Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Nanosilver Condoms Stop HIV and Herpes Simplex Virus

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According to researchers from Canada, condoms coated with tiny silver nanoparticles have the ability to kill HIV (i.e., AIDS virus) and Herpes simplex virus upon contact.   

This, they say, helps make up for the fact that condoms on their own are only effective at stopping the spread of sexually transmitted diseases 85% of the time. 

But by coating the condoms with silver nanoparticles, researchers are hoping to get closer to 100% inhibition of disease transmission. 

Here’s what researchers have discovered, so far…

Hi, Steve Barwick here, for TheSilverEdge.com

Canadian researchers from the University of Manitoba have found that coating condoms with silver nanoparticles gives them remarkable infection-fighting qualities against HIV and the Herpes simplex virus in laboratory experiments.

In a clinical study published in the International Journal of Nanomedicine in 2012, the Canadian researchers explain that coating condoms with silver nanoparticles completely inactivated the infectivity of both HIV and Herpes simplex. 

What’s more, the nanosilver-coated condoms inhibited the growth of bacterial and fungal microbes, as well.

The study authors stated, in part:

“Recent research suggests that today's condoms are only 85% effective in preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted diseases.

In response, there has been a push to develop more effective ways of decreasing the spread of the disease.

The new nanotechnology-based condom holds the promise of being more potent than the first-generation products.

The preliminary goal of this study was to develop a silver nanoparticles-coated polyurethane condom (PUC) and to investigate its antimicrobial potential including the inactivation of HIV and herpes simplex virus (HSV) infectiousness…

So the researchers were looking for a way to increase the effectiveness of regular condoms (i.e., “first generation products”) against disease transmission, in particular, against the transmission of HIV and the Herpes simplex virus.

What Did the Researchers Discover?

But what did they find?

“…our results demonstrated that the contact of the Ag-NPs-coated polyurethane condom with HIV-1 and HSV-1/2 was able to efficiently inactivate their infectiousness…

Furthermore, we also showed that the Ag-NPs-coated polyurethane condom was able to inhibit the growth of bacteria and fungi.

These results demonstrated that the Ag-NPs-coated polyurethane condom is able to directly inactivate the microbe's infectious ability and provides another defense line against these sexually transmitted microbial infections

…No significant toxic effects were observed when human HeLa cells, 293T and C8166 T cells were contacted to Ag-NPs-coated polyurethane condom for three hours.”

So there you have it. 

It appears the use of silver-coated condoms would provide significant additional protection against the spread of sexually transmitted diseases – including viral, bacterial and fungal diseases. 

And it would do so without any significant toxicity whatsoever.

As Canada’s National Post points out in an online article

“Some condoms are now treated with an anti-microbial substance, called Nonoxynol-9.

Recent studies, though, have shown that N-9 can trigger inflammation and ulceration in the genitals, actually making infection more likely. 

The silver nanoparticles do not cause inflammation.”

So the silver nanoparticle-coated condoms not only proved to be non-toxic, but had no other deleterious side effects, as well. 

Tiny Particles Work Best!

According to the researchers, the secret to silver’s effectiveness against HIV and the Herpes simplex virus is in the size of the silver particles. 

“When silver is turned into nano-sized bits, it seems to become more effective at combating bacteria and viruses,” said Dr. Xiaojian Yao, lead author of the study.

“At such nanoscale, the extremely small size of silver particles exhibits remarkable, unusual physio-chemical properties and biolgical activity,” he said.

Learn More…

Of course, it’s been known for decades that silver inactivates the ability of certain viruses to replicate. 

For further documentation, see the Colloidal Silver Kills Viruses website, which contains a good overview of many of the studies demonstrating silver’s effectiveness against viruses.

Also, see my previous article on Colloidal Silver and Shingles, which sets forth the evidence for silver’s effectiveness against the herpes zoster virus.

To learn why smaller silver particles are always best when fighting infectious illness and disease, see the section titled “What’s So Darned Important About Silver Particle Size?” in the article at this link

And if you’re interested in learning how to make your own high-quality micro-particle colloidal silver -- quickly and easily, in the comfort and privacy of your own home, and for less than 36 cents per quart -- just click the link in this sentence. 

