# colloidal silver **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 7, 2002, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colloidal-silver/131198 "2002-10-07T14:33:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madpagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@madpagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madpagan)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colloidal-silver/131198/1 "2002-10-07T14:33:13Z")
So, is [Stan Jones](http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/10/02/offbeat.blue.candidate/index.html) a nut? Wait, let me qualify that - is he a nut for taking colloidal silver? Sure, he made his own and turned himself blue because he was afraid of the evil y2k bug, but is there any scientific evidence to support the antibiotic properties of this stuff? ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colloidal-silver/131198/2 "2002-10-07T18:09:27Z")
Yes, he’s a nut. A blue nut, but a nut none the less. Here are some past threads on colloidal silver: [Medical??? Is collodial silver for real?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=135065) [Colloidal Silver Generators?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=91618) [colloidal silver](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=26970) [Any news on “natural antibiotics” more recent than 1978?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=135145) ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Mahma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@Joe\_Mahma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Mahma)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colloidal-silver/131198/3 "2002-10-07T20:16:01Z")
[www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/PhonyAds/silverad.html](http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/PhonyAds/silverad.html) is an article on Quackwatch dealing with colloidal silver. The title says “Risk Without Benefit” - that pretty much sums it up.