A label that should be legal everywhere... Contains distilled water and LVDC Colloidal Silver at approximately 10PPM. [and nothing else]
No claims to disclaim, you see? Ken At 12:48 PM 7/15/01 -0400, you wrote: >Nick Grant wrote: > >> Hi everyone >> >> I was reading through a phamplet in one of the health shops here in NZ that >> sell CS...I noticed that they are saying that all other brands are inferior >> (surprise!!) but they also said, and I quote: >> >> Homemade (2nd generation) CS lacks strict, controlled manufacturing >> procedures and the purity of basic raw materials, the dangers exist by >> producing a solution that contains toxic substances, namely silver chloride, >> silver sulphate etc. > >That is a rather absurd statement. The control of the procedure and the purity >of the raw materials is totally under the person's control, and thus can be >either sloppy, or highly regulated. Sounds like they are saying that if you >buy distilled water, instead of them buying it, it will lack purity. Pure >marketing BS. > >> At best it is an inferior quality, which lacks bioavailability and a short >> shelf life, at worst, it is toxic and possibly dangerous. > >Yeah, right. More marketing BS. > >> It is not only illegal to sell homemade CS, it is also very >> risky making something so scientifically technical at home without proper >> analysis...blah, blah, blah... >> > >I have read somewhere that to sell CS it must be made by the method of >production prior to 1938 which was according to what I read the HVAC method. >The article had indicated that it is illegal to make and sell LDVC CS. But I >have never seen anything from the FDA on this and have my doubts if it is true. > >> They said that their silver is 50mcg per 5ml of atom sized particles of pure >> silver approx 1.26 angstrom... >> > >That is 50 milligrams per liter, or 50 ppm. From what I understand that is >impossible. If they are atoms, they are ions, not colloid, and the maximum >solubility of silver ions in room temperature water is reported to be about 10 >ppm. Sounds like more marketing hype with no basis in fact to me. > >> >> Whats that in ppms? > >50. > >> Comments? on the above warning about homemade silver selling being illegal >> please? I know quite a few that do it....no FDA over here to shoot us.... > >Well, in most cases it probably would be illegal to sell it. First of all the >labeling must comply with strict regulations, which included what it contains, >and a nutritional facts box as well as the net weight. It must say that it is >not to prevent or cure any diseases. If you label it properly, then it is most >likely not illegal to sell, unless the HVAC vs LVDC argument above is true. > >However it is all in the labeling. If for instance you were to sell and label >it for use in chemistry experiments, or as a Christmas tree life extender, then >the FDA would not be involved at all. You cannot control how a person uses it >after purchasing it. > >You see this all the time. I.E.. you can pay a lot for diatomaceous earth that >is FDA approved or pay a little for the same thing that is labeled for animals >only. Well, I am an animal, so what's the difference? Just the labeling, and >FDA oversight. (another one is the antibiotic polymyxin. You can buy it off the >shelf for a few bucks for a large tube, but if you go to the doctor with an eye >infection he will likely prescribe the same thing in a small tube for the eye, >that is very expensive. Prior to discovering CS I use to forget the doctor and >simply use the stuff in the over the counter tube.) > >Marshall > > >-- >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]> > >
