Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Colloidal Silver Causes Evacuation of an Entire Hotel!

In November a Gainesville, GA man found out that traveling with your colloidal silver generator might be problematic -- particularly if someone sees it, and mistakes it for a piece of “meth lab” equipment.  

Here’s the story, along with a few eye-opening tips that might help you avoid similar difficulties when traveling with your colloidal silver-making equipment…

Hi, Steve Barwick here, for www.TheSilverEdge.com...

This has got to be my favorite news story of the year. 

Apparently, on November 28, 2012, a hotel housekeeper at the Paramount Plaza Hotel & Suites in Gainesville, GA entered a hotel room when the guest wasn’t there, and found a "suspicious device" and a "suspicious substance."  

The police were called, and afterwards the Sheriff's bomb squad and a Hazardous Materials team joined the investigation on the premise that a dangerous "meth lab" may have been discovered in the hotel room. 

The entire hotel was evacuated as a precaution, as authorities pursued their investigation.

Colloidal Silver the Culprit

Then, two hours after the evacuation, the surprised hotel guest returned to the hotel.  He apparently explained to authorities that the "suspicious substance" they’d found in his room was a Big Gulp cup half full of colloidal silver! 

Although the news article doesn’t specifically say so, apparently the "suspicious device" found in the room was a colloidal silver generator. 

I don’t know who should be more embarrassed, the snoopy hotel staff, the over-reactive police, the Sheriff’s bomb squad, the Hazardous Materials squad, or the guy who apparently left his hotel room with his colloidal silver generator running, not expecting any hotel staff to enter the room.

According to a Gainesville Police Department spokesman, “We would much rather take all safety precautions anytime a suspicious device is found to ensure safety than not do enough.”

Well said.  But nevertheless somebody oughta be awfully darned embarrassed over this incident.

Crazy, Crazy World

Folks, we now live in a crazy, crazy world where you have to be darned careful for just about everything, apparently including where you take your colloidal silver generator.

Frankly, this story did not surprise me in the least, because I experienced a similar event not too long after the 9-11 terrorist attacks on this country. 

Indeed, shortly after 9-11 an investigator from the Office of Naval Intelligence show up at the doorstep of my office asking why I’d just purchased 200 wall timers from a local electrical supply house. 

Apparently, with a few modifications, wall timers can be used by terrorists as makeshift explosive devices.  And the authorities were apparently worried that I might be some nutcase who was getting ready to blow up half the little town I lived in at that time.

Of course, in reality, the wall timers were for the Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generators sold by my company, TheSilverEdge.com. 

A wall timer is included with every Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator sold (see photo, left), so customers can set the timer for the requisite three-hour production time, and leave, not having to worry about being home to shut the generator off later.  The timer makes shut-off automatic.

So I buy hundreds of these timers at a whack, in order to fulfill customer orders for the Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator. 

But you should have seen the disbelieving look on the investigators face when I tried to explain all of this to him. 

I literally had to unpack an entire box full of pre-packaged Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generators in front of the investigator, and then set one of them up and run it for him, so he could see the entire process.

And just so he knew for sure that I was not some nutcase, I gave him an autographed copy of my bestselling book on colloidal silver, The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual

Unnerving…

Now I’ve been around the military most of my life, because my dad was a career Marine.  I’ve lived on military bases.  And I’ve even worked on a military base as a young adult.  So I’m quite used to the military way of life.

But believe me, when you have an investigator from the Office of Naval Intelligence show up at your doorstep demanding to know why you’re buying electrical apparatuses in bulk, it’s more than just a little bit unnerving, to say the least. 

And even more so afterwards, when you realize that somewhere in the intelligence community, in some obscure file cabinet, there’s a file with your name on it, associated with a federal terrorism investigation.  Not fun!

Thankfully, the investigator was a swell guy once he figured out I was on the up-and-up.  He was fascinated by the concept of the Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator, and said he’d give the copy of my book to his wife, who was “into alternative medicine.”

And since that time I’ve never had a bit of trouble even though I’ve had to purchase thousands upon thousands of pieces of electronic equipment now that the Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator has become the world’s #1 best-selling colloidal silver generator.

A Few Helpful Tips on Traveling
With a Colloidal Silver Generator…

People email me all of the time asking about travelling with their colloidal silver generators. 

Now I suppose these little machines are most frequently referred to as “home” colloidal silver generators because that’s where they belong, i.e., in the home

But I understand that sometimes when you’re going to be away from home for an extended period of time, you might want to bring your generator with you so you can make fresh batches of colloidal silver wherever you’re visiting. 

This is often true, for example, when you might be visiting out-of-town (or out-of-state) relatives or friends, and you want to show them your colloidal silver generator in operation, and let them sample some freshly made colloidal silver. 

So my #1 suggestion is that if you’re going to be traveling away from home for any extended period of time – particularly if you’ve chosen to travel by air or by any other form of public transportation such as train or bus -- simply package and mail your colloidal silver generator to the address you’ll be staying at

Don’t take it with you on the airplane, train or bus.  The baggage inspectors are just too hyper-vigilant about electronic appliances they’re not familiar with.  And the likelihood your colloidal silver generator will be confiscated for “further investigation” is high.

So send your colloidal silver generator by UPS or FedEx, and be sure to pay the extra small fee for shipment tracking. 

By shipping your generator to your destination via UPS, FedEx or some other reliable shipping service, you won’t have to worry about having it confiscated at the airport, bus station or train station if some lughead TSA wannabe in the baggage inspection department confuses it for a portable “meth lab” or an explosive device. 

And by purchasing the shipment tracking service, you can keep track of where your package is at at any point in time while you’re traveling.  How?  Simply by using your laptop computer or smart phone to log into the website of the shipping company you’ve chosen, and enter your package’s shipping number into the tracking system.    

Also, when shipping your colloidal silver generator anywhere, it’s important to make sure it’s clearly labeled.

The label should identify the machine as a home colloidal silver generator. And it should include the name of the company that manufactured it, and plenty of contact information for the manufacturer, such as the company’s phone number, email address and regular mail address. 

After all, shipping companies like UPS and FedEx are now as hyper-vigilant about package contents as airports, trains and bus stations are about luggage contents. 

Most shipping packages are now x-rayed as they come down the conveyor belt before being loaded onto the delivery truck.  And suspicious packages are opened and thoroughly inspected.

So you want to make it as easy as possible for some overzealous security inspector to see that the electrical apparatus in your package is a safe and benign consumer product, so he won’t confiscate it or sequester it as something needing further investigation. 

That’s why I also suggest you keep your generator in its original packaging, with corroborating materials such as the Operating Instructions Guide (see photo, left), and even the business card of the company you purchased your colloidal silver generator from. 

For example, TheSilverEdge.com includes in the packaging with every Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator a printed Operating Instructions Guide, plus Special Reports on making and using colloidal silver, as well as two business cards featuring complete contact information for both the Sales Department and the Tech Support department. 

These are the kinds of printed materials that will go a long way toward identifying your colloidal silver generator as a benign consumer product should it somehow fall into the hands of an over-vigilant package inspector during shipping. 

Even if you prefer to travel by car, and stay at hotel rooms with your colloidal silver generator, by following the above-described labeling and packaging advice you’ll go a long way toward preventing some snoopy hotel room housekeeper from mistaking your generator for a piece of equipment from a "meth lab" operation and calling the cops.

However, no matter how well labeled your colloidal silver generator might be, I certainly don't recommend leaving your hotel room with the machine sitting out in the open, and running.  That’s likely what happened in the recent hotel incident described at the beginning of this article. 

Obviously, it could turn into an embarrassing situation for you should a not-so-bright hotel housekeeper enter the room and think you're brewing up an illegal concoction.

Learning More About Colloidal Silver…

To learn more about making and using colloidal silver, just click the link. 

Or, feel free to watch some of these short videos on making and using colloidal silver

You can also learn more by reading some of my in-depth articles on colloidal silver, including this article on “7 Good Reasons to Make Your Own Colloidal Silver.”   

