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Cesium chloride is the salt form of the element cesium. Cesium is a rare, naturally-occurring element of alkali metal with a chemical structure similar to lithium, sodium, and potassium. Cesium can be absorbed by all the body’s cells, probably because its chemical structure is so much like potassium. This is not the same as radioactive cesium, which is used in some types of radiation therapy.Why do you want to know this J? problem? YKWIA...KOTF.
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robertgrist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesium_chloride
This article is quite interesting and informative on the subject. I find it curious that this element is showing up in an increasing number of applications considered to be “safe” after reading about the toxicity of radioactive sort.
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melandrupert
Caesium chloride is the inorganic compound with the formula CsCl. This colorless solid is an important source of caesium ions in a variety of applications. Its crystal structure forms a major structural type where each caesium ion is coordinated by 8 chlorine ions. Caesium chloride crystals are thermally stable, but easily dissolve in water and concentrated hydrochloric acid, and therefore gradually disintegrate in the ambient conditions due to moisture. Caesium chloride occurs naturally in mineral waters and as an impurity in carnallite (up to 0.002%), sylvite and kainite. Less than 20 tonnes of CsCl is produced annually worldwide, mostly from a caesium-bearing mineral pollucite.[5]
Cesium Chloride
Other common name(s): high pH therapy
Scientific/medical name(s): CsCl
Description
Cesium chloride is the salt form of the element cesium. Cesium is a rare, naturally-occurring element of alkali metal with a chemical structure similar to lithium, sodium, and potassium. Cesium can be absorbed by all the body’s cells, probably because its chemical structure is so much like potassium. This is not the same as radioactive cesium, which is used in some types of radiation therapy.
Overview
Cesium chloride as an alternative therapy should not be confused with radioactive cesium (cesium-137), which is used in mainstream medicine for certain types of radiation therapy in cancer patients.
Available scientific evidence does not support claims that non-radioactive cesium chloride supplements have any effect on tumors. A few people have had life-threatening problems with heart rhythm, seizures, loss of consciousness, and electrolyte (blood chemistry) imbalances after taking cesium chloride.
How is it promoted for use?
Proponents claim the pH inside of tumor cells is usually very low, or acidic, compared to normal cells, and that cesium chloride supplements raise the pH level of tumor cells to a normal level, which slows the cancer's growth. Since proponents claim cesium chloride works by raising the pH of the tumor cells, its use in therapy has been called "high pH therapy."
What does it involve?
Cesium chloride supplements can be bought in pill or liquid form. Proponents suggest a dosage of 1 to 6 grams per day, sometimes mixed in juice with other vitamins and minerals. Many cesium supporters now recommend taking potassium supplements along with the cesium to try and reduce the risk of abnormal heart rhythms and other complications. Some practitioners give cesium chloride intravenously (in the vein or through an I.V.).
What is the history behind it?
Interest in cesium therapy began when scientists observed that certain regions of the world with low rates of certain types of cancer had a high concentration of alkali metals in the soil. As early as the 1920s, some researchers suggested cesium might work as an antitumor agent. However, further research starting in the 1930s suggested cesium had no effect on cancer cell growth. The use of cesium chloride for high pH therapy was first made public in the 1980s.
What is the evidence?
Available scientific evidence does not support the claim that the pH inside a cancer cell is any different than that of a normal cell or that cancer cells are more susceptible to toxic effects of high pH. Thus, the underlying principle behind high pH therapy remains unproven. Although it was observed that certain regions with low rates of cancer had a high concentration of alkali metals in the soil, it has never been shown that this caused the lower cancer rates. Differences in many other risk factors or protective factors are likely to be involved. It has not been shown that cesium can prevent or treat cancer.
Studies conducted in several experimental tumor models in the 1980s found that the use of cesium or cesium chloride led to decreased tumor growth and fewer deaths in certain mice with cancerous tumors, such as those with sarcoma or breast cancer. In animal studies, giving cesium over the long term caused serious blood and neuromuscular side effects and even death.
Animal and laboratory studies may show a substance has helpful effects, but further studies are necessary to learn whether the results apply to humans. So far, there is no reliable clinical evidence available to support claims from proponents of this treatment.
Caesium chloride is widely used in isopycnic centrifugation for separating various types of DNA. It is a reagent in analytical chemistry, where it is used to identify ions by the color and morphology of the precipitate. When enriched in radioisotopes, such as 137CsCl or 131CsCl, caesium chloride is used in nuclear medicine applications such as treatment of cancer and diagnosis of myocardial infarction. Another form of cancer treatment was studied using conventional non-radioactive CsCl. Whereas conventional caesium chloride has a rather low toxicity to humans and animals, the radioactive form easily contaminates the environment due to the high solubility of CsCl in water. Spread of 137CsCl powder from a 93-gram container in 1987 in Goiânia, Brazil, resulted in one of the worst-ever radiation spill accidents killing four and directly affecting more than 100,000 people.
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