You recently ran a question about using silver in clothing as an antimicrobial. I used to be a consultant assisting a company that refined precious metals. One of its employees told me that his eyeballs were jet black because he had absorbed so much silver into his body. He was otherwise totally healthy. Can any reader confirm that silver can do this to humans, how it works and whether it conveys any harm to the individual?
• There is no doubt that ingesting large amounts of silver can cause the rare but distressing condition . The skin and eyeballs of…
