In this case,
the LA Times has published a series of articles repeating the mantra that
colloidal silver is “not FDA approved”…has “serious side effects”…and “doesn’t
work,” to boot!
But is this blatant
media propaganda working? Or are people finally
waking up to the many ways Big Pharma and its lackeys use the mainstream media
to pull the wool over their eyes?
People
continue to send me copies of the L.A.
Times series of articles blasting colloidal silver usage.
This article, for
example, actually came out back in 2009.
But it’s still causing a stir, to this very day, especially among those
who are a bit newer to colloidal silver usage, and who might come across the
article inadvertently when doing research on the internet.
The
article is obviously heavily biased against colloidal silver usage. And the author,
Tami Dennis, the Times Health &
Science editor, openly admits she “takes the word ‘skeptic’ to previously
uncharted territory.”
Well,
she may be a super-skeptic about colloidal silver and other natural health
products. And that’s her right. But as a practicing journalist, she should at
least attempt to get the facts straight
when she writes about a topic.
Unfortunately,
she’s not a very good researcher or writer either, for that matter. And like most so-called “skeptics,” she’s
more of a clumsy propagandist than a
journalist.
Toeing the
(Bureaucratic) Line
Indeed,
she cites only the official bureaucratic bric-a-brac that backs up her
contentions. And she cites no research
whatsoever from real colloidal silver
experts. What’s more, much of the
material she cites is decidedly misleading.
For
example, she directs her readers to online material that says “colloidal silver
is not approved as safe or effective by the FDA.”
Well,
la-di-da. What she doesn’t reveal, of course, is that the only reason colloidal
silver is “not approved as safe or effective by the FDA” is that the FDA only
approves pharmaceutical drugs. And colloidal silver is not a drug, it’s a simple mineral nutritional supplement.
Indeed,
there are absolutely zero “FDA-approved”
nutritional supplements. Not even one on the face of the earth. Supplements are either allowed to be sold by
the FDA. Or disallowed. But they are never “approved” by the FDA.
In
fact, if you try to claim that a nutritional supplement is “FDA approved,” the
FDA will come down on you like flies on stink.
So
this particular accusation against colloidal silver one of the most disingenuous
charges ever – a feeble ploy to make people think colloidal silver is a
singularly rogue element lacking the FDA’s benevolent imprimatur.
In
reality, the FDA has never “approved”
a single nutritional supplement. Not
ever.
And
as we’ve seen from the over 200,000
deaths caused each and every year by Big Pharma’s FDA-approved drugs, FDA
approval does not necessarily equate with safety or effectiveness. In many
cases, it just means someone had enough money to pay the right people.
Ignoring the
Scientific Evidence
While
Claiming It Doesn’t Exist…
Ms.
Dennis goes on to direct her readers to another web site claiming there’s “no
scientific evidence” for colloidal silver’s effectiveness.
What
she fails to reveal, of course, is that hundreds of thousands of oral doses of
colloidal silver are administered every month – in both clinical and
non-clinical settings – often with astonishing healing results. And this is widely known by cutting edge
doctors and clinical researchers here in the U.S. and around the world.
As
Dr. Kent Holtorf, M.D., of the Holtorf Medical Group states in his White Paper,
"Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Oligodynamic Silver":
"Hundreds of thousands
of doses of oral colloidal silver and thousands of doses of intravenous
colloidal silver are given every month in the United States.
This is
usually done to treat acute and chronic infections including those associated
with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM).
The
effectiveness of the use of oral and intravenous colloidal silver in the
treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia was presented at the
38th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine…
…(Identifying
the Causes and Exploring the Newest Treatment Options for Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and Environmental Sensitivities) in October 2003…
The extremely
low level of colloidal silver used at 23 parts per million (ppm) has been shown
to have little or no potential for toxicity while having the significant
potential for clinical benefit.
The
effectiveness of oligodynamic silver’s antimicrobial action at extremely low
doses in combination with its potential immune stimulating actions, makes
oligodynamic silver an ideal naturally occurring substance in the treatment of
CFS and FM."
What’s
more, numerous science, medical and clinical research experts strongly recommend colloidal silver
usage and vouch for its effectiveness.
You
can read quotes from many of these bona-fide medical experts in my recent
article titled “What REAL
Medical, Scientific and Clinical Research Experts Have to Say About Colloidal
Silver Usage.”
Indeed,
were colloidal silver a regulated drug rather than a simple mineral supplement,
the preponderance of clinical evidence regarding its effectiveness against
infections and disease would be so overwhelming the
bureaucrats at the FDA would have little choice but to approve it.
As
I’ve reported in
the past,
researchers in Europe are even working to turn silver into a pharmaceutical drug
by engineering it to be combined with other substances, including dead bacteria, so it can be patented as
a “novel treatment” for internal infections.
