Stan Jones (born January 13, 1943) is an American Libertarian Party politician who has twice run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate, in 2002 and 2006, and three times unsuccessfully as the Libertarian nominee for governor of Montana, in 2000, 2004, and 2008.
In his book The Disappearing Spoon, about the periodic table, author Sam Kean chronicled the experience of Jones, who developed argyria, which permanently turned his skin a blue-grey color, by consuming large quantities of home-made colloidal silver.
[1] The peculiar coloration of his skin featured prominently in media coverage of his unsuccessful campaign.
[4] The National Institutes of Health have stated that “evidence supporting health-related claims (of colloidal silver) is lacking”.
"[3][5] During the senatorial debate held on October 9, 2006, Jones proposed the unfounded conspiracy theory that a collaboration of European Union and North American elites are on the verge of forming a "one world communist government.