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,


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Monday, August 18, 2014

Dr Rima’s Ebola/Nanosilver Nonsense (Opinion)

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The Ebola scare continues, and now nanosilver is being touted by Dr. Rima Laibow as the one and only “cure” for the dread virus.

But as I pointed out in my previous two articles on this subject, there’s no clinical proof nanosilver “cures” Ebola.  In other words, in lab studies, there’s never been a single human being cured of Ebola by nanosilver.

What does exist is a published presentation from a division of the Department of Defense demonstrating that in a test tube cell culture study, hemorrhagic fever viruses like the Ebola virus couldn’t replicate inside those cells when they were pre-inoculated with nanosilver.

In my previous two articles, I explained in detail why this means it can only be extrapolated that colloidal silver *might* be helpful against Ebola, but it could not be surmised by any stretch of the imagination that colloidal silver is a “cure” for Ebola. 

Now, Dr. Rima, of the Natural Solutions Foundation, has issued a video proclamation claiming that Americans are “only a plane flight away from a cataclysm,” but that her particular brand of nanosilver is the sure-fire “cure” for Ebola.

Since readers have asked for my take on the situation, here it is…

Hi, Steve Barwick here, for The Silver Edge

I really used to like Dr. Rima.  But honestly, since the so-called "Ebola crisis" has taken place, and she issued her video proclamation claiming nanosilver is the sure-fire “cure” for Ebola, I've lost a lot of respect for her. 

She begins her sensationalistic video, titled “Urgent Message to Ebola-Stricken Nations’ Heads of State,” with the statement that "Ebola is surging across West Africa." 

That's ridiculous, of course. 

As I pointed out in my article "Ebola Mania:  Round II", the population of West Africa is 250 million people.  In this most recent outbreak, they've had something like 1700 cases of Ebola over the course of five or six months.  And about 900 deaths. 

While that's certainly tragic, it can hardly be characterized as a disease that’s "surging across West Africa."  So you have to be careful about getting mesmerized by people's sensationalistic verbiage. 

Only 57 Deaths a Year, On Average

As I’ve pointed out previously, if you take all of the Ebola deaths since the very first Ebola outbreak in 1976, there have only been an average of 57 deaths a year. 

Again, that’s out of a population of 250 million people. 

Consider that in comparison to the fact that here in the U.S. somewhere between 3,000 and 40,000 people per year die of the flu.

Now that’s a tragedy. 

But we don't hear anybody's knees knocking together in abject fear over it.  We don’t hear anyone saying the flu is “surging across America” and threatening the world. 

Indeed, while the official CDC numbers demonstrate that a minimum of 114,000 Americans have died of the flu over the past 38 years, only 2,166 people have died of Ebola in the entire world, in that same time-span.

So I urge readers to please keep things in proper perspective, and don't let people like Dr. Rima scare the living bejabbers out of you.

Scary Nonsense v/s the Truth

Dr. Rima then goes on to say "The fact is, we are all one plane ride away from a cataclysm." 

Really?  Again, it’s just a bunch of sensationalistic nonsense. 

As I pointed out in my article “Ebola Mania:  Round II,” even if Ebola were to come to this country, there would still be more flu deaths each year than Ebola deaths. 

It’s important to understand that in West Africa, where this Ebola virus is said to be “raging,” large swathes of the population have been absolutely devastated for decades by grinding poverty, chronic sickness, chronic ongoing warfare, famine, drought, contaminated drinking water, chemical contamination and more. 

You know this is true.  You’ve seen the pictures of the famine-stricken West Africans on TV, with the outline of their rib cages protruding from their skin. 

So the problem isn't Ebola.  Instead, it's the horrific living conditions the people have been enduring for years on end – conditions that make it easier for such a rare virus to infect people.      

Unlike West Africa, the U.S. does not have large parts of its population decimated by constant local warfare, grinding poverty, ongoing famine and drought, contaminated drinking water etc. 

We don't drink our water out of a stream running by our village where everybody also pees or defecates into the same water each day. 

Indeed, in contrast, we have modern, indoor plumbing, plenty of fresh, pure water, a phenomenal food supply, amazing health care facilities, no warfare, famine, starvation, drought, etc. 

In other words, it's the completely opposite situation here in the U.S., compared to the areas of West Africa where Ebola is said to be “raging.” 

So the notion that Ebola is going to come here on a plane, start spreading through the population of the United States and wreak deadly unstoppable havoc on this country, killing every one of us unless we have nanosilver, is just plain ludicrous. 

Pimping a Product

In her video, Dr. Rima goes on to say that nanosilver “Does kill every pathogen against which it has been tested, world-wide, without exception.” 

Wow.  “Without exception.”

Then she states that nanosilver is “unlimited in its effectiveness.” 

Both statements, of course, are utter nonsense.  After all, while colloidal silver has been demonstrated in numerous clinical studies to be wonderfully effective against numerous infectious microorganisms, anyone who’s used it for any significant amount of time – in any form, including nanosilver -- knows that there are times it just doesn't work

Indeed, clinical studies going back 60 or 80 years, and all of the way forward to today, demonstrate there are a number of pathogens that are silver-resistant. 

So silver is amazingly effective against many kinds of infections.  But it’s not “God.”  It can’t stop every infection on the face of the earth. 

So why not just tell the truth?  Why make such broad, sensationalistic claims that simply can’t be backed up with facts? 

I’ll tell you why:  Because Dr. Rima is selling.  She’s not educating.  She’s not informing.  She’s pimping a product.

Now everybody reading this article knows my company, The Silver Edge, sells the Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator, which allows you to make your own high-quality colloidal silver for about one cent per ounce, instead of paying exorbitant health food store prices of $7 to $8 an ounce. 

So you can easily say, “Well, Steve, you’re pimping a product too.” 

And that’s true, except for one thing…unlike Dr. Rima, I’m NOT claiming colloidal silver to be the “cure” for Ebola in order to sell my product. 

And I’m not making broad, sweeping claims that colloidal silver kills “every pathogen against which it’s been tested, without exception.” 

And finally, I’m not claiming that an Ebola apocalypse is “just one plane ride away” from taking place in this country.

Indeed, rather than trying to scare the jeepers creepers out of everybody in order to sell my company’s product, I candidly set forth the facts in my original article, “Colloidal Silver and the Ebola Hysteria.”

And I candidly set forth the facts again, in my follow-up article “Ebola Mania:  Round II”.

In those two articles, I carefully explained that the Ebola hysteria was nothing more than pure, manufactured hype designed to frighten the population of the western world into demanding a government solution to threat that, to date, is non-existent here. 

And I explained that the end – should we fall for the hysteria – would be further loss of our Constitutional rights and liberties, as the federal government implements more and more new regulations to control their populations under the guise of fighting a supposed “medical emergency.”

I demonstrated through official Centers for Disease Control numbers that the Ebola “crisis” was being vastly overblown, with an average of only 57 people per year dying over a period of 38 years since Ebola was first discovered, in a population of some 250 million people in West Africa. 

And I showed, by comparison, that the flu kills far more people every single year, than Ebola, and that MRSA and other antibioitic-resistant “superbug” infections kill far more people every single year than Ebola ever has in its entire history.

The DOD Nanosilver Study

And at the ends of both of those articles, I revealed the results of a clinical study conducted by researchers at a branch of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) on using nanosilver against hemorrhagic fever viruses like Ebola. 

In fact, I posted a link to the original DOD presentation about the study (which you can see, here) – which I've had posted to my website for several years.   

And most importantly, I pointed out that this was a laboratory study on cell cultures (i.e., a test tube study) and NOT a human study. 

I further explained that you can’t take this laboratory study and leap to the conclusion that colloidal silver is the “cure” for Ebola. 

At most, all you can do is extrapolate from the study that since nanosilver stopped the Ebola virus (and several other hemorrhagic fever viruses) from replicating in cell cultures under laboratory conditions, it just *might* work, too, under real-life conditions, but that this remains to be proven.

I also pointed out that the study demonstrated several important things that have to be taken into account:

For example, the nanosilver did not work well in already-infected cells. 

That’s right.  The cells had to be pre-treated with nanosilver, and afterwards, when the cells were infected with the Ebola virus, the silver indeed appeared to inhibit the virus from replicating, according to the DOD presentation. 

I further pointed out that, extrapolating from this test tube lab study, should Ebola actually ever come to this country and present a threat it would appear your chances against infection would be better if you were already using silver than if you started using it after coming into contact with an infected individual. 

But again, that’s just speculation.  There’s not yet proof that colloidal silver would work against Ebola in the human body.

Do you see the difference? 

Lost Respect

In my opinion, Dr. Rima is blowing the DOD study out of all proportion, making blanket statements for silver’s effectiveness against Ebola that just can’t be backed up with the facts. 

She apparently also took a copy of the DOD presentation on nanosilver, and photoshopped her contact information into it, which has led many people to believe her Natural Solutions Foundation had something to do with the DOD-sponsored study.

But again, on my website you can view the full, original copy of the DOD presentation on nanosilver and hemorrhagic fever viruses, and you’ll see that Dr. Rima’s contact info does not appear anywhere on it.

So at this point I've lost a lot of respect for Dr. Rima. 

As a businessman I have nothing against a person selling their product.  If you've got something good, then sell the heck out of it, and be proud of it. 

But when the sales pitch becomes so ostentatious and sensationalistic that the claims begin to border on fantasy (in my opinion), it should probably be ignored. 

Now what about my company’s product?  Shouldn’t I be doing the same thing Dr. Rima is doing, and jump on the Ebola hysteria bandwagon?

No.  First and foremost I’m a journalist.  I’ve been a journalist long before I ever became a businessman.  And I’m trying to set forth the facts, journalistically, as best I see them. 

And the facts at this point, in my opinion, do not warrant anybody going out of their mind with fear over Ebola.  And they don’t warrant everyone stocking up on nanosilver, or any other form of colloidal silver, out of fear of Ebola.

There are plenty of good reasons to use colloidal silver as a nutritional supplement.  And if you like to use colloidal silver, that’s great.  So do I.  And if you like to learn more about colloidal silver’s effectiveness against pathogens, that’s great too.  So do I

Indeed, for over 20 years now I've spent an inordinate amount of time doing just that, resulting in the publication of my 547-page book on colloidal silver, The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual.

But let’s do our best to keep the facts straight and not end up floating in the clouds with no factual foundation under our feet.  Because the crash could be horrendous if we don’t. 

When we cross the line from stating the facts to claiming cures that have never been proven for something like Ebola, we invite the medical bureaucrats in.  And that's when the “wrath of Khan” begins, if you get my meaning.

New York Times Takes on Dr. Rima

The New York Times has now warned that “Panic over Ebola has the makers of dietary supplements aggressively targeting Africans, claiming to have a cure for the lethal virus.”

What’s more, according to the Times:

“…both the World Health Organization and the United States Food and Drug Administration issued strong warnings about false Ebola cures.

The latter threatened American companies with penalties if they continue making such claims.”

The Times goes on to point out that:

“…an unidentified Nigerian scientist living overseas had arranged for Nigeria to get a different experimental medicine, according to Nigerian news outlets. 

…They identified it as NanoSilver, a supplement offered by the Natural Solutions Foundation, which said that it contains microscopic silver particles, although, as a food supplement, it is not tested by regulatory agencies…

…NanoSilver is for sale on the foundation’s website alongside hemp oil, ear candles, chocolate and ‘mental clarity packs.’”

The Times article concludes:

“Recently, the foundation’s medical director, Dr. Rima E. Laibow, posted an ‘open letter to heads of Ebola-impacted states,’ dated July 29, claiming that NanoSilver cured Ebola.

She also claimed to have addressed 47 African health ministers at a 2007 conference and to be in touch with ‘West African governments and their advisers.’

Dr. Laibow could not be reached for comment.

On Friday afternoon, after The New York Times emailed her a series of questions, two of her websites briefly became unavailable, then reappeared with headlines saying they were ‘under attack’ and directing readers to other sites selling a different product, Silver Solution.”

A WHO spokesman went on to say that nanosilver was “an example of the type of product” being referred to by WHO assistant director general Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny, when she warned against bringing “any crazy idea that people have” over to Africa to test on Ebola victims.

My comments: 

While I strongly disagree with the contention that testing nanosilver is a “crazy idea” (for I believe the DOD study on nanosilver and hemorrhagic fever viruses makes it a legitimate idea for further clinical testing), I hope you can see how Dr. Rima’s exaggerated claims in her over-sensationalistic video have now placed silver in the gun sights of the medical bureaucrats, potentially destroying any chance of it ever being further tested against this dread disease. 