Meanwhile, I’ll be back next week with another brand new article on colloidal silver…

Yours for the safe, sane and responsible use of colloidal silver,


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Important Note and Disclaimer:  The contents of this Ezine have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.  Information conveyed herein is from sources deemed to be accurate and reliable, but no guarantee can be made in regards to the accuracy and reliability thereof.  The author, Steve Barwick, is a natural health journalist with over 30 years of experience writing professionally about natural health topics.  He is not a doctor.  Therefore, nothing stated in this Ezine should be construed as prescriptive in nature, nor is any part of this Ezine meant to be considered a substitute for professional medical advice.  Nothing reported herein is intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.  The author is simply reporting in journalistic fashion what he has learned during the past 17 years of journalistic research into colloidal silver and its usage.  Therefore, the information and data presented should be considered for informational purposes only, and approached with caution.  Readers should verify for themselves, and to their own satisfaction, from other knowledgeable sources such as their doctor, the accuracy and reliability of all reports, ideas, conclusions, comments and opinions stated herein.  All important health care decisions should be made under the guidance and direction of a legitimate, knowledgeable and experienced health care professional.  Readers are solely responsible for their choices.  The author and publisher disclaim responsibility and/or liability for any loss or hardship that may be incurred as a result of the use or application of any information included in this Ezine. 

Copyright 2012 | Life & Health Research Group, LLC | PO Box 1239 | Peoria AZ 85380-1239 | All rights reserved.

Monday, December 3, 2012

Colloidal Silver and Hospital-Acquired Infections: What You Can Do to Protect Yourself!

While the medical authorities continue to brag that hospital-acquired infections are on the downturn, the truth is these infections are still one of the top 10 causes of death in the United States. 

What’s more, experts point out that the supposed downturn in infection rates is misleading at best, because many medical facilities aren’t even counted in the statistics. 

That leaves it up to you to protect yourself from hospital-acquired infection when you go into the hospital or any medical treatment facility, including the dentist’s office, outpatient surgery centers and more. 

Here’s what you can do to help protect yourself using colloidal silver…

Hi, Steve Barwick here, for www.TheSilverEdge.com...

A recent Associated Press news article states that “Almost 2 million health care-related infections occur each year nationwide; more than 90,000 of these are fatal.”

That’s 90,000-plus deaths every year, folks, from infections acquired at hospitals.

What’s more, the same article tells us that when surgery wards in seven hospitals took extra precautions against such infections after colorectal surgery, a grand total of 135 infections were prevented over a two-and-one-half year period. 

Do the Math

The American College of Surgeons claim this supposed reduction in infections saved almost $4 million!

What does that tell you?  Well, do the math.  It tells you that each hospital-acquired infection costs about $29,629.63 to treat!

And they still lose more than 90,000 people each and every year to these hospital-acquired infections, in spite of spending a whopping $29,629.63 apiece to treat the patients who end up with them!

According to the article, “The average rate of infections linked with colorectal operations at the seven hospitals dropped from about 16 percent of patients…to almost 11 percent.” 

Can you believe it?  They’re actually proud of this, even though it’s a pittance.

The article goes on to say, “Hospital stays for patients who got infections dropped from an average of 15 days to 13 days, which helped cut costs.” 

Really

Does that mean the patients who became infected in the hospital didn’t take as long to die?  Or does it mean the infections were less severe and took less time to treat?  The health authorities don’t say.

Even more revealing is the fact that the #1 strategy at the hospital for this supposed dramatic decrease in hospital-acquired infections was simply to get the doctors to wash their dirty hands more often, and change their gowns and gloves!

Wow.  That’s some high-tech stuff, there.

The hospital apparently even popped for a few extra bucks and bought “special germ-fighting soap” for patients to wash themselves with before going into surgery. 

How comforting.  Well, we can all breathe a sigh of relief, I suppose, that the hospitals are treating this matter seriously.  (Yes, that’s sarcasm, in case you didn’t recognize it.)

Not Good Enough!

But I say that’s simply not good enough

After all, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, hospital-acquired infections are still one of the top 10 causes of death in the entire nation. 

