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Colloidal silver and
other forms of antimicrobial silver tend to get a lot of negative press in the
news media.
This is particularly true when the information sources being quoted are shills for Big Pharma which views colloidal silver as the #1 threat to its multi-billion dollar annual market in prescription antibiotic drugs.
This is particularly true when the information sources being quoted are shills for Big Pharma which views colloidal silver as the #1 threat to its multi-billion dollar annual market in prescription antibiotic drugs.
But silver gets a lot
of positive press, as well, particularly when the sources being quoted
are researchers who are in-the-know regarding its many healing and
infection-fighting benefits.
Here then are some brief
excerpts from relatively positive news articles I’ve seen in the world press over
the past few years regarding the oftentimes astonishing healing and infection-fighting
properties of antimicrobial silver…
Hi,
Steve Barwick here, for TheSilverEdge.com…
Whether
it’s being used as a defense against deadly, antibiotic-resistant superbugs…as
a means of preventing infections in surgical applications…as a powerful water
disinfectant…or even in its new role as a cancer-fighting agent…silver has been
“big news” from time to time over the past few years.
Here
are just a few examples of positive articles about the healing and
infection-fighting benefits of silver, which have appeared in the world press
in recent years:
Daily Mail (Britain):
"Silver, the New
Weapon Against Superbugs"
"A new study from Boston University revealed that adding silver to antibiotics enhanced the drugs' abilities to fight off lethal infections in mice.
...Through their tests, the team showed that just a small amount of silver made E. coli bacteria between 10 and 1,000 times more sensitive to commonly prescribed antibiotics, such as penicillin.
...Most importantly, the researchers showed that silver helped the antibiotic tetracycline fight a previously resilient strain of E. coli.
This signified that the combination of silver and antibiotics could be used to resensitize antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria.
'Overall, what we show is that small amounts of silver, non-toxic levels, can be used in conjunction with commonly used antibiotics to treat persistent infection and to treat bio-film based infections, which are problematic for medical implants,' Collins said.'
"A new study from Boston University revealed that adding silver to antibiotics enhanced the drugs' abilities to fight off lethal infections in mice.
...Through their tests, the team showed that just a small amount of silver made E. coli bacteria between 10 and 1,000 times more sensitive to commonly prescribed antibiotics, such as penicillin.
...Most importantly, the researchers showed that silver helped the antibiotic tetracycline fight a previously resilient strain of E. coli.
This signified that the combination of silver and antibiotics could be used to resensitize antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria.
'Overall, what we show is that small amounts of silver, non-toxic levels, can be used in conjunction with commonly used antibiotics to treat persistent infection and to treat bio-film based infections, which are problematic for medical implants,' Collins said.'
-- Daily Mail, "Silver Really
Could Be the New Weapon Against Superbugs,"
British Broadcasting
Company (BBC):
"No Safe and
Effective Replacements for Silver"
"The medicinal properties of silver has been known since at least the times of Hippocrates, the Ancient Greek "father of medicine", and rely on its toxic effects on pathogens, including bacteria and fungi.
Silver ions kill pathogens by binding to proteins in their cells, making silver compounds ideal for use in antiseptics and wound dressings. Nanoparticles of silver are even woven into socks and other clothing to reduce bacterial and fungal growth – and the odours that arise.
Silver is also used in heart valves and catheters, and researchers are now investigating silver's potential in killing cancer cells...says Alan Lansdown, an expert in medicinal uses for silver at Imperial College London.
"The medicinal properties of silver has been known since at least the times of Hippocrates, the Ancient Greek "father of medicine", and rely on its toxic effects on pathogens, including bacteria and fungi.
Silver ions kill pathogens by binding to proteins in their cells, making silver compounds ideal for use in antiseptics and wound dressings. Nanoparticles of silver are even woven into socks and other clothing to reduce bacterial and fungal growth – and the odours that arise.
Silver is also used in heart valves and catheters, and researchers are now investigating silver's potential in killing cancer cells...says Alan Lansdown, an expert in medicinal uses for silver at Imperial College London.
"There aren't
really any effective and safe replacements for silver, except synthetic
antibiotics."
-- BBC Smart Planet, "Silver: The Harsh Realities Behind Diminishing Supplies,"
New York Times:
"Silver One of
Humankind's First Weapons Against Bacteria"
"Silver, one of humankind's first weapons against bacteria, is receiving new respect for its antiseptic powers thanks to the growing ability of researchers to tinker with its molecular structure.
