Ellen I read your answer below to Gary.
You are probably right that the FDA has good reason to speak out about "CERTAIN" Colloidal Silver. Vet Joel Wallach is probably overstepping his bounds in his praise of Colloidal Silver. Perhaps you should get your information straight. You are right that a permanent discoloration of the skin called Argyria can occur is too much silver is ingested. What you should be going after are the companies that produce Colloidal Silver with a particle size that is larger than .001 microns. Colloidal Silver properly produced with a particle size of .001 or less is perfectly safe to take. This particle size is small enough that it will sluff itself out of the body. The other area that your organization should be attacking, if you really are out to save the world against "Health Fraud", are the machines that are going sold to home manufacture Colloidal Silver. These machines are the "killers" in this Colloidal Silver controversy not the "good" properly manufactured Colloidal Silver on the market. There are too many "new" people who are making a fortune off the stupidity of uninformed individuals in this world and the people who are selling CS that have a particle size larger than .001 and a PPM of over 10 as well as the people making the "Colloidal Silver Making Machines". I have not had one person who owns one of these machines show me a certified analysis as to the particle size of the silver any of these machines manufacturer. The machines are potential killers as are the companies that produce CS with particle size that is too high. Sooo Ellen, go after the criminals in this Colloidal Silver scam, not the companies that are producing a good product that will do us all no harm. Beverley At 01:59 PM 1/24/97 -0800, you wrote: >I went to this website: > >http://www.ncahf.org/ > >...and emailed the person there: > >[email protected] > >...asking > >>Is there any convincing evidence to show for the FDA's rumblings >>against colloidal silver? > >...and received this reply: > >>>From: [email protected] >>>Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 00:52:37 -0500 (EST) > >>>Dear Gary, >>> Yes -- the FDA has good reason to speak out against the use of colloidal >>>silver. This product is being hawked as a superior germ fighter by promoters >>>such as the vet Joel Wallach. At the very least, a permanent skin >>>discoloration known as argyria can result from ingesting too much silver. >>> Even the National Nutritional Foods Association (the largest >>>organization of health food manufacturers, distributors, and stores) is >>>warning health food dealers and consumers that colloidal silver products have >>>not been proven safe or effective. >>>Ellen Coleman, RD, MA, MPH >>>Registered dietitian and exercise physiologist >>>Member, National Council Against Healthraud > >...to which I asked in another email: > >>I would like to see their documentation please. Where can I find it? Or >>is it classified? > >...and to that question I received no response. > >Perhaps a claim can be made against something without any need to show >any documentation or studies. One would think they would be anxious to >supply the information they say they found against colloidal silver to >help convince people to their own good. Then again, maybe they have >lost that documentation. Or maybe they are just very shy people, frozen >to immobility by a brand new question. > >On the other hand, I wasn't asking the FDA directly. I've heard of a few >lion-tamers who put their head into the lion's mouth and found the lion >was actually kinda hungry right then. Didn't feel much like trying that. > >But maybe one or two of you know where the FDA claims against colloidal >silver can be found. > >I would expect to find a report with at least the initials of individuals >who took CS, their hometown maybe, doctor's names, description of what >their symptoms were as a result, and how it was determined that the symptoms >were a result of the CS. > >Instead, they seem to just want to say there is no proof that it is safe >and effective. But they forgot to mention there is no proof that it isn't >either perhaps. > >I guess I can understand the FDA's point. After all, there is no proof that >a belief in God is "safe and effective". But then again, there is no proof >that it isn't either. Until I see some documentation, I have to conclude >there is no proof that the FDA is "safe and effective". I could be converted >to that belief, but they don't seem to have any scriptures to point me to. > >Gary > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ >Horizon Technology Tomorrow's Technology Today >http://www.eskimo.com/~ghawk/ Seattle, WA >------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >
