Colloidal Silver and the Antibiotic-Resistant Superbug Swindle

I've written several times recently about the so-called “antibiotic-resistant superbug” crisis.    

One thing I can’t emphasize enough is that this crisis – while quite real – has nevertheless been manufactured for a specific purpose, centering around raw greed and avarice. 

Here’s what you need to know about the true cause of the antibiotic-resistant superbug crisis, and how colloidal silver can help…  

Hi, Steve Barwick here, for TheSilverEdge.com…

Once again we’re seeing screaming headlines throughout the western world’s news media, claiming that the crisis of antibiotic-resistant superbugs is going to kill us all because antibiotic drugs are becoming “useless” against infectious microbes.

For example, The Telegraph recently reported that the antibiotic crisis is “bigger than AIDS” and that in the very near future even common infections will kill people. 

According to the article:

“Over the last 30 years no new types of antibiotics have been developed, the WHO said.

Dr Danilo Lo Fo Wong, Senior Adviser Antimicrobial Resistance at WHO Europe, told the Telegraph:

‘A child falling off their bike and developing a fatal infection would normally be a freak occurrence, but that is where we are heading.’

… Dr Wong warned that antibiotic resistance was bigger than the 1980s Aids crisis because ‘everyone is potentially in danger’.”

What’s the Truth?

Naturally, the article goes on to blame human patients for taking antibiotic drugs inappropriately, claiming this is what has led to the current crisis.

But as I've exposed repeatedly, the relatively small amount of antibiotic drugs most people take from time-to-time when they get an infection is NOT the cause of this growing crisis of antibiotic-resistant superbugs. 

Instead, it's the literally TONS of antibiotic drugs (quite literally some 13 million tons per year, or 80% of antibiotic usage in the U.S.) that the USDA and FDA are allowing the big agriculture conglomerates to pump into cattle, pigs, chickens and other food animals each year in order to fatten them up and get them to market faster, so as to vastly increase both sales and profits. 

That’s more than four times the amount of antibiotic drugs prescribed for human use each year.

These antibiotic drugs are then passed on to each and every one of us in very small amounts every single time we eat meat -- which for most of us is every single day. 

As a result, these constant low levels of antibiotic drugs we unwittingly ingest each day begin to kill off the weak bacteria in our bodies on a regular basis, leaving only the strongest bacteria to survive. 

Over time, these strong bacteria become resistant to antibiotics altogether.  So when we ultimately come down with an infection, and are given antibiotic drugs to combat it, the drugs don’t work. 

Not only that, but the low-dose antibiotics we’re ingesting through our breakfast, lunch and dinner meats slowly kill off the good bacteria (i.e., probiotics) our digestion depends upon, leaving a huge void for the antibiotic-resistant pathogens to step in and fill, which of course, they do. 

The situation has gotten so out-of-hand that the World Health Organization, the American Medical Association and the American Public Health Association have all warned about it, explaining that “the routine use of antibiotics in food animals presents a serious and growing threat to human health.”

FDA and USDA Complicity

But the FDA and USDA simply will not heed the calls to put an end to this travesty that now takes some 34,000 lives per year in the U.S. alone.  Instead, they stand behind Big Pharma’s phony campaign to blame antibiotic-resistant pathogens on the supposed “indiscriminate human use” of antibiotics. 

Indeed, the big drug-makers are so emboldened by the lack of action from the FDA and the USDA, that they routinely advertise their antibiotic drugs for use in fattening up farm animals, with drug companies like Novartis claiming one of their antibiotics provides farmers with a “4:1 return on investment” thanks to the added weight it puts on the farm animals.

The FDA, under pressure from Congresswoman Louise Slaughter of New York, had actually at one point last year agreed to pass new regulations governing the use of antibiotic drugs on farm animals, and making the drugs available to farmers solely for use in fighting infections.  But then they made those new regulations “voluntary” under pressure from the agriculture industry. 

As stated by Chris Moran on the Consumerist website, “In the wake of the FDA guidance, representatives for both the livestock and drug industries shrugged off the pointless new not-quite-rules, with antibiotics makers stating that they didn’t believe the changes would have any impact on their bottom lines.” 

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter stated, “This latest effort to undermine regulations on antibiotic use in agriculture proves that the FDA’s voluntary guidance is riddled with loopholes and completely inadequate to halt the growing antibiotic resistance crisis in this country.” 

Wake Up to the Truth…

You can read more the true cause of antibiotic-resistant superbugs here, in my previous article “Colloidal Silver and the True Cause of Drug-Resistant Superbug Infections.” 

But there’s actually quite a bit more to the story.  You see, Big Pharma has purposely held back developing new antibiotic drugs for human use for the past 30 years.  Why?  They claim it’s because new antibiotics are “too costly to develop,” and they can’t easily make their money back on them. 

But what’s the real reason they’ve held back on developing new antibiotic drugs for some 30 years now?  It’s because they actually want this superbug crisis to grow to epidemic proportions.    

You see, the long-time goal of Big Pharma has been to force the governments of the world into making the taxpayers of each country pay for the research and development into new classes of antibiotics.  That saves them hundreds of millions of dollars in development costs. 

So the FDA and Big Pharma hype the very crisis they've helped create, while the drug companies work tirelessly behind the scenes to get new laws passed forcing taxpayers to foot the bill for the development of the new antibiotic drugs. 

And then consumers have to pay for these new drugs again when they're prescribed!  In other words, the taxpayers pay to have the drugs developed.  And then they pay again when they need the drugs prescribed to fight off an infection.  This increases the profits of the big pharmaceutical development and sales companies by billions upon billions of dollars annually. 

And this is precisely why you’ve seen so many headlines lately screaming about the antibiotic-resistant bacteria crisis.  The drug companies are using fear tactics to force governments into tapping the taxpayer trough to pay for the development of new antibiotics.  Don’t believe it?  You can read the evidence for yourself, here. 

Colloidal Silver:  Your Last Line of Defense

There’s not much we can do about the corruption, greed and avarice of Big Pharma and Big Agriculture.  They apparently don’t care that some 34,000 people per year end up dying – in the U.S. alone -- from superbug infections caused by their utter disregard for human life.  What they do care about is making money from the crisis.

Thankfully, a simple, natural nutritional supplement known as colloidal silver is highly effective against many of the antibiotic-resistant superbugs ultimately being created by Big Pharma, Big Agriculture and Big Government. 

·       First of all, colloidal silver vastly boosts human immunity in numerous ways, so you’re more resistant to infection from the superbugs growing in your own body.  To learn more, read my article Does Colloidal Silver Boost Immunity?

·       Secondly, numerous clinical studies have demonstrated colloidal silver to be highly effective as an antimicrobial agent against a startling number of the new superbugs.  Read my article, Colloidal Silver versus the Superbugs to learn more. 

·       Another clinical study has demonstrated colloidal silver to be highly effective against some of the most deadly pathogens we now face.  See my article 7 Deadly Microbes Killed by Colloidal Silver at Very Low Concentrations.  

·       Finally, learn how to make your own high-quality colloidal silver – quickly and easily, in the comfort and privacy of your own home, and for less than 36 cents a quart – with a brand new Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator from The Silver Edge.  Just click the link in this paragraph to learn more.

While Big Agriculture reaps billions of dollars in extra profits every year by using antibiotic drugs to fatten up cattle, chickens and other food animals faster, and Big Pharma seeks to make billions more in extra profits by forcing taxpayers to pay for the costs of the development of new antibiotic drugs, your life and the lives of those you love quite literally hang in the balance.   

One way you can help even the odds is to learn more about making and using colloidal silver – nature’s powerful natural antibiotic that even the superbugs are susceptible to.  So do your research.  Look at some of the above-provided links.  And then take the appropriate action.

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

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Colloidal Silver Cures MRSA

Colloidal Silver Kills Viruses

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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. 

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FDA Warns Against the Use of Colloidal Silver for Farm Animals (And Pets)!

Have you ever treated a sick farm animal or pet with colloidal silver? 

Or have you ever used colloidal silver prophylactically, which is to say, to help prevent the onset of infection and disease in a farm animal or pet?

If so, you could be in violation of FDA policies.  Here’s a story of blatant FDA hypocrisy you might not be aware of…

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

You may not realize it, but on the Animal and Veterinary section of their website, the FDA has issued a special warning titled “Colloidal Silver Not Approved.”

The warning, originally issued in 1997 and updated in 2009, explains the FDA’s position against the use of colloidal silver in farm animals, calling it a “potentially serious public health concern.” 

In short, by FDA decree, colloidal silver cannot be used to treat farm animals, nor can it be advertised even as a nutritional intervention for farm animals for any specific disease. 

Ridiculous Reasoning…

The FDA claims the reason they've disapproved the use of colloidal silver in farm animals is because of the possibility of “residues” of silver ending up in the milk or meat once it makes it to the supermarket. 

