglobin,
which
means
iron,
there
will
be
iron.
Iron
is
at
a
specific
charge
that
attracts
silver.
Maybe
you’ve
seen
this
in
the
wiring
in
your
house,
where
you
have
a
wire,
that
one
is
copper,
right
next
to
it,
after
the
insulation,
is
a
silver
wire.
Why?
These
are
the
two
best
conductors
of
electricity,
and
since
your
body
is
an
electromagnet,
these
copper
particles
attract
the
silver
particles,
so
when
silver
comes
up
and
butts
up
against
it,
it
now
wants
to
be
drawn
into
that
cell,
yet
it
still
isn’t
until
it’s
actively
transported,
and
what
actively
transports
across
the
membrane
of
a
red
blood
cell?
Maybe
you’ve
seen
this
in
the
wiring
in
your
house,
where
you
have
a
wire,
that
one
is
copper,
right
next
to
it,
after
the
insulation,
is
a
silver
wire.
Why?
These
are
the
two
best
conductors
of
electricity,
and
since
your
body
is
an
electromagnet,
these
copper
particles
attract
the
silver
particles,
so
when
silver
comes
up
and
butts
up
against
it,
it
now
wants
to
be
drawn
into
that
cell,
yet
it
still
isn’t
until
it’s
actively
transported,
and
what
actively
transports
across
the
membrane
of
a
red
blood
cell?
“How
does
the
silver,
in
its
water-soluble
liquid
form,
actually
enter
a
healthy
red
blood
cell,
or
a
healthy
cell?
Because
some
people
are
worried
that
if
it
cannot
get
into
a
fat-coated
cell
that’s
in
the
intestines,
it
might
not
get
into
a
cell
that’s
in
the
regular
part
of
healthy
tissue,
so
here’s
what
happens
there.
You
have
enzymes.
Several
enzymes
that
basically
open
up
pores
and
allow
the
silver
to
come
in
because
it
helps
to
balance,
or
make
whole,
this
electromagnet
called
hemoglobin.
Silver
is
actively
transported
into
the
iron,
and
it
bonds
with
the
iron
inside
the
cell,
and
that’s
how
come
silver,
in
its
small
particle
form,
can
enter
into
a
red
blood
cell
and
it
doesn’t
enter
into
the
healthy
bacteria,
because
the
healthy
bacteria
doesn’t
have
any
iron
or
other
metal
to
draw
it
in.
In
fact,
if
you
take
copper,
and
you
put
it
in
the
same
area
with
silver,
and
you
put
it
in
an
acid,
that
is
what
makes
a
battery.
Two
separate
metals,
in
an
acid,
forms
a
battery.
That’s
how
come
the
energy
of
your
cells
goes
up
with
silver.
Now,
those
of
you
who
are
medical
doctors
and
want
to
test
this
on
yourself,
it’s
very
simple.
If
you
swallow
silver
and
take
four
times
the
normal
dose,
if
it
destroyed
your
good,
healthy,
lactobacillus,
or
good
flora,
in
your
intestines,
you
would
know
so
because
it
would
cause
diarrhea.
Evidence
is,
when
you
take
tetracycline
or
when
you
take
other
antibiotics,
it
kills
your
good
bacteria
and
it
results
in,
within
about
12-24
hours,
diarrhea.
So
if
you
want
to
take
a
quadruple
dose
of
silver,
swallow
it,
and
when
you
do
not
get
diarrhea,
you
know
that
these
are
facts,
not
just
theories.”
Question
#4:
Do
All
Silvers
Work
The
Same
Way
–
Ionic,
Colloidal,
Hydrosol,
and
Structured
Silver?
“The
question
is,
‘why
is
silver
in
a
structured
form
more
valuable
than
silver
in
an
ionic
or
colloidal
form?’
It’s
this
simple:
if
I
were
to
take
silver,
and
one
atom
of
silver,
and
let’s
call
that
this
right
here.
That’s
silver.
Now,
let’s
say
that
that
can
steal
one
electron
from
this
bacteria.