"Silver, one of humankind's first weapons against bacteria, is receiving new respect for its antiseptic powers thanks to the growing ability of researchers to tinker with its molecular structure.
Doctors prescribed
silver to fight infections at least as far back as the days of ancient Greece
and Egypt. Their knowledge was absorbed by Rome, where historians like
Pliny the Elder reported that silver plasters caused wounds to close rapidly.
More recently, in
1884, a German doctor named C.S.F. Crede demonstrated that putting a few drops
of silver nitrate into the eyes of babies born to women with venereal disease
virtually eliminated the high rates of blindness among such infants.
But silver's time-tested if poorly understood versatility as a disinfectant was overshadowed in the latter half of the 20th century by the rise of antibiotics. Now, with more and more bacteria developing resistance to antibiotic drugs, some researchers and health care entrepreneurs have returned to silver for another look.
But silver's time-tested if poorly understood versatility as a disinfectant was overshadowed in the latter half of the 20th century by the rise of antibiotics. Now, with more and more bacteria developing resistance to antibiotic drugs, some researchers and health care entrepreneurs have returned to silver for another look.
This time around,
they are armed with nanotechnology, a fast-developing collection of products
and skills that helps researchers deploy silver compounds in ways that maximize
the availability of silver ions - the element's most potent form.
Scientists also now have a better understanding of the weaknesses of their microbial adversaries. One of the urgent goals is to prevent bacterial infections that each year strike 2 million hospital patients in the United States and kill 90,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Scientists also now have a better understanding of the weaknesses of their microbial adversaries. One of the urgent goals is to prevent bacterial infections that each year strike 2 million hospital patients in the United States and kill 90,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Such infections are
usually treated with large doses of antibiotics and sometimes with repeat
surgeries. They cost the U.S. health care system roughly $4.5 billion annually,
and the challenge is growing with the spread of drug-resistant microbes."
-- New York Times, “Old Curative Gets New Life at Tiny Scale,” December 20, 2005
Los Angeles Times:
"Bacteria Can't
Become Silver-Resistant"
"But Dr. David Weber, an infectious disease and public health expert at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, isn't convinced that silver resistance will prove much of a problem.
"But Dr. David Weber, an infectious disease and public health expert at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, isn't convinced that silver resistance will prove much of a problem.
Resistance to
antibiotics occurs quite readily in bacteria once prolonged exposure to, say,
penicillin, occurs. But there's little
reason to suppose that resistance to silver would develop so easily, he says.
An antibiotic like penicillin works by hitting a bacterium in a limited fashion, at specific sites. Because the killing is done precisely, the bacterium has a good chance of developing a mutation that would confer resistance.
In contrast, silver kills microbes in a broad, unspecific fashion -- like tossing a bomb at a bacterium. It hits many essential points such as a bacterium's entire respiratory system. This makes it much more difficult for silver-resistance to develop.
And even if tolerance did develop, Weber says, increasing the dose of silver the bacterium is exposed to will solve the problem in most cases."
An antibiotic like penicillin works by hitting a bacterium in a limited fashion, at specific sites. Because the killing is done precisely, the bacterium has a good chance of developing a mutation that would confer resistance.
In contrast, silver kills microbes in a broad, unspecific fashion -- like tossing a bomb at a bacterium. It hits many essential points such as a bacterium's entire respiratory system. This makes it much more difficult for silver-resistance to develop.
And even if tolerance did develop, Weber says, increasing the dose of silver the bacterium is exposed to will solve the problem in most cases."
-- Los Angeles Times, “Will Bacteria Develop Resistance?”, August 4, 2008
Scientific American:
"Silver Makes
Antibiotics More Effective"
"Like werewolves and vampires, bacteria have a weakness: silver.
The precious metal has been used to fight infection for thousands of years — Hippocrates first described its antimicrobial properties in 400 bc — but how it works has been a mystery.
Now, a team led by James Collins, a biomedical engineer at Boston University in Massachusetts, has described how silver can disrupt bacteria, and shown that the ancient treatment could help to deal with the thoroughly modern scourge of antibiotic resistance.
...Collins and his team found that silver — in the form of dissolved ions — attacks bacterial cells in two main ways:
It makes the cell membrane more permeable, and it interferes with the cell's metabolism, leading to the overproduction of reactive, and often toxic, oxygen compounds.
