What this means is that the FDA is once again being overzealous in protecting you from something it knows nothing about using unrealistic info to make the statement. Obviously, the FDA hasn't done a risk assessment. ..and won't. That's not what they do. They publish other peoples risk assessments and there aren't any.
It's CYA [cover your ass] taken to an extreme in a field of legal paranoia.
Who ya gonna sue 'if' the nearly impossible happens? ..no big drug companies with insurance to shoot at.
I mean, it just wouldn't do to have a bunch of lawyers clawing the 'air' for cash.
Most people who have tried CS on mastitis say it works better than anything else.
Clue: Don't label the CS bottle. Drinking it by mistake won't hurt anyone. [Who let CS "be found" on their farm? No witch would be that dumb with witch hunters around.]
Don't sell the milk for a few days. If the animal has mastitis, you shouldn't sell or use that milk anyhow.
Shhhhh
Do what works and be sorta quiet. Ripples travel just as far as waves do.
Eventually, even band aids will have silver on them [Curad.. also not proven safe and effective?] and the FDA will just as quietly lose those words 'back' into obscurity. [That's been around for a long time, dredged up now and then to make a splash.]
There's about a million laws on the books that no one knows exist or pay any attention to even if they do know.
Did you know that in some states, it's illegal to see your wife completely naked? She has to, at least, wear her socks.
Shirt?, shoes?..no service. ;-)
Here, if I fire a gun into the air and honk my horn before entering every intersection, I'd get arrested for obeying the law.
I can't plow my fields with an elephant either! [I had to paint him green with black toenails, put a John Deere sign on him and teach him to make tractor noises. That ain't no trunk! That thar is a BUSH hog.]
Label your CS bottle as AGwater. [For angricultural whetting of the thirsty whistle...mister FDA man. Here, have a slug from me. Tast-es sorta irony, don't it? Well, thet's mah well water for ya. It's gots mental content innit]
BTW, does anyone actually test milk for silver before it passes muster for market? I doubt it. Betcha they'd find some now and then if they did...without... having used CS.
Yup. See
http://www.speclab.com/elements/silver.htm
Spectrum Labs [not FDA]
"Silver has also been reported at concn of 14-20 mg/kg in bottom sediments in California coastal basins. Beef: 0.004-0.024 mg/kg; Mutton and lamb: 0.006-0.011 mg/kg. Beef liver 0.005-0.194 mg/kg. Milk powder 0.010 + or - 0.04 mg/kg Ag; potato powder 0.015 + or - 0.005 mg/kg Ag. Brown sugar 0.3 mg/kg silver, demerara sugar 0.004 mg/kg Ag, granulated sugar 0.002 mg/kg. Wheat 0.5 mg/kg dry weight silver, bran 1.0 mg/kg dry weight silver, flour 0.4 mg/kg dry weight silver. Mollusks 0.1-10.0 mg/kg dry weight silver; crustaceans 2.0 mg/kg dry weight. Trout (Lake Cayuga NY) contained 0.48-0.68 mg/kg dry weight silver. Mollusks collected from coastal areas of the North Sea have been reported to contain silver concn of up to 2.0 mg/kg. 0.027-0.054 mg/kg of silver was detected in cow milk from market samples in various USA cities."
tidbits:
"Reported silver concn in the skin of persons with argyria are of the magnitude 50-70 mg/kg dry wt, ie, several thousand times higher than normal values.
Silver content in 10 samples of the human whole brain in the United Kingdom= 0.004 + or - 0.002 ug/g wet wt"
http://www.tarrantcounty.com/ehealth/cwp/view.asp?A=763&Q=430545
...no silver testing there....
Ode
At 05:24 PM 9/6/2004 -0500, you wrote:
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I have been trying to send this info about CS but it does not get through. Dennis.<<<<
<http://asthma.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.fda.gov/cvm/index/updates/silver.html>About.com: http://www.fda.gov/cvm/index/updates/silver.html
February 12, 1997
COLLOIDAL SILVER NOT APPROVED
FDA has received reports that products containing colloidal silver are being promoted for use in the treatment of mastitis and other serious disease conditions of dairy cattle, as well as for various conditions of companion animals. For example, FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine has received reports from the Agency's regional milk specialists and State inspectors that colloidal silver products have been found on some dairy farms. Also, recent articles in some farm newspapers and journals promote the use of colloidal silver in treating mastitis and claim that no milk discard is needed.
FDA is not aware of any substantial scientific evidence that supports the safe and effective use of colloidal silver ingredients or silver salts for any animal disease condition. Also, in the October 15, 1996 Federal Register, FDA proposed to establish that all over-the-counter human drug products containing colloidal silver ingredients or silver salts for internal or external use are not generally recognized as safe and effective and are misbranded.
Use of colloidal silver ingredients in food-producing animals constitutes a potentially serious public health concern because of the possibility of residues in milk or meat. According to several scientific publications mentioned in the October 15, 1996 Federal Register proposal, the human consumption of silver may result in argyria -- a permanent ashen-gray or blue discoloration of the skin, conjunctiva, and internal organs.
In addition to the possible human health concerns, use of these products to treat a serious illness in animals (including pets) could potentially endanger the health of the animal by delaying timely, appropriate treatment.
Colloidal silver-containing products have not been approved by FDA for use in any animal species. Promoting the use of colloidal silver for treating animal diseases causes such products to be misbranded veterinary drugs under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act). Labeling colloidal silver products to treat animals causes such products to be new animal drugs which are adulterated under the Act.
FDA has taken action against colloidal silver products, and is continuing to investigate the promotion and use of colloidal silver products in dairy and other animals. If necessary, FDA will take further appropriate regulatory action.
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Deb&Mark wrote:
Aside from the rare case of argyria (in which the colloidal silver was made
with God knows what) what other serious health problems could they possibly
come up with?
They should be looking for the health problems and side effects that come
from the standard pharmaceuticals that they push on us to make more money
(lipitor, celibrex, etc...) But I guess no one wants to go after big
business (Monsanto)...just the little guys.
Keep us posted Frank.
Deb
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