That’s
terrific,
that
dies,
but
this
is
now
neutral,
unless,
we
add
enough
energy
to
this
simple
silver
particle
that
it
now
becomes
energetic
enough
that
there
are
four
silver
particles
bonding
together,
and
they
bring
with
it
an
entire
structure
of
oxygen
and
hydrogen
because
two
hydrogens
and
one
oxygen
is
water,
you’re
now
structuring
the
silver
into
a
situation
where
you
have
hydrogen,
oxygen,
and
by
doing
so
on
every
one
of
these,
you
end
up
with
a
structure
where
they
share
electrons.
So
they
bond
together,
and
because
normally
the
silver
is
missing
one
electron,
now
by
binding
together
they’re
sharing.
And,
they’re
sharing
with
oxygen,
so
it
becomes
a
crystalline
structure.
And
in
certain
scientific
papers
by
Rustum
Roy,
he
lists
that
Ag,
or
silver,
4O4,
which
is
this
right
here,
is
a
very
valuable
killer
of
pathogens.
But,
because
it’s
in
water,
and
there’s
all
this
hydrogen
and
oxygen
everywhere
else,
and
other
silver
particles,
it
only
exists
for
about
a
second,
maybe,
and
then
it
becomes
Ag6,
or
Ag5,
or
Ag12,
or
Ag1,
because
there’s
so
much
water,
it’s
pulling
it
apart,
sticking
it
back
together,
pulling
it
apart,
sticking
it
back
together.
But
when
we
add
enough
energy,
right
here,
that
this
becomes
structured
water,
it
makes
a
matrix
that
holds
this
into
place
longer,
so
40
percent
of
the
time,
we
have
these
crystalline
structured
silvers
ready
to
kill
as
opposed
to
the
other
hydrosols
that
only
kill
for
like
a
ten-thousandth
of
a
second
and
then
they
fall
out
of
solution
and
they
go
back
in.
Now,
as
opposed
to
single
silver
that
only
kills
one
bacteria
at
a
time,
it
becomes
totally
neutral
after
one
kill,
so
–
I’ve
said
this
before
–
ionic,
colloidal,
and
other
silvers,
are
basically
a
single-shot
revolver.
One
shot,
one
kill,
they’re
neutral.
But
when
you
put
it
into
a
structure
that
includes
oxygens
and
hydrogens,
you
now
have
the
ability
to
steal
an
electron,
right
here,
and
it
sends
a
charge
to
this,
which
then
can
steal
an
electron,
sends
a
charge,
sends
a
charge,
all
these
have
charges…
Where
does
the
extra
electron
end
up
going?
It
actually
ends
up
going
into
the
oxygen,
and
the
oxygen
is
already
saturated
and
it
actually
fires
off
like
a
rapid-fire
machine
gun,
one
silver
electron
at
a
time,
as
well
as
steals
one.
So
now
this
crystalline
structure
is
stealing
an
electron
and,
a
ten-thousandth
of
a
second
later,
it’s
firing
one
off
into
a
bacteria.
Stealing,
firing,
stealing,
firing,
making
this
structure
more
energetic
all
the
time,
exposing
oxygen,
which
kills
pathogens
like
cancer
cells,
like
virus
cells,
like
bacteria
cells…
All
the
time
these
single
oxygens
are
being
released,
and
you’re
getting
multiple
methods
of
killing
with
a
structured
silver.
And
place
it
in
an
alkaline
system
that
your
body
recognizes
and
can
use
every
single
day.
This
is
why
structured
silver
is
far
better
than
just
a
single
silver
or
an
ionic
silver
or
a
colloidal
or
even
the
hydrosols
of
the
past.
This
is
new
and
improved
silver.“
There
are
many
ways
that
silver’s
anti-bacterial
effect
can
impact
people’s
health.
The
main
issue
is
how
to
get
silver
in
contact
with
the
pathogens
so
that
the
silver
can
eliminate
them.
Depending
on
the
location
of
a
bacterial
growth,
different
delivery
strategies
are
needed
for
silver
to
be
helpful.
For
a
list
of
many
ways
to
apply
silver,
including
numerous
health
conditions
caused
by
pathogenic
bacteria,
see
this
list
of
83 applications.