Both mechanisms could potentially be harnessed to make today's antibiotics more effective against resistant bacteria, Collins says."
"Like werewolves and vampires, bacteria have a weakness: silver.
The precious metal has been used to fight infection for thousands of years — Hippocrates first described its antimicrobial properties in 400 bc — but how it works has been a mystery.
Now, a team led by James Collins, a biomedical engineer at Boston University in Massachusetts, has described how silver can disrupt bacteria, and shown that the ancient treatment could help to deal with the thoroughly modern scourge of antibiotic resistance.
...Collins and his team found that silver — in the form of dissolved ions — attacks bacterial cells in two main ways:
It makes the cell membrane more permeable, and it interferes with the cell's metabolism, leading to the overproduction of reactive, and often toxic, oxygen compounds.
Both mechanisms could potentially be harnessed to make today's antibiotics more effective against resistant bacteria, Collins says."
-- Scientific American, "Silver Makes
Antibiotics Thousands of Times More Effective," June 20, 2013
Wall Street Journal:
"Silver Kills
Harmful Microbes"
"Silver, in the form of a metal or as dissolved ions, fights microorganisms by interfering with processes such as how they breathe and reproduce.
"Silver, in the form of a metal or as dissolved ions, fights microorganisms by interfering with processes such as how they breathe and reproduce.
Tests show that
silver ions kill microorganisms ranging from harmful strains of e. coli that
cause food-borne diseases to the staphylococcus bacteria responsible for
serious infections.
The metal becomes more active against microbes when it's made into small particles because they can cover more surface area when they come into direct contact with bacteria, says Andrew Maynard, a physicist and chief scientific adviser to the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington."
The metal becomes more active against microbes when it's made into small particles because they can cover more surface area when they come into direct contact with bacteria, says Andrew Maynard, a physicist and chief scientific adviser to the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington."
-- Wall Street Journal, "The War Against Germs
Has a Silver Lining," June 6, 2006
Pravda (Russia):
"Silver: Best Defense Against Bacteria and
Viruses"
"The best defense against swine flu, or any flu, is the age old remedy of colloidal silver. The metal silver in its colloidal state can be safely consumed and used in the body.
Bacteria and viruses cannot develop resistance to colloidal silver. Silver disables a vital enzyme and mechanism in all bacteria and pathogens so that they cannot survive.
It is good to take a few teaspoons of colloidal silver daily to maintain health. More colloidal silver should be taken if experiencing illness."
"The best defense against swine flu, or any flu, is the age old remedy of colloidal silver. The metal silver in its colloidal state can be safely consumed and used in the body.
Bacteria and viruses cannot develop resistance to colloidal silver. Silver disables a vital enzyme and mechanism in all bacteria and pathogens so that they cannot survive.
It is good to take a few teaspoons of colloidal silver daily to maintain health. More colloidal silver should be taken if experiencing illness."
-- Pravda, "Colloidal Silver Can Be the
Best Defense Against Swine Flu," March 4, 2009
The Gleaner
(Jamaica’s oldest newpaper):
“Residents Say
Colloidal Silver Cures Everything”
“Colloidal silver was
used by doctors in the early 20th century, but after the development of more
modern antibiotics, its use dwindled. Since the 1990s, however, there has been
a resurgence of its use amid claims that it is a cure-all.
Colloidal silver is
now in Jamaica and several residents who have used the product are reporting
amazing health benefits, dubbing it the miracle water.
Among them is
56-year-old Norman Campbell, popularly known as Boy Blue, of Standfast district
in Browns Town, St Ann. Campbell told The Gleaner that he had an enlarged
prostate, but after taking the water in prescribed doses for three months, the
problem went away.
Tzdhne Ishigyhd, a
Rastafarian who lives in the Corporate Area, said she is a lupus survivor and
since using colloidal silver, the disease has gone into remission.
Another woman, Erna
Hunter of Steer Town, St Ann, said the miracle water has lowered her blood
sugar level, got rid of pain in her legs, and got rid of her sinus-related
problems…
… Many people, since they have
tried it, they have come back and say yes, it has made a difference in their
lives. It’s like a gift sent from God, Hall stated.”
