A follow up to the Howey in the Hills story From: http://tampatrib.com/floridametronews/MGA040Y0FUC.html Town Mayor's Endorsement Of Anthrax Cure Retracted The Associated Press Published: Nov 24, 2001
HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS - The town council is telling citizens to ignore the mayor's touting of a silver-laced liquid as a cure for anthrax. This month's town newsletter tries to set the record straight on Mayor Greg Bittner's view of colloidal silver. ``As a follow-up to last month's Council Talk regarding Mayor Bittner's recommendation of colloidal silver as treatment for anthrax and a host of other ailments, the town council of Howey-in- the-Hills does not endorse or encourage the use of colloidal silver,'' the statement said. ``If you are sick, your doctor should prescribe the medication best for you.'' Last month, Bittner told council members that colloidal silver (an elixir of metallic silver particles in demineralized water) can ``offset the impact of anthrax.'' The mayor later expounded on his beliefs in the town newsletter. ``Government officials have indicated anthrax is the terrorists' biological threat of choice,'' Bittner wrote. ``A simple solution of colloidal silver is effective in killing over 600 pathogens that can be introduced to the human body and doesn't harm the host.'' Bittner proposed buying a colloidal silver generator for the town of 956 residents, 30 miles northwest of Orlando. The Food and Drug Administration blasted his promotion of silver colloidal's supposed healing powers. Officials said colloidal silver is not the cure-all supporters say it is. A ban on marketing it as a remedy for any disease, with a warning that it can turn human skin permanently blue and gray, was enacted two years ago. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- -- 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: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
