Normally when you find a bold faced lie in anything it brings the whole article in question. But his one takes the cake.
D G wrote: > The Free Press article is: > FIGHTING ANTHRAX: From oregano to silver, Internet offers treatments > But caution is urged because so-called cures as reliable as snake oil > October 24, 2001 > BY ELLEN CREAGER > FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER > Can anthrax infection be prevented by drinking colloidal silver, rubbing > oil of oregano on your skin or wearing a $750 gas mask? > Internet marketers are seeking to make a buck on people's fears. I am not aware of any marketing along these lines from the suppliers of CS at all. > Buyers > beware. > Colloidal silver, a suspension of silver particles in water, was used in > the 19th Century to fight infection before the invention of antibiotics. > Believers claim colloidal silver can cure not only anthrax poisoning, but > AIDS, leukemia, typhoid, venereal diseases and other infections. That part is true, mainly because it has been documented and hundreds of thousands of people have had good results. > > The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, however, > says it doesn't work. Consuming colloidal silver can turn a person's skin > blue or gray permanently, a condition called algyria, from the buildup of > silver in the body. Not true. Has never happened with CS. > > The Food and Drug Administration outlawed its sale in 1999. Not true, it is still legal to sell CS. > Natures Wonders of Callahan, Fla., instructs consumers how to use Oil of > Oregano essential oil ($72.95) against skin anthrax. The oil has slight > antibacterial properties, a poor way to combat anthrax's fierce endotoxins. So an antibiotic suppose to combat the endotoxins. Then all the antibiotics the FDA is hawking are useless as well. Duh. If you kill the bacteria, they don't make the toxins. 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]>