When we start making wild, broad-based claims that simply can’t be substantiated, it’s going to bring the medical bureaucrats into the fray, whose sole job is to protect the interests of the medical monopoly. 

Now please don’t misconstrue my words.  I’m most definitely not against the idea of using nanosilver, or ionic silver, or any other form of colloidal silver, to help stop Ebola.

I think that idea should be looked at carefully, and tried under clinical conditions.  

I also believe any Ebola victim should be able to use colloidal silver on their own accord, if they want to.  I know I would were I to ever end up with an Ebola infection.

But what I am against is using rank sensationalism to manipulate people through fear. 

In this age of strange diseases in which we now live, there are certainly times to be afraid.  But there are also times to see through the fear being promulgated by people for nefarious purposes. 

I still believe the so-called “Ebola crisis” is being promulgated by the government/news media axis for the sole purpose of getting new regulations on the books that will rob us of what few Constitutional rights we have left, under the guise of a “medical crisis.” 

And because of that, I, for one, simply won’t participate in all of the fear-mongering. 

I’ll add that I do agree with Mike Adams, from NaturalNews.com, who in a recent article discussing the nanosilver/FDA/Ebola/Dr. Laibow debacle has demanded “freedom of choice for Ebola victims who want to try experimental medicines from all realms” – meaning not just the pharmaceutical medications but natural substances such as nanosilver and others that might work as well. 

Adams points out that while the medical bureaucrats are essentially declaring war on nanosilver by denouncing it as a “bogus cure,” they are readying their own unproven, toxic vaccines and drugs to experiment on Ebola victims. 

He is correct, of course.  As I stated above, the job of the medical bureaucrats is, above all other things, to protect the medical monopoly. 

Sticking to the Facts

Okay, folks…you asked for it, and now you have it.  That’s my opinion, based on the available science.  And I’m sticking to it until bona-fide, independent clinical researchers with no axe to grind prove differently.

And I pray this indeed actually happens at some point; no one would be more happy than me to see silver be clinically proven to work against Ebola in humans.

Meanwhile, I’m sure I’ll have to take some flack over this, for not falling in line with the current Ebola hysteria and for not joining in with the “nanosilver cures Ebola” crowd. 

But I've taken flack before for standing up for the facts as I best understand them.

Indeed, anyone who’s been reading my articles for any length of time knows I’m one of the world’s biggest proponents of the responsible usage of colloidal silver, and that I've advocated for, and defended colloidal silver against its many naysayers time after time after time after time

If you’d like to read more of my articles on colloidal silver, just go to the Colloidal Silver Update page on TheSilverEdge.com website.

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,


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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Debunking the Claim Colloidal Silver Can’t Stop Viruses

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In the midst of the so-called “Ebola crisis,” some people on the internet are claiming that colloidal silver has no effectiveness whatsoever against viruses.

Of course, you’d think if colloidal silver were indeed effective against viruses, there’d be plenty of clinical studies backing it up, right?

Well, there are.  Lots of them.  

And I’ve posted links to over a dozen of them below, so you can pass them along to your friends when they read the nonsense on the internet and try to tell you silver has no effect whatsoever against viruses. 

Here’s what you need to know, if you’d like to help set the record straight…

Hi, Steve Barwick here, for The Silver Edge

A gentleman calling himself “Jim Stone Freelance Journalist” has made quite a splash on the internet over the last few weeks, ever since the so-called “Ebola crisis” started.

He states that while colloidal silver is “great stuff,” it has no effects whatsoever against viruses.

Therefore, he concludes that “a HUGE psy op is underway” and that its purpose is to “fake colloidal silver as a cure for viruses.”

He goes on to say that “…colloidal silver will do nothing against viruses, and huge lies are being hatched right now to misguide people to a false Ebola cure and the alternative media is lapping it up.” 

Stone further asserts that colloidal silver readily “binds with oxygen carriers in bacteria” which has the result of “causing bacteria to quickly die from oxygen starvation.”

But, he warns, “viruses have no metabolic process which require an oxygen carrier, and therefore colloidal silver will be completely ineffective against Ebola.”

Finally, he warns, “Do not let the misinformed in the alternative media fool you by saying colloidal silver is effective against viruses in any way.”

“Bowel Tolerance”

Stone goes on to say that the actual “cure for Ebola” has been passed along to him by an “anonymous doctor.”  And that it’s Vitamin C – extremely large doses of Vitamin C up to 500,000 mg. per day “to reach bowel tolerance.” 