Here’s the FDA’s own words (underlining mine):

"Use of colloidal silver ingredients in food-producing animals constitutes a potentially serious public health concern because of the possibility of residues in milk or meat.

According to several scientific publications mentioned in the October 15, 1996 Federal Register proposal, the human consumption of silver may result in argyria -- a permanent ashen-gray or blue discoloration of the skin, conjunctiva, and internal organs."

Of course, there's not a single documented incident on record anywhere in the world of a person ending up with argyria – or being harmed in any way whatsoever -- from eating meat from a farm animal that had previously been treated with colloidal silver. 

So not only is the FDA’s warning hyperbolic, but their reasoning is disingenuous, at best, and outright deceptive at worst. 

Your Pets, Too!

But the FDA doesn’t stop there.  Nope.  Instead, they double down on their warning against treating farm animals with colloidal silver by saying (underlining mine):

“In addition to the possible human health concerns, use of these products to treat a serious illness in animals (including pets) could potentially endanger the health of the animal by delaying timely, appropriate treatment.”

Note here that the FDA includes family pets in their hyperbolic warning. 

In other words, if you give some colloidal silver to a farm animal, or to one of your pets, according to the FDA you’re potentially endangering the health of your animal “by delaying timely, appropriate treatment.”

And exactly what is this “timely and appropriate treatment” the FDA is talking about?  Why, it’s Big Pharma’s antibiotic drugs, of course!

The FDA goes on to say that their inspectors “have found colloidal silver on some dairy farms,” and that they’re “continuing to investigate the promotion and use of colloidal silver in dairy and other animals.” 

Here’s what the FDA wrote (underlining mine):

Colloidal silver-containing products have not been approved by FDA for use in any animal species.

Promoting the use of colloidal silver for treating animal diseases causes such products to be misbranded veterinary drugs under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act).

Labeling colloidal silver products to treat animals causes such products to be new animal drugs which are adulterated under the Act.

FDA has taken action against colloidal silver products, and is continuing to investigate the promotion and use of colloidal silver products in dairy and other animals.

If necessary, FDA will take further appropriate regulatory action.

Indeed, since publishing this warning on their website, the FDA has issued stern warning letters to colloidal silver vendors who even dare to mention the use of their colloidal silver products for animals, calling the products “mislabeled” and “adulterated.”

And in online FDA memorandums to their own dairy inspection agents, colloidal silver is listed as a “prohibited drug” along with Nitrofurazone, Baytril, Chloramphenicol, Clenbuterol, DMSO and Dipyrone. 

And, in various online documents, the FDA continues to emphasize to its field agents that colloidal silver cannot be used for farm animals.  Even topical ointments containing miniscule amounts of colloidal silver cannot be used.

For example, check out this brief question and answer I found in a recent FDA memorandum: 

PMO-Section 7, Item 15r

(Question):  May a dairy producer use an udder and teat topical ointment that contains colloidal silver on dairy animals?

The topical ointment contains a minimal amount of colloidal silver as a preservative.

(Answer) No.  Using such a topical ointment on dairy animals may cause some of the silver to end up in the milk. 

What it boils down to is that even in the most miniscule amounts, colloidal silver cannot be used on farm animals – even topically – because of the off-chance that “some of the silver” might end up in food products that will ultimately be sold to consumers, such as milk or meat. 

The Hypocrisy Is Galling

Yes, hypocritically, to this very day the FDA allows farmers to use as many of Big Pharma’s synthetic antibiotic drugs as they want on farm animals, without any restriction whatsoever. 

Powerful antibiotic drugs can even be used on healthy farm animals, without restriction, from birth to slaughterhouse, in order to help keep them from becoming infected in the overcrowded and unsanitary living conditions they’re often raised in. 

And of course these endless rounds of antibiotic drugs being given to the farm animals end up in the meat you (and your children and grandchildren) eat.  And they contribute directly to antibiotic-resistant illness in humans. 

According to the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming, the situation is very serious:

“…up to 70 percent of all antibiotics sold in the United States go to healthy food animals.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention all testified before Congress…

… that there was a definitive link between the routine, non-therapeutic uses of antibiotics in food animal production and the crisis of antibiotic resistance in humans.”

In other words, the more antibiotic-laden meat you eat, the more likely it is that prescription antibiotic drugs won’t work for you if you get a serious infection from a drug-resistant pathogen!

Yet, in spite of that clear connection between antibiotic drug use in food animals and antibiotic drug-resistance in humans, the FDA has adamantly refused to limit the use of antibiotic drugs in farm animals. 

And of course, farmers who would like to switch to using safe, natural colloidal silver on their animals in order to avoid selling the public antibiotic drug-tainted meat or milk are actually restricted from doing so by the FDA!

94,000 Deaths Per Year!

The result? 

Thanks to the over-use of prescription antibiotic drugs on farm animals, an astonishing 50% of all farm animals destined for a supermarket near you now test positive for superbugs like MRSA, which kill over 94,000 Americans per year!

So the FDA continues to allow the indiscriminate use of antibiotic drugs on farm animals, even though this practice is clearly endangering the health of the American public. 

But if you try to use safe, natural colloidal silver on your cows, sheep, goats or other farm animals (or pets) in order to avoid having to use antibiotic drugs, you're engaging in a “potentially serious public health concern” according to the FDA. 

And you’re in violation of their policies! 

Protecting Big Pharma

Once again, what we see here is the FDA protecting the interests of Big Pharma, as well as the medical profession (in this case, veterinarians). 

What it boils down to is that using colloidal silver as a nutritional intervention for your sick farm animal or pet, or as a nutritional means of helping prevent the onset of an infection, is represented by the FDA as a “threat” to public safety as well as to the animal’s well-being. 

But somehow, treating the same food animals indiscriminately with Big Pharma’s antibiotic drugs (that are known to lead to deadly drug-resistant bacterial infections in humans) is not considered a threat to public safety. 

Looking at the facts, one can only conclude that while the FDA is supposed to be working for the safety and well-being of the American public, it seems instead they’re working only to line the pockets of Big Pharma and the medical profession -- and the American public be damned!

Potential Criminals

In essence, they’ve turned farmers (and pet owners!) who prefer to use safe, natural colloidal silver on their animals rather than antibiotic drugs into potential criminals for violating FDA policies.

Even though there’s no evidence whatsoever that giving colloidal silver to farm animals (or to pets) has ever harmed a single animal, or a single human being, the FDA would have you think doing so is a “potentially serious public health concern.”

Interestingly, there’s never been a single documented case of a human being becoming resistant to the powerful infection-fighting qualities of colloidal silver.  Even people who have taken colloidal silver for decades find that it still kills infections when they use it.

Yet there are thousands upon thousands of documented cases of humans becoming resistant to Big Pharma’s antibiotic drugs, and of ending up with unstoppable drug-resistant infections that ultimately kill them. 

And according to the experts, this is due largely to the massive overuse of Big Pharma’s antibiotic drugs in farm animals, which drugs end up in the food chain for humans to consume. 

So through their policies, the FDA actually forces farmers to feed the American public antibiotic-tainted meat and milk from food animals that have been indiscriminately treated with antibiotic drugs their entire lives. 

Yet FDA policies restrict those same farmers from feeding the American public meat or milk from animals that have been treated with safe, natural colloidal silver. 

No Surprise

Of course, this is no big surprise.  The FDA’s heavy-handed 1999 “Final Ruling” against colloidal silver actually made it illegal for colloidal silver vendors to even mention the infection-fighting qualities of their product in their advertising or product labeling.

That’s how the FDA keeps the American public in the dark – at the behest of Big Pharma – in regards to the powerful healing and infection-fighting qualities of colloidal silver, the world’s safest and most powerful all-natural antibiotic substance. 

And that’s why it’s so important for people to spread the word about the powerful, infection-fighting qualities of safe, natural colloidal silver to your family, friends and loved ones.

After all, the FDA is doing everything in its power to keep knowledge of colloidal silver and its many healing uses from the American public.

You can learn more about making and using colloidal silver for just pennies per quart by clicking 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,

Steve Barwick, author
The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual

Helpful Links:

Get Your FREE Colloidal Silver Safe Dosage Report

Join the Colloidal Silver Secrets Group on Facebook

How to Make Your Own Colloidal Silver for Pennies

.999 Pure Silver Wire for Making Colloidal Silver

Subscribe to the Colloidal Silver Secrets Ezine

Videos on Making and Using Colloidal Silver

Real-Life Colloidal Silver Success Stories

Colloidal Silver Update (News & Views)

The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual

The Colloidal Silver Secrets Video

Colloidal Silver Cures MRSA

Colloidal Silver Kills Viruses

Colloidal Silver Secrets blog

Meet Steve Barwick

                                                                                                                                                  

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. 

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