And they swear their freakish franken-silver drug kills everything from
serious cases of food poisoning to cold and flu viruses.
But
of course, safe, natural colloidal silver itself is deemed to be “ineffective” by
the medical bureaucrats simply because…drum roll, please…they say so.
Serious Side
Effects?
Finally,
Ms. Dennis directs her readers to information containing the biggest scare
tactic of them all, i.e., that colloidal silver users have “severe risk for
serious side effects.”
What
she fails to reveal, of course, is that an estimated ten million people across
North America and Mexico, and millions more throughout Europe, have been using
colloidal silver for decades without
suffering from any of these “serious side effects.”
What’s
more, throughout Europe colloidal silver is routinely
used on cruise ships and cargo ships as a water disinfectant.
It’s
also been used on the space shuttle. And it’s been used in both NASA and Russian manned space flights.
And
it’s been a daily mainstay for millions of people in Mexico, Costa Rica and
other developing nations throughout South America who use it as
a matter of course to disinfect their drinking water supplies.
So
where are all of the people suffering from these “serious side effects” from
colloidal silver? Where are all of the
Mexicans, Costa Ricans and South Americans who use colloidal silver regularly
to disinfect their water? All of the cargo ship workers? European cruise ship vacationers? Space
Station astronauts?
Surely
out of the estimated 10 million regular colloidal silver users throughout North
America, we’d have tens of thousands of people reporting these “serious side
effects” by now, right?
Ahem…actually,
they’re nowhere to be seen.
Indeed,
as I’ve explained repeatedly in online articles (see here, and here) it’s only when
people take excessively large quantities or excessively high concentrations of
colloidal silver for months or years on end, against all constraints of reason
and common sense, that side effects take place.
And
even then, according to the EPA the most common side effect – argria, or
skin-staining -- is strictly cosmetic,
rather than toxic.
(Get
a FREE copy of the Colloidal Silver Safe Dosage
Report,
and learn how to calculate your maximum daily dosage rate based on your weight
and the ppm of the colloidal silver you’re using.)
Meanwhile,
let me re-state that over 210,000 Americans flat-out DIE each year from use of
Big Pharma’s prescription drugs, and the vast majority of them were using the
drugs properly!
Where
are all Ms. Dennis’ screaming, hyperventilating articles slamming Big Pharma
and its decidedly deadly pharmaceutical drugs?
Where’s
the L.A. Times lamenting the dangers
of prescription drugs and warning the public against them?
Oooh. Once again, nowhere to be seen.
Apparently,
a self-avowed “skeptic” like Ms. Dennis is only allowed to be skeptical of
safe, natural products, not
pharmaceutical drugs.
Interestingly,
according to the Poison Control Center, no one has ever died from
colloidal silver usage, or for that matter, from usage of any other mineral
supplement, vitamin, herb or amino acid in over 27
years.
So
much the journalistic credibility of Ms. Dennis and the L.A. Times.
People Are
Catching On,
And the
Blinders Are Coming Off!
One
thing I thoroughly enjoyed was reading the numerous comments from Ms. Dennis’
readers in the Comments section that follows her smug, anti-colloidal silver
tirade.
It
seems that her readers are a heckuva lot smarter than she is.
For
the most part, these comments showed that people are thinking for themselves, and not just accepting the shrill squeals
of the propagandists as “fact.”
For
example, this comment on Ms. Dennis’ article hits the nail on the head:
“This story
is stupid.....ANYTHING in large doses is harmful, period!
Watch daytime
TV commercials...they’re full of FDA drug recalls and lawsuits...wake up
people.”
Or
this one…
“If the FDA is
cracking down on it then you can be pretty certain that it’s an effective and
safe alternative to the toxic drugs the pharmaceutical companies are pumping
into us.
Pharmaceutical
drugs are one of the biggest killers on the western world, and yet they say
colloidal silver is dangerous because it turned one man blue?”
Or
this one…
“The FDA has
manipulated and hijacked the critical thinking skills of an entire country...I
cannot tell you the number of problems colloidal silver has solved in my life.
My college
age son returned this summer with a deep, barking, bronchial cough he said he
had for a month. 2 days of colloidal silver and it was almost gone. 4 days and
it was history.
It has
stopped gum infections. It has also helped
a traveler's stomach.”
Or
this one…
Another
attack on something that actually works. The FDA and its cronies, on behalf of
the pharmaceutical companies (which make money selling toxic drugs) and the
medical establishment, continue attacking our rights to use natural substances.
The real
problem is that silver works TOO well, and it’s growing popularity threatens
drug sales and the notion that anything other than so-called ‘miracles’ of
modern medicine work…
This type of
story is a total red flag that should not be ignored, but instead should lead
to calls supporting consumers' rights to health freedom.”