Uh…first of all, I GUARANTEE you that if you take 500,000 mg. of vitamin C in a single day, you’re going to reach “bowel tolerance” rather quickly.

In fact, you’ll be lucky if you have anything left in your bowels at all, as the resulting diarrhea would be rather horrendous. 

And frankly, I’ve just about “reached bowel tolerance” myself, with Mr. Stone’s wild claims.  So maybe I won’t need any vitamin C, at all this week.

Casting aside Mr. Stone’s recommendation for taking such ungodly amounts of Vitamin C, and casting aside the fact that Mr. Stone’s information comes from an “anonymous doctor,” I’ll deal here only with Mr. Stone’s erroneous contention that colloidal silver is not effective against viruses.

Numerous Clinical Studies Showing
Colloidal Silver to Be Effective Against Viruses

Here are just a few of the studies you’ll find on the Clinical Studies page of TheSilverEdge.com website, demonstrating close to 60 year’s worth of research into the effectiveness of antimicrobial silver against a wide variety of viruses:














For those who might still not be convinced that colloidal silver has repeatedly been demonstrated to be effective against viruses, you might want to take a look at some of the documentation on the Colloidal Silver Kills Viruses website.

All Wet

The bottom line is that these clinical studies and clinical overviews clearly demonstrate that the contentions of “Jim Stone Freelance Journalist” are pretty much all wet. 

He claims that because colloidal silver works against pathogens by smothering their respiration, it can’t kill viruses because viruses don't have a respiratory system. 

Sounds good.  But it’s lop-sided logic.  It cleverly skips over the fact that colloidal silver has a completely different mode of operation in viruses, i.e., it penetrates the virus, attaches to its DNA and destroys its ability to replicate.  You can read more about that in my article “Silver Prevents Replication of Viruses.”  

The Real “Psy Ops” Campaign is Ebola,
Not Colloidal Silver

Stone’s website claims the use of colloidal silver for Ebola is a "psy op" (i.e., psychological operations campaign). 

I can only ask, are all of the above studies demonstrating silver’s effectiveness against viruses "psy ops" campaigns as well? 

The only "psy op" going on is the entire Ebola scare, which is based on pure hysteria and gross sensationalism and which is perpetuated by people on the internet selling fear. 

As I stated in my original Colloidal Silver and the Ebola Hysteria article, and again in my article Ebola Mania:  Round II, this entire "Ebola crisis" has been manufactured and designed specifically to allow the federal government to sign into law more regulations allowing the detainment of American citizens for any reason they want, under the guise of a "national health emergency." 

For a disease that has killed an average of only 57 people a year, in a population of 250 million people, over a period of 38 years, to be cast as an earth-shattering crisis that now threatens the entire world, is pure nonsense.

But people will ignore the facts, and listen to the hysteria being promulgated by the government/news media axis and their hysteria machine. 

And meanwhile, they’ll stock up on Vitamin C on the advice of some mysterious “anonymous doctor.” And ignore the powerful antiviral qualities of colloidal silver, because “Jim Stone Freelance Journalist” told them to.

Will Colloidal Silver Really Work Against Ebola?

So is colloidal silver really effective against Ebola? 

As I pointed out in my article on Colloidal Silver and the Ebola Hysteria, the evidence so far looks pretty darned good.

Here’s what I revealed:

Back in 2008, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) in conjunction with several other federal agencies quietly conducted clinical research into the use of silver nanoparticles against Ebola and other hemorrhagic fever viruses. 

And what they found was astonishing.  They discovered that silver nanoparticles were highly effective against these deadly viruses, including the Ebola virus.

They later presented their findings to federal health regulators and other national health authorities.  But it was all kept top secret.  The presentation was called “Silver Nanoparticles Neutralize Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses.” 

And the gist of the presentation was that silver nanoparticles displayed “powerful neutralizing effects against hemorrhagic fever viruses,” including Arenavirus and Filovirus (i.e., Ebola).

That clinical presentation, made to federal regulators and national health authorities, was later summarized in a printed document, de-classified, and cleared for public release. 

What Researchers Discovered

The researchers tested silver nanoparticles of several different sizes and concentrations on infected cells in vitro (meaning, in the test tube). 

