Hoax? -----Original Message----- From: International Advocates for Health Freedom (by way of censored] Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 12:09 PM To: Recipient list suppressed Subject: [IAHF] FDA goes after Colloidal Silver sites, IAHF Identifies Existence of Avalanche Software on this PLANET
>>Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 08:02:52 -0500 >>From: [censored] >>To: [fo ME to KNOW, fo YA'LL to try to FIND OUT!!!] >>Cc: [email protected] >>Subject: FDA goes after Colloidal Silver sites >>User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i >>Sender: [censored] >> >> >>FDA charges websites with illegal silver promotion >> >> WASHINGTON, Nov 06 (Reuters Health) - The US Food and Drug >>Administration (FDA) has cracked down on 16 websites for >>illegally promoting the dietary supplement colloidal silver as a >>drug. >> In letters to the companies, the FDA says its review of the >>websites has concluded that colloidal silver and other products >>are promoted for conditions that may cause them to be drugs. >> The claims the 16 websites make, such as touting colloidal >>silver as an antibiotic, antifungal, burn treatment or cure-all, >>"establish their intended use as drugs," the agency says. >> "FDA is aware that Internet distributors may not know that the >>products they offer are regulated as drugs or that these drugs >>are not in compliance with the law," the agency says in the >>letters, noting that "many of these products may be legally >>marketed as dietary supplements or as cosmetics if certain >>therapeutic claims are removed from the promotional materials." >> Reuters Health called the operators of several of the websites >>on Monday, but none returned the calls. >> >>Copyright 2000 Reuters Limited. >> >>----- End forwarded message ----- >> >>-- >> >> -- Jeff -- <http://www.wellnow.com> >> >> "There's nothing left in the world to prove. All that's worth doing >> is to love one another, using whatever means are available to serve." International Advocates for Health Freedom <http://www.iahf.com>http://www.iahf.com, email: [email protected] -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
