How did this man turn blue?
33Went down another rabbit hole and stumbled across a crazy story about an alternative medicine that can, in extreme cases, turn your flesh blue.
00:00 Intro
01:16 How can a person turn blue?
03:35 How did Paul Karason turn blue?
09:04 What is Colloidal Silver
16:12 What happened to Paul Karason?
17:26 Outro
Blue Nightcore version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htS8QX3OGlg&t=0s
Links Mentioned:
MetHB AMA from Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3sej2r/iama_blue_person_i_have_methemoglobinemia_ama/
Stephen L Quinto (Colloidal Silver Kingpin) on his Island
http://media.news.com.au/nnd/captivate/edenhope/index.html
Videos of Paul Karason:
The video that started it all (Inside Edition):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDz75iaSW2s&t
Karson on Oprah:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T58YRgdrljM
Karason on Today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X_EJiIg890&t
Sources and Articles:
Blue Tattoos
Donnie Snider Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/trism_driver/
Donnie Snider Article
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8094851/Former-forklift-operator-slowly-tattoos-entire-body-blue.html
Amber Luke Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/amber_luke666/
Amber Luke Article:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7644079/Amber-Luke-reveals-went-BLIND-getting-blue-tattoos-eyeballs.html
MetHB
Medical Definition/Explanation:
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000562.htm
Blue Fugates:
News Article:
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/blue-skinned-people-kentucky-reveal-todays-genetic-lesson/story?id=15759819
Original Article from the 70s(?)
https://academic.csuohio.edu/neuendorf_ka/com370/370_blue_people.pdf
Argyria:
Research Paper: “Clinical and Forensic Aspects of the Different Subtypes of Argyria”
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/10/2086/htm#fig_body_display_jcm-10-02086-f003
Argyria explained:
https://www.wired.com/story/does-colloidal-silver-work/
https://www.livescience.com/24325-why-people-who-drink-silver-turn-blue.html
Silver Chemistry
Examination of Silver Nanoparticles - Royal Society
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.171113#RSOS171113TB2
Silver in Water
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es400802w
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7859911/
Silver Salts:
https://www.vedantu.com/question-answer/name-the-chemical-used-in-black-and-white-class-11-chemistry-cbse-5fd1baf915a78672d12577ed
Silver in Black and White Photography
https://neact.org/sites/default/files/event-downloads/CHM%20ART%20Activity%209%20BLK%20and%20WHT%20Photography.pdf
FDA Ruling:
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1999-08-17/pdf/99-21253.pdf
Paul Karason:
”https://www.today.com/health/real-life-blue-man-dies-after-heart-attack-stroke-4b11243410
Bottled Water Purity Reports
https://www.consumerreports.org/water-quality/find-out-whats-in-your-bottled-water-water-quality-reports-a7258082716/
Canadian TDS in Water Report
https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/canada/health-canada/migration/healthy-canadians/publications/healthy-living-vie-saine/water-dissolved-solids-matieres-dissoutes-eau/alt/water-dissolved-solids-matieres-dissoutes-eau-eng.pdf
NYC Water Report
https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dep/downloads/pdf/water/drinking-water/drinking-water-supply-quality-report/2020-drinking-water-supply-quality-report.pdf
Stephen L Quinto Airline
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1983/12/01/081110.html?pageNumber=88
FDA Letter To Alex Jones about his silver product claims
https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/free-speech-systems-llc-dba-infowarscom-605802-04092020
Colloidal Silver Whole Foods Tweet
https://twitter.com/greekgoddess232/status/1260664624514387968?lang=en
Goop V InfoWars Selling Similar Products
https://qz.com/1010684/all-the-wellness-products-american-love-to-buy-are-sold-on-both-infowars-and-goop/
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