Exposure Related Health Effects of Silver and Silver Compounds – A Review
This critical review of the medical literature dating back to the early 1900’s demonstrates that it is soluble silver compounds such as silver nitrate, silver chloride, silver acetate, silver protein and others that are responsible for the vast majority of cases of skin-staining (i.e., argyria) reported in the medical literature. “Many researchers attribute the pigmentation process associated with generalized argyria solely to soluble silver compounds…”