What’s more, according to Dr. Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D., Chairman of the Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai, while a whopping 98,000 Americans die from hospital acquired infections every year…

“…The problem is likely even greater than official figures suggest because those numbers fail to account for the millions of patients treated in outpatient surgery centers, community clinics, nursing homes and other care facilities.”

In other words, they don’t even count the deaths from infections acquired at non-hospital types of medical facilities such as outpatient clinics, surgery centers, nursing homes and more!

So the infection rate is actually suppressed by manipulation of the data.  The dead bodies keep piling up.  And the public is kept largely in the dark, being led by news headlines to believe the situation is under control. 

But the truth is this:  Every five years nearly 500,000 men, women and children who trusted their medical providers to give them a safe environment for a hospital procedure end up dying of hospital-acquired infections!

And those numbers don’t count people who acquired infections at non-hospital medical facilities and died as a result. 

All of these are people with families, friends, careers, hopes and dreams just like you – all dropping dead because the hospitals can’t stop the infections that should never have happened in the first place. 

The bottom line is that the rate of hospital-acquired infections as well as the resulting death toll is outrageous, irresponsible and completely unacceptable!

And the response of hospitals is basically to tell doctors to wash their hands more often, and change their gloves and gowns.  Why?  Because they don’t’ want to spend the money to institute real policies that might actually result in an end to hospital-acquired infections! 

In short, they’ve just calculated the physical and financial toll of the infections (and the resulting deaths) into their bottom line.

Bring Your Own Colloidal Silver…

I’ve written about hospital-acquired infections in the past, and why I believe colloidal silver is the answer to stopping them. 

And I’ve pointed out that many hospital-acquired infections are being caused when the drug-resistant pathogens become airborne, and thereby spread like wildfire through the medical facilities.

This pretty much negates the idea that hospital-acquired infections can be stopped if the doctor’s would just wash their hands more often, or change their gloves and gowns.

I’ve also spelled out what hospitals need to do (and what you can do in the home, as well) to help stop airborne pathogens using colloidal silver.  Indeed, you can see my most recent articles on this subject here and here

The bottom line is that if you have to go into a hospital for a surgical procedure, you simply cannot count on the hospital staff or medical personnel to keep you safe from infections and disease.

You have to take matters into your own hands. 

And since most doctors won’t use colloidal silver, one thing you can do is bring your own
As one reader recently told us:

“When Dad was in the hospital (for cancer), Mom went over his whole room with colloidal silver to make sure that staph germs were nowhere.

The nurses said that Dad’s room was probably the cleanest in the whole hospital which made them both feel better.

Mom just always keeps a bottle within reach when needed for there are so many uses for it.”


-- N.O., Oklahoma

Well, that’s exactly what you have to do.  I’ll bet this wise woman also gave her husband colloidal silver orally each day he was in that hospital, as a prudent precaution.  Like this lady:

“About 3 years ago, my husband had triple bypass surgery where he acquired MRSA in all the incisions on leg, thigh, and chest.

In the hospital, I carried in a squirt bottle of 
micro-particle colloidal silver solution, and he drank it all through the day.

We applied colloidal silver solution to his packing material, and bandages 3 times a day after he got home from the hospital.

It still took about a month to heal up, but in 4 subsequent tests after that, there is NO further signs of MRSA.

CURED totally with no recurrence for the last 3 years.”

-- Kathy W.

Unfortunately, in most cases, the doctors don’t even know about the powerful infection-fighting qualities of safe, natural colloidal silver. 

They have no idea you can use it to disinfect and sterilize hospital beds, equipment, countertops and more. 

Nor do they realize that it can be used both topically as well as orally to help prevent infections in their patients.

And it can even be used in cool mist vaporizers to help stop the spread of the airborne pathogens. 

On the other hand, some doctors actually know about colloidal silver, but have been frightened by all of the negative propaganda from the FDA.  So they vehemently deny its powerful infection-fighting qualities and its long history of safety. 

Indeed, in just a moment, I’ll show you a story about a woman who came down with MRSA after a dental procedure, and was literally dying in the hospital. 

But when her sister stepped in and began giving her colloidal silver each day, she began to recover almost immediately.

