How Many Scare Tactics and Lies About Antimicrobial Nanosilver Can Friends of the Earth Cram Into a Single Email?

The radical anti-silver environmentalists just won’t quit.

Their hatred of colloidal silver and other silver-based antimicrobial products runs so deep…

… they simply don’t care what sort of hyperbole and exaggeration they have to resort to in order to dupe their followers into pushing the EPA to regulate silver as a “pesticide” and remove it from as many commercial products as possible.

Here’s the story you won’t get from Friends of the Earth…

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Yes, the radical leaders in the environmental group Friends of the Earth (FOE) are at it again.

In spite of numerous requests from their own members to leave colloidal silver out of the fray in their drive to force the EPA to regulate products containing silver nanoparticles as “pesticides”…

…the FOE continues to push for stronger and stronger federal regulations of silver nanoparticles, with no exemptions for safe, natural colloidal silver – the world’s most powerful natural infection-fighting substance!

You may remember that back in 2008 the Friends of the Earth teamed up with the Center for Technology Assessment and other environmental groups in a bid to force the EPA to more stringently regulate silver nanoparticles being used in commercial products (including colloidal silver) as “pesticides” under the EPA’s antiquated FIFRA regulations.

Four of the top colloidal silver products in the U.S. -- Sovereign Silver, ASAP Silver, Meso Silver and Utopia Silver – as well as many lesser known brands of colloidal silver, were listed in an addendum to the petition to the EPA, as examples of products that needed to be hyper-regulated.

Later, after Friends of the Earth leadership privately assured their members in emails that they had no intention of pushing for the removal of colloidal silver products from the marketplace…

…the two-faced leaders of Friends of the Earth then published an official White Paper calling for a ban on the sale of all colloidal silver products, and insisting on the regulation of such products as “drugs” should they later be approved for sale to the public.

They’re B-a-c-k…

Now the Friends of the Earth are back, and they’re rallying their worldwide membership base to push the EPA into carrying out the first two steps in a regulatory process…

…that will ultimately lead to a tough new regulatory environment for all commercial products that utilize antimicrobial silver.

Scare Tactics Galore

I’ll tell you more about that in just a minute.

But first, let’s take a look at some of the scare tactics used by Friends of the Earth in their recent email, which was designed to dupe their membership into urging the EPA to more harshly regulate commercial products containing antimicrobial silver.

Here are some word-for-word excerpts from their latest email to their members, urging them to help push the EPA into taking stronger steps to regulate nanosilver products.

The email starts ominously, like this (while you read this, imagine the theme music to the movie, Jaws):

“It could be in your toothpaste, in your child’s bottle, or in the cleaning products under your sink.

You may even be touching it right now through the antibacterial coating on your keyboard or on your socks and clothing.

What is this ubiquitous mystery substance?

It’s called nano-silver, and it’s a powerful germ killer.

Nano-silver is the most commonly used of a host of nanoscale -- or extremely tiny, atom-sized -- materials that show up in more than 1,300 consumer products.”

Sounds scary, doesn’t it? Especially that part about “You may even be touching it right now” – which is obviously written to make you feel icky all over.

Problem is, it’s all just a scare tactic -- carefully scripted drama to make you afraid of something that’s never caused you a lick of harm in all of the days of your life, and likely never will.

They call it a “mystery substance,” yet there’s no “mystery” to it at all.

The very water you drink out of the tap (or bottle) contains trace quantities of nano-silver, along with many other minerals.

Indeed, it always has been in your water supply, ever since you were a little baby. It was there long before you were born. And it will always be there, because it’s ubiquitous in the environment.

Indeed, earth itself makes nanosilver!

The radical environmentalist groups like Friends of the Earth just don’t seem to understand this one simple fact:

Not man, but instead, the very environment they claim to be “protecting” is actually the most prolific producer of silver nanoparticles…yes…on the face of the earth!

What’s more, though silver nanoparticles are ubiquitous, they’ve never harmed you.

And the EPA already regulates how much you can safely ingest (EPA Red Document, page 2, 4th paragraph) in drinking water.

You see, silver is everywhere, throughout the earth.

And not chiefly in big chunks, or in long veins in an underground mine like you see in the movies.

It exists mostly as “trace silver” – millions of TONS of tiny microscopic and sub-microscopic silver particles that abound as dissolved silver in the world’s oceans, lakes, rivers and streams, as well silver ions and silver nanoparticles in the ground.

By comparison, man’s contribution to the amount of silver in the environment – through the relatively miniscule 300 or 400 commercial products containing nanosilver – is infinitesimally small.

And even the silver man uses in commercial products came from the environment in the first place!

More Scary Stuff From FOE…

But Friends of the Earth doesn’t stop with mere drama and scary hyperbole. Indeed, they move seamlessly from drama to outright fabrication.

Here’s another excerpt from their recent email missive to their members:

“Currently, nano-silver is not regulated and is seldom labeled -- but that could change soon as a result of Friends of the Earth’s work to push the EPA to take action.”

Not regulated? Really?

Then how did the EPA manage to fine IOGEAR, a California-based consumer electronics company, a whopping $208,000 simply for manufacturing and selling a computer mouse that contained antimicrobial silver nanoparticles as a protective feature?

You see, thanks to the environmentalist drive to regulate into oblivion all products containing antimicrobial silver…

…all U.S. product manufacturers must now register their products with the EPA as a “pesticide” if the product contains antimicrobial silver, and if the product’s antimicrobial silver qualities are mentioned in the labeling and the advertising.

According to press reports, IOGEAR apparently advertised their product’s antimicrobial silver features to their customers, but failed to properly register the product with the EPA as a “pesticide.”

And EPA came down on them like stink on a monkey’s butt.

According to this article, the EPA sang them a song of woe to the tune of $208,000…

…making a screaming example out of them that has scared the bejabbers out of just about every other U.S. manufacturer of products containing silver nanoparticles.

Which, of course, is exactly what the EPA and their radical environmentalist cronies intended.

You see, this isn’t about “protecting the environment.” Not by a long shot.

It’s about collecting those nice, hefty product registration fees, and advancing a political agenda to increase the power and enforcement reach of an out-of-control bureaucracy known as the EPA…

…while destroying the rights of product manufacturers to give their customers the protective antimicrobial features they want most.

Naturally, the radical anti-silver environmentalist trumpeted throughout the media this EPA action against IOGEAR, calling it a “