-- The Gleaner, “The Miracle Water -
Residents Say Colloidal Silver Cures Everything,” June 15, 2013
Daily Mail (Britain):
“Silver Kills Cancer
as Effectively as Chemotherapy”
“Silver can kill some
cancers as effectively as chemotherapy and with potentially fewer side effects,
new research claims. Scientists say that
old wives tales about the precious metal being a ‘silver bullet’ to beat the
Big C could be true.
The metal already has
a wide range of medicinal uses and is a common antiseptic, antibiotic and means
of purifying water in the third world.
And British
researchers now say that silver compounds are as effective at killing certain
cancer cells as a leading chemotherapy drug, but with potentially far fewer
side-effects…
…The [researchers]
compared it to Cisplatin, currently used to treat a wide variety of cancers,
but known to have harsh side effects including nausea, vomiting and even kidney
damage.
Silver is used
already in everyday products such as deodorant with no known side-effects, and
could make for a potentially cheaper alternative to platinum-based Cisplatin…
…Researchers from the
University of Leeds conducted lab tests which exposed breast and colon cancer
cells to various silver-based chemicals over a six day period.
Results, published in
journal Dalton Transactions, showed that these silver-compounds were ‘as
effective as Cisplatin’ at killing cancer with potentially fewer side effects.
While the team are
still unsure about how exactly silver battles cancer, they think its
effectiveness may be caused by the structure surrounding silver atoms, known as
its ligand.
They think this may
help release the silver ion into cells when it enters the body, killing any
cancer.”
-- The Daily Mail, “Silver Bullet for
Cancer: Metal Can Kill Some Tumors
Better Than Chemotherapy With Fewer Side Effects,” February 2, 2012
Science Daily:
“Silver Treats Cancer
With Fewer Side Effects”
“The Internet is
awash with stories of how silver can be used to treat cancer. Now, lab tests
have shown that it is as effective as the leading chemotherapy drug -- and may
have fewer side-effects.
Results from the
study at the University of Leeds, published in Dalton Transactions, show that particular silver compounds are
as toxic to cancer cells as the platinum-based drug Cisplatin, which is widely
used to treat a range of cancers.”
But the crucial
difference is that silver is thought to be much less toxic to healthy human
cells, and in some cases, can be beneficial. Silver is currently used for its
antiseptic and antibiotic properties, in bandages, wound dressings and water
purification filters in the third world.
In Britain, Dr. Roger
Phillips, from the Institute of Cancer Therapeutics at the University of
Bradford in West Yorkshire, Britain, and Dr Charlotte Willans from the
University of Leeds, are leading the charge in developing new, silver-based
anti-cancer treatments.
Says Dr. Phillips
about this new research:
"We have chosen
silver because it has anti-cancer activity but it is inherently non-toxic to
normal tissues. This project is therefore exciting because there is the
possibility that we can develop a drug that is as active against tumors as
Cisplatin but will be less toxic to normal tissues."
-- Science Daily, "Silver Bullet to Beat
Cancer?” February 2, 2012
The Telegraph
(Britain):
“Silver Destroys
Disease-Causing Viruses”
“Scientists have
discovered that they can attach tiny studs of silver onto the surface of
otherwise harmless bacteria, giving them the ability to destroy viruses.
They have tested the
silver-impregnated bacteria against norovirus, which causes winter vomiting
outbreaks, and found that they leaves the virus unable to cause infections.
The researchers now
believe the same technique could help to combat other viruses, including
influenza and those responsible for causing the common cold.
Professor Willy
Verstraete, a microbiologist from the University of Ghent, Belgium, unveiled
the findings at a meeting of the Society for Applied Microbiology in London
last week.
He said: ‘We are
using silver nanoparticles, which are extremely small but give a large amount
of surface area as they can clump around the virus, increasing the inhibiting
effect.’
Dr Michael Dempsey, a
biologist at Manchester Metropolitan University who has studied the effects of
silver nanoparticles on microorganisms, said: ‘A nanoparticle contains around 15,000 atoms
of silver according to some recent research from China on how they work…
…This means a high
concentration of silver atoms come into contact with the micro-organism, punch
a hole in its wall and destroy it.’"
-- The Telegraph, “Bacteria Turned Into
Silver Bullet to Combat Flu,” October 16, 2010
Daily Mail (Britain):
“Silver Beats Antibiotic
Resistance”
“Silver could be a
precious weapon in the fight against antibiotic resistance. Scientists have
shown that giving tiny amounts of silver at the same time as antibiotics makes
the drugs up to a thousand times more effective.