And they concluded that silver nanoparticles were able to neutralize hemorrhagic fever viruses inside the cells by “decreasing S segment gene expression and concomitantly decreasing progeny virus production.”

Translation:  Silver stops the Ebola virus and related hemorrhagic fever viruses from replicating inside the cells.  And when there’s no viral replication inside the cells, there’s no spread of infection!

The researchers had discovered the holy grail Ebola treatments.  But they also discovered that neutralization of the virus by silver occurs during theearly phases of viral replication.

Therefore, they pointed out that for antimicrobial silver to be effective against Ebola and other hemorrhagic fever viruses, the treatment would have to be administered PRIOR to viral infection or at least within the first few hours after initial exposure to the virus. 

In other words, for antimicrobial silver to be effective, an exposed person would need to have already been taking it, or at the very least would have to start taking it within a few short hours of exposure to an infected individual. 

Another interesting thing the researchers discovered is that while an enzymatic protein called Cathepsin B has been shown to play an essential role in Ebola virus replication, silver nanoparticles work to decrease cathepsin activity, thus further limiting viral replication in the cell and subsequent spread of the virus to other cells. 

And by far the most interesting thing the researchers discovered (at least, to me) is that only very low concentrations of silver nanoparticles were necessary to prevent replication of the virus.

Indeed, low concentrations of 10 ppm nanosilver appears to have worked better than higher concentrations of 25 ppm or 50 ppm nanosilver.  This means there’s no need for overly high silver concentrations. 

What’s more, the smallest silver particles tested by the researchers worked far better than the larger silver particles tested.

This demonstrates once more that the use of very small silver particles is far more important than the “ppm” or concentration of the colloidal silver solution one is using. 

Simply put, smaller silver particles penetrate cells and tissues easier, and are therefore better able to get to the point of infection before the virus spreads.   

Here's a link to the printed version of the DOD clinical presentation, so you can scroll through it and read it for yourself.  It’s technical.  But if you take your time it’s relatively understandable.   

Thinking Out Loud:
Here’s What I’d Do in Case of Ebola

People have written to ask me, “Steve, how much colloidal silver would you have to take in order to protect yourself from an Ebola infection?”

And of course, the answer is, no one knows for sure.  As I mentioned, the DOD research discussed above was in vitro (i.e., laboratory test tube) research. 

And while it demonstrated that very small particles of silver at surprisingly low concentrations could stop the Ebola virus in infected cells from replicating and spreading, it in no way gives us so much as a clue as to how much colloidal silver a living human being would have to take in order to achieve the same results. 

Now I know that’s probably not what you want to hear.  But just as I refuse to join in with all of the doom-and-gloom hype about the supposed coming worldwide Ebola apocalypse, in like manner I also refuse to join in with those making blanket statements that colloidal silver is the sure-fire “cure” for Ebola. 

Under real-life conditions, it might, or might not prove to be effective. 

And if colloidal silver did prove to be effective, the research seems to indicate it would depend upon getting the right dose of very small silver particles into your body, early enough in the infective process to stop viral replication. 

Indeed, it appears that to have the very best chance of protection, utilizing colloidal silver in small amounts on a daily basis would be the way to go.

In other words, based on the DOD study, daily prophylactic dosing with colloidal silver before exposure to the Ebola virus would appear to provide better protection than dosing after exposure.

This is just one reason why I continue to take my usual one-ounce per day dosage of colloidal silver, which is just about right for my body weight.

(See “How Much Colloidal Silver Can You Take Safely Each Day?” to learn the simple formula for determining your safe daily colloidal silver dosage, based on your body weight and the ppm of the colloidal silver solution you’re using.)

But again, since there’s been no in vivo testing that we know of (i.e., no testing of colloidal silver usage in a real-life human being infected with Ebola) there’s simply no way to know for an absolute certainty if regular oral use of colloidal silver would provide an adequate amount of protection upon exposure to the Ebola virus.

Nebulizing Colloidal Silver

Some people have pointed out that in the event of exposure to the Ebola virus, immediately nebulizing with colloidal silver (i.e., inhaling an atomized mist of colloidal silver into the lungs, using a device called a medical nebulizer) would be a potentially effective way to get colloidal silver into the bloodstream, cells and tissues of the human body quickly and effectively. 

