# Colloidal Silver Generators?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colloidal-silver-generators/85995>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 7, 2001, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colloidal-silver-generators/85995 "2001-10-07T21:59:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![isam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3d9bf3/32.png) [@isam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/isam)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colloidal-silver-generators/85995/1 "2001-10-07T21:59:19Z")

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Ive heard this might be the antibiotic of the future and might be able to protect against biological warfare. Has anyone actually used them? Could someone give me some more info?

Interesting Stuff!

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**Author:** ![DaveW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@DaveW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveW)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colloidal-silver-generators/85995/2 "2001-10-08T01:12:21Z")

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Colloidal silver was used as an antibiotic prior to sulfa drugs, which were used prior to penicillin, which is still used today but there are plenty of even better antibiotics around. So it’s not the antibiotic of the future, it’s the antibiotic of the past.

There’s also [Rosemary’s Story](http://homepages.together.net/~rjstan/).

See also [Quackwatch](http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/PhonyAds/silverad.html)