Then her smug, know-it-all doctor found out about the colloidal silver supplementation and reacted so negatively, the woman’s husband stopped the sister from giving her any more colloidal silver. 

Of course, the poor woman relapsed and almost died. 

Only when her sister stepped back in and began administering the colloidal silver again – against the doctor’s wishes -- did the woman recover from the MRSA infection, much to the doctor’s chagrin!

I’ll let you hear that story in the sister’s own words, in just a minute.  But first, here’s a story in which an experienced colloidal silver user quite literally helped save a doctor’s life after the doctor developed a deadly hospital-acquired MRSA infection:

“In November 2009 I was in the morning breakfast hot spot and as usual I was talking to a friend about his health challenges unaware that a doctor's wife was listening.

After my friend left, the doctor's wife asked me if I knew anything that would cure MRSA. I told her that I made something that should help. She told me that her husband was a doctor and he had MRSA. I offered to give her some Colloidal Silver the next day.

When I arrived at the Nursing Home and met her she was very upset. The doctors overseeing her husband's case had told her earlier that morning that she needed to let him go because there was nothing more that they could do for him, and that they were withdrawing all his medications. He also had a feeding tube.

I told her that I could not tell her what to do for him, but I could tell her what I would do for myself if I were in the same situation.

I gave her a dropper bottle of the colloidal silver and said if it were me I'd put two droppers of colloidal silver under my tongue every hour as long as I was awake.

The next day, and there after, I would do it every two hours while I was awake. If I had a feeding tube I would apply one tablespoon through the tube three times a day.

After four days she called and said that they had retested him for MRSA and he tested negative. She was one happy lady!

I think everyone should own a Micro Particle Colloidal Silver Generator so they can make their own high-quality colloidal silver."

– T.K. Keith, OK

And here’s an account in which a diabetic man who’d been battling with a potentially deadly MRSA infection for years – and was now on the most powerful antibiotic drugs the doctors could throw at it, to no avail – was able to turn his situation around and beat the infection by adding colloidal silver to his daily treatment regimen. 

Quite surprisingly, as you’ll see, this doctor actually approved of his colloidal silver usage (albeit quietly), and even indicated that he knew the colloidal silver would work, he just couldn’t prescribe it himself!

“My husband was on and off doxycycline and daptomycin and several other powerful antibiotics for the past four years fighting recurring MRSA and other bacteria including E-Coli.

It wasn't until we added the micro-particle colloidal silver to the equation that suddenly he started to get better.

For the first time in years he tested negative for MRSA in all his tests, INCLUDING the nasal swab!

When we told the infectious disease specialist what we had added to his daily mix, I started out by saying ‘I know you will think it is snake oil but...’ 

Then the doctor abruptly stopped me and said ‘Did I ever say to you it was snake oil? I did not. Because we know it works and we use it sometimes. BUT, we cannot prescribe it.’”

The doctor went on to say, ‘I can tell you that if you want to continue doing what you’re doing every day from now on, you would be fine."

-- N.M, ID

Here’s another astonishing story of a hospital-acquired MRSA infection that was eradicated after the reader tried colloidal silver:

“A church member got an infection from surgery at the hospital and it was MRSA. The Dr. told her she would have to go to the hospital every 2 weeks for a shot of something.

She got tired of this after 1 month, and I suggested colloidal silver. She took 1 tsp. and 3 days later, 1 tsp. more.

She went back to the doctor 1 week later. They took blood and examined it and called her at work for 2 days later and told her the pathogen was non-existent in her blood. They repeated they don’t know how it cured up so quickly!” 

-- L. L., Merced, CA

These types of stories are not at all unusual.  I hear more and more of them virtually every day. 

Here’s the story I promised you about the lady who almost died in the hospital after acquiring a MRSA infection from a dental procedure:

“Last year, my sister, Miriam, had extensive dental work done, which caused her to become infected with MRSA. This led to a heart attack. She was dying.

The antibiotics and other medications being administered by her doctors were not working and she was getting weaker by the day.

In desperation, we looked up information on MRSA on the internet, and references to colloidal silver repeatedly came up, so we looked into that and found your colloidal silver generators along with all the information about them.