And that’s a very good possibility.  Why?  Because just about anything inhaled into the lungs has a far better chance of making it into the bloodstream, cells and tissues of the body faster than oral ingestion. 

Indeed, were I to suspect that I’d just been exposed to a person infected with Ebola, probably the first thing I’d do would be to high-tail it back home, break out my medical nebulizer, fill the little basin with very small particle size colloidal silver of 10 ppm concentration, turn the machine on and inhale the colloidal silver mist into my lungs for five or six minutes. 

And I’d probably repeat the process every few hours for up to five or six times.   

(See “Using Colloidal Silver With a Nebulizer” to learn what the experts say about nebulizing colloidal silver, including a brief video demonstration of how easy it is to use a medical nebulizer.)

After that, if the colloidal silver didn’t work, it would be too late anyway, as the viral replication kicks into high gear after several hours, and antimicrobial silver only works during the first few hours according to the DOD report.

Now all of that is pure layman’s speculation on my part in terms of what might work. I'm just talking off the top of my head.  I'm no doctor.  And I'm not "prescribing" for anyone else, of course.  

After all, nobody’s ever had to do this before.  So use of oral doses of colloidal silver for Ebola is an unknown factor in terms of knowing how much to use, how to use it effectively, and when to use it. 

But based on the DOD research, it would seem to me that the key would be quick action utilizing 10 ppm colloidal silver with a very small particle size, and getting it into the cells and tissues of the body as quickly as possible. 

Even more preferable, the research suggests, would be to take a small amount of colloidal silver prophylactically (i.e., before the fact), on a daily basis, so it’s already in the body in the event of exposure to Ebola. 

One More Interesting Thought

My good friend Skip W. wrote to say that if he were in an area where Ebola virus outbreaks were taking place, one thing he’d do is wear a protective face mask any time he had to go out into the public, such as to the supermarket or mall. 

I believe he’s talking about the white surgical face masks, for example, like those you see doctors wearing in the surgical ward.  These light-weight surgical masks are often available on various survivalist-oriented or “prepper” websites. 

In fact, I just now went to Amazon.com, and using their search engine I typed in the search terms “surgical face mask” and “antimicrobial face mask.”  Those two search terms brought up an amazing array of such masks, at fairly reasonable prices. 

Skip also pointed out that he’d saturate the mask on both sides with a fine mist of colloidal silver and allow it to air dry before putting it on to go out into the public.  

And he said he’d also lightly spray his hands and face with colloidal silver at the same time, and allow it to air dry, as well.

Skip explained “I'm asthmatic, and I've done this before as a precautionary measure when going out into the public during flu outbreaks, for example. I may look a bit strange but I seldom ever get the flu.”

Obviously, Skip is a forward thinker.  And it’s probably not a bad idea to take such precautions should the situation ever truly warrant it.  At this point in time, however, it does not. 

In Conclusion

To sum up, at this point in time (August 2014) in the United States the so-called “Ebola crisis” is the modern-day equivalent of Shakespeare’s “Much ado about nothing.” 

While Ebola is a very real danger should one become exposed to the disease, the threat of exposure is not yet very realistic.  In fact, the threat is pretty much nil here in the U.S. where all of the unnecessary panic is nevertheless taking place. 

The only thing this manufactured panic will serve at this point is the very real threat of the federal government stepping in and using the panic to institute even greater restrictions on our fundamental freedoms and liberties.  

As Obama’s old mentor Rahm Emanuel so famously stated, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.”  The federal government is certainly following that advice.

Compared to the very realistic threat of acquiring a superbug infection such as MRSA, the threat of Ebola pales in comparison.

Nevertheless, should Ebola ever become an actual threat in this country the DOD report described above gives us some very good hope that colloidal silver could be a bona-fide first-line of defense if used quickly enough at 10 ppm concentration, and in very small particle size.  

·       To learn more about why it’s so important to utilize the smallest colloidal silver particles possible for maximum effectiveness, rather than high concentrations of colloidal silver, see the article “Why Higher PPM Is Not Always Better.”  

·       To learn how to make your own high-quality colloidal silver, quickly and easily, with the smallest silver particles possible, for less than 36 cents a quart, see the article “How the World’s #1 Best-Selling Colloidal Silver Generator Compares to All the Rest.” 

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,


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