# Blue in Oregon

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-in-oregon/430730>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 20, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-in-oregon/430730 "2007-12-20T17:41:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-in-oregon/430730/1 "2007-12-20T17:41:09Z")

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Colloidal silver is a popular alt med remedy for lots that ails ya, most commonly touted for infections.

There _is_ risk of a mildly unpleasant side effect, as this guy found out:

[http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=5573716&ch=4226726&src=news](http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=5573716&ch=4226726&src=news)

By the way, I don’t recommend doing a Google image search for argyria. ☹

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**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-in-oregon/430730/2 "2007-12-20T17:44:01Z")

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I saw this last night - pretty wild; though they never said if he’d lose the coloring if he quit the silver.

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-in-oregon/430730/3 "2007-12-20T17:49:29Z")

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Well it’s nice to see that Papa Smurf has settled down and is enjoying a little Christmas activities. Seems to have gotten taller too.