At the same time, we met a lady who had been using one of your generators for many years and was very willing to share the colloidal silver and her knowledge with us until we could order our own generator.

We felt that God had led us to this information and this lady.

Immediately, we got the colloidal silver to my sister and she began taking it. Almost at once, her condition improved.

She was gaining strength until she told her doctor that she was taking colloidal silver. He reacted so negatively, that my brother-in-law became fearful and refused to allow my sister to have it.

She relapsed and became so sick that she couldn't even talk coherently. So weak that she couldn't eat or take care of herself at all. Again she was dying.

It was then that my brother-in-law was called away on an emergency. We took colloidal silver to my sister and within two days, when her husband returned, she had made such a remarkable recovery that he could not deny the truth. Colloidal silver, with God's guidance, saved her life.

…I can't thank you enough. I will never be without it again!”

-- W.S. Hill, CA

I love stories like this. 

Had the doctor had his way, this lady would not be alive today to enjoy her kids and grandkids, friends, neighbors and fellow church members. 

Indeed, she’d have been prematurely taken from this earth because of the utter ignorance of the doctor. 

Thank God for the actions of her courageous sister who wouldn’t cave in to the doctor’s smug ignorance and selfish arrogance!

Mitigating the Danger

What these real-life colloidal silver success stories document is the fact that it can be very dangerous these days to have to go into the hospital or other health-care facility.

MRSA and other antibiotic-resistant pathogens are rampant.  Doctors and hospital staff generally mean well. But they don’t know everything.  And they’re often helplessly tied to hospital policy.

Worse yet, many hospitals are putting on big public relations programs, making a show of preventing such infections by running “clean hands” programs and asking doctors to change their gloves and gowns more often. 

But the reality is, unclean hands are not the only problem.  As healthcare consultant Dana Jacoby has recently pointed out in a GE Healthcare article, “…hospital-acquired infections are usually a symptom of multiple problems within the facility.”

And unfortunately, those problems can be expensive to fix for hospitals with budgets that are often already stretched to the limits. 

But thankfully, there are things you can do to protect yourself in the hospital.  And one of those things – perhaps the most important one -- is to bring along some safe, natural colloidal silver

Of course, colloidal silver is not a 100% guarantee against hospital-acquired infections.  Nothing is. 

But it is and always has been the world’s most powerful natural infection-fighting agent, and a powerful topical disinfectant, to boot. 

And that alone makes it worth bringing along the next time you have to go into a hospital or other medical care facility for an in-patient treatment!

You can purchase colloidal silver at just about any well-stocked health food store in America.  Or, you can learn how to make your own high-quality colloidal silver for just pennies per quart, by clicking the link. 

Yours for the safe, sane and responsible use of colloidal silver,


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Important Note and Disclaimer:  The contents of this Ezine have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.  Information conveyed herein is from sources deemed to be accurate and reliable, but no guarantee can be made in regards to the accuracy and reliability thereof.  The author, Steve Barwick, is a natural health journalist with over 30 years of experience writing professionally about natural health topics.  He is not a doctor.  Therefore, nothing stated in this Ezine should be construed as prescriptive in nature, nor is any part of this Ezine meant to be considered a substitute for professional medical advice.  Nothing reported herein is intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.  The author is simply reporting in journalistic fashion what he has learned during the past 17 years of journalistic research into colloidal silver and its usage.  Therefore, the information and data presented should be considered for informational purposes only, and approached with caution.  Readers should verify for themselves, and to their own satisfaction, from other knowledgeable sources such as their doctor, the accuracy and reliability of all reports, ideas, conclusions, comments and opinions stated herein.  All important health care decisions should be made under the guidance and direction of a legitimate, knowledgeable and experienced health care professional.  Readers are solely responsible for their choices.  The author and publisher disclaim responsibility and/or liability for any loss or hardship that may be incurred as a result of the use or application of any information included in this Ezine. 

Copyright 2012 | Life & Health Research Group, LLC | PO Box 1239 | Peoria AZ 85380-1239 | All rights reserved.