Or
this one…
“How sad to
see such blatant and pathetic evidence that our major news carriers are so
obviously under the thumb of our pharmaceutical propaganda machine. Sad but so
true.”
Or
this one…
“This is
total big pharma owning the mainstream media.
Even that photo of the silver hydrosol above is meant to mislead. Silver
is a clear liquid like water and doesn't look like that poison above.”
Or
this one…
“Wow, what a
pathetic article. Colloidal silver works GREAT as an antifungal, antibacterial,
and antiviral.
There is
PLENTY of research in the past and it was used for centuries prior to the
patentable pharmaceutical substances now used in contemporary society.
People, don't
listen to the idiots that write articles like this. Do your own research and
take it from people who make and use properly prepared colloidal silver - it
really works! Seriously!”
Or
this one…
“I was
shocked at the imbalance of this article and at the prejudice expressed through
disintegrated grammar and poorly expressed ideas.
It's the LA
Times, for goodness sakes. Where are your journalistic principles? Where is
your impartiality? Whose pocket are you in, exactly?
This report
is a disgrace on many levels.”
Online Carpet
Bombing
But
for me, perhaps the most telling comment under Ms. Dennis’ article was this
one: "Funny how 10 news websites are saying bad things about colloidal silver
all on the same day!"
That
commentator hit the nail on the head.
Indeed,
that's how the so-called "skeptics," “quackbusters,” natural health
“debunkers” often work. They coordinate attacks on a colloidal silver
(or other nutritional supplements) across multiple web sites all during the
same time-period, in an attempt to give the public the impression that
EVERYBODY is suddenly warning against the supposed “dangers” of the
substance.
It’s
the online version of carpet bombing.
And of course, it’s very effective.
Indeed, we've seen this time and time again.
For
example, when articles on the sensationalistic and deceptive "dermal
toxicity" study on nanosilver came out last year, portraying nanosilver in
commercial products as being so toxic to the skin it might cause cancer, the
information was suddenly being spread across multiple web sites around the
world almost overnight.
This,
in spite of the fact that the study itself had nothing to do with cancer.
What’s more, it was conducted on tiny albino guinea pigs and not humans.
Finally,
the concentration of nanosilver used on the poor little guinea pigs each day
for weeks on end was 10,000 ppm, which of course is many thousands of times
higher than anyone would ever come into contact with from a commercial product
that contains nanosilver.
Yet
the articles on this study miraculously reached the tops of the Google search
engine results in just a few days, even though the study itself was from an
obscure source in Iran.
If
you’re interested, you can read my expose of this study, "How Junk
Science Propaganda Against Colloidal Silver Gets Started” which
demonstrates exactly how the propaganda game against colloidal silver and all
forms of antimicrobial silver works.
Similarly,
when Israeli researchers invented silver-impregnated butcher paper last year in
an attempt to help stop the growing spread of bacterial contamination on meat
products…
…I immediately predicted the radical anti-silver crowd would
throw everything they had at this highly beneficial invention in order to stop
it dead in its tracks.
And
of course, they did exactly that, conducting an online drive-by shooting
campaign against the invention, unlike any I've ever witnessed.
In
fact, they quickly dubbed the silver-impregnated butcher paper as "killer
paper," and began spreading negative articles about it all over the
internet in a matter of days through their worldwide network of web sites.
You
can read how they used abject propaganda to destroy the great idea behind this potentially
life-saving invention almost overnight, in my article In Defense of Colloidal Silver
Nanoparticles.
Finally,
in my article Canada’s “Mr.
Science” Labels Colloidal Silver Usage “Quackery” you can
learn more about how the “skeptics,” “quackbusters” and so-called natural
health “debunkers” conduct these coordinated media attacks…
…as
well as how they use techniques such as “Google-bombing” to manipulate search
engine results so that when someone searches, for example, for the term
“colloidal silver,” only negative articles
come up in the top rankings.
The Good
News…
The
good news is that people have been waking up for a l-o-o-o-n-g time now, and
are beginning to pull off their blindfolds in droves.
It’s
simply not as easy as it used to be for the propagandists who shill for Big
Pharma to pull the wool over the eyes of the awakening populace. People are
catching on to the lengths Big Pharma will go to protect its multi-billion
dollar annual drug profits.
Sharing
articles like this one will help wake up even more people. So please feel
free to forward this article to your fellow natural health lovers, or email
them the link to this article, so they too can read it.
Big
Pharma continues to work overtime to deceive the population into believing
natural substances like colloidal silver are “unsafe and ineffective.”
But
more and more people are waking up to the truth, thanks to the power of the
internet. Let’s help them do so by
sharing the truth with others who may be interested.
Until
next time, I remain…
Yours for the
safe, sane and responsible use of
colloidal silver,
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