Look at the language used....it has no real meaning.
Reviews in the scientific literature on colloidal silver products have
concluded that<http://nccam.nih.gov/health/alerts/silver/#2>2-5:
* Silver has no known function in the body. [and is therefore
essentially non toxic, unlike copper or zinc ]
* Silver is not an essential mineral supplement or a cure-all and
should not be promoted as such. [ But cure *some* isn't good enough to be
the least bit useful]
* Claims that there can be a "deficiency" of silver in the body and
that such a deficiency can lead to disease are unfounded. [ Absolutely, see
statement #1, that's a "plus" ..and the common claim, a lie. But a lie
doesn't eliminate whatever may be true. ]
* Claims made about the effectiveness of colloidal silver products for
numerous diseases are unsupported scientifically. [ But not not supported
unscientifically in the absence of "scientific studies". That silver ions
do in fact kill virtually every virus and bacterium known to man IS
supported scientifically. Look up " Oligodynamic properties of silver" in
virtually any scientific tome. The "application" has not been studied, but
has been experienced by many many people who aren't scientists....and some
who are, but haven't published the results in a triple blind study form
that's accepted AS a study. Besides that, what HASN'T been studied is
INFINITELY greater than what has, in EVERY field.]
* Colloidal silver products can have serious side effects (discussed
further <http://nccam.nih.gov/health/alerts/silver/#d>below). [ IF you
manage to "retain" a threshold amount of silver, which only 1 in 2,000
"silver industry workers" manage to do and researchers have expressed
extreme frustration at being unable to when attempting to accomplish that
feat even with injections at thousands of PPM of silver compounds, then,
you "might" have a problem. That's like saying "speed kills" without saying
what speed or how fast the stop. "Can have" means nearly nothing when the
odds are 1 in a hundred million and still count.]
* Laboratory analysis has shown that the amounts of silver in
supplements vary greatly, which can pose risks to the consumer. [ Vary
greatly in what direction, how often? So, don't "buy" it, make it in such
a way that you know what it is. Usually, the silver content errs on the low
to nearly absent side making it as safe as water and only slightly more
effective. The greatest "risk to a consumer" is getting ripped off.
"Sometimes" it can vary quite high, but that would be MSP or some silver
compound, not "Colloidal Silver" as, again misdefined by most makers who
also lump different things into the same categories with the same
unscientific meaninglessness of the entire FDA statement of nonfacts. ]
The FDA issued a ruling in 1999 that no products containing colloidal
silver are generally recognized as safe and effective. [ When did that mean
it was *unsafe and ineffective* when the ruling is about
*recognition*, and no one making that statement has even TRIED to
recognize a danged thing, one way or the other? The ruling was clearly
"engineered" to mislead one into thinking it says something that it doesn't. ]
Reject any proof that doesn't meet unachievable standards and ignore all
evidence. People... are a myth, not generally recognized as existing.
The People wanted us to make a decision and a statement, so here it is: "
WE have decided to not decide, but to make it appear that we have to those
who can't *read* well enough to tell when something stated in pure double
talk doesn't mean anything at all "
What the FDA is saying is this:
" We don't know and we don't want to know " so "Have a big giant loophole
so you can do what you want so long as you don't lie and make claims we
can't support with a total lack of knowledge and then blame us for being
just as ignorant as we know we are, but YOU can't accept "
" WE have no indication of any significant possible harm when this
substance is used within reason, but by the same token promoted by this
nonsense, we know what saying so leads to nonsensical lawsuits if something
does crop up WAY against the odds, by people who act with complete
ignorance, believing anything that they're *led to believe* something
means...like this...misleading nonsense does and was written to do. If you
haven't figured this out, you don't know what reason is..never mind...play
it safe. "
" We aren't ever GOING to know, because proof that we'll accept is too
expensive for the amount of money than can be made on it" PERIOD.
" It cannot Pay to find out, so we ain't gonna "
" Yer on yer own if we didn't manage to put a ghost in yer empty head with
complete nonsense " .... Thereby weeding out those who DO have some sense
and letting them carry on as they will, so long as blatant lies aren't used
to rip people off into FTC land. If you can't think clearly enough to see
this ruse, you have been stopped from *needing* to think clearly...as intended.
IOW If you can't decide for yourself when and how to cross the street,
stay at home. If you leave anyhow and get run over by the only car on the
planet, not our problem...yes, there is a danger. [unqualified ]
The whole thing is a "Blind eye, CYA " [cover your ass ] propaganda ploy to
eliminate liability for not knowing anything at all, when "people" EXPECT
the FDA to know ....everything.
IOW A "dodge"...done by professionals... selling unneeded faith in the
FDA where it feels no need to even be involved, but does feel a need to
maintain "appearances" of authority to those that look to them for it.
Ode
At 04:27 PM 7/14/2008 -0400, you wrote:
I mentioned on a hep c group that I take CS and they posted this link:
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/alerts/silver/#c
I know most of it isn't true. How can I show them?
Cyndi
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