The finding comes in
the wake of warnings by Britain’s top doctor that the rise of drug-resistant
superbugs could trigger an ‘apocalyptic scenario’ in which even routine
operations such as hip surgery become deadly because we have run out of
antibiotics.
…In experiments on mice, the Boston University researchers found that giving silver with antibiotics made them between ten and a thousand times better at fighting infections. In some cases, bugs classed as antibiotic resistant became treatable.
…The drugs could be
laced with silver or covered in a fine coating of the precious metal and used
to tackle dangerous stomach bugs, urinary tract infections or hard-to-treat
films of bacteria that coat catheters.
The research,
detailed in the journal Science Translational Medicine, also worked out how silver
helps kill bugs.
The metal makes
bacteria more ‘leaky’, allowing antibiotics to get inside them and kill them.
Plus, it boosts
production of oxygen molecules that aid and abet the death.”
-- Daily Mail, “Silver Really COULD be the New Weapon Against Superbugs: Adding it to Antibiotics Boosts the Effectiveness
by 1,000 Times,” June 14, 2013
The Ivy Leaf (U.S.
Army, Iraq)
“Silver Water Filters
Stop Waterborne Diseases”
“As the scorching
Iraqi sun blazed down on a little boy in a village, he cupped his hands
together to drink water from a canal running through the middle of his town,
unaware that 11,000 children like him die from water-borne diseases every day
around the world who drink from similar canals.
As a way to resolve
the local water problem and prevent tragedies such as this, leaders from 1st
Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
requested the help of a college professor to teach local Iraqi potters how to
make clay/sawdust ceramic filter pots capable of decimating 99.88% of
water-borne disease agents.
…To accomplish this,
Richard Wukich, a college ceramics professor who teaches at Slippery Rock
University in Pittsburgh, volunteered to instruct two Iraqi potters how to make
the ceramic filters during his free time between semesters. He traveled to Iraq
and spent two weeks training his new charges.
Wukich began his
class by teaching the apprentices how to make clay pots with a mixture of saw
dust, which is uncommon in Iraqi culture. The saw dust disappears during the
clay baking process, creating several small holes that act as a filtering
system inside the pot.
After crafting
several pots, Wukich taught the trainees how to coat the pots with colloidal
silver, an incredibly fine particle that kills bacteria and organisms and does
not allow bacteria to grow into a culture inside the pot.
The pots are either
painted with a brush or dipped into a container containing a colloidal silver
and water mixture.
After the colloidal
silver is completely absorbed into the pot, it is placed on the mouth of a
5-gallon receptacle container. The filter is then covered with a lid or a piece
of fine cloth. Users pour water into the fine cloth to filter out extremely turbid
water.
As the water enters
the clay pot, the filters inside the clay leave small dirt particles behind and
the colloidal silver destroys any bacteria in the water.
The clear and clean
water then drips into the 5-gallon receptacle at a rate of 1-1.5 quarts-an-hour.
“This project was originally initiated by Capt. Richard Nardo,” said Wukich.”
-- The Ivy Leaf, U.S. Army, Iraq, “Water Filter Provides Factions Reason to Unite, Combat Water Problems
in Region”, September 17, 2006
In Conclusion...
Those
excerpts are from just a few of the
positive news articles on colloidal silver or other forms of antimicrobial
silver I’ve seen in the world press, in recent years.
So
it’s good to know that the news media doesn’t always fall victim to the
hyperventilating claims of the shills for Big Pharma who constantly plant
negative articles about silver in the press.
The
truth is, colloidal silver and other forms of antimicrobial silver are used safely
on a daily basis by tens of millions of people around the world. And more and more often, its astonishing
disease-busting properties are being recognized worldwide.
You
can learn how
much colloidal silver to take daily, based on your body weight and the ppm
(i.e., concentration) of the colloidal silver you’re taking, by reading the
article at the link in this sentence.
And
you can learn how to make your
own high-quality colloidal silver -- quickly and easily, in the comfort of
your own home, and for less than 36 cents
a quart – by clicking the link in this sentence.
If
you’d like to know what sets the Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator –
the world’s #1 best-selling colloidal silver generator – apart from all other
colloidal silver generators, see the eye-opening article
at this link.
Meanwhile,
I’ll be back next week with another great article on colloidal silver….
Yours
for the safe, sane and responsible
use of colloidal silver,
Steve
Barwick, author
The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual
The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual
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