  Silver: A Heavy Metal? Silver: A Transition Element  Website
Search  Main Website Sections  Colloidal Silver   The answer to
whether or not silver is, indeed, a heavy metal, is not as easy
to answer as would first appear. This document looks at the
legal, medical, and scientific qualifications of the term "heavy
metals", and questions both the common belief and relevancy of
the term "heavy metal". Certain groups of people try to classify
silver as a heavy metal such as cadmium and mercury, in order to
promote fear mongering regarding the use of silver in medicine.
This document serves to debunk such a claim, and educate
interested individuals about the truth of this classification,
and it's relevance to silver use by people.   There is No
Scientific of Medically Significant Basis to Classify Silver as
a Heavy Metal  There is no Consensus on a Scientifically Valid
Definition of Heavy Metal   - John H. Duffus, The Edinburgh
Centre for Toxicology, Scotland, "Pure and Applied Chemistry"
74, 793–807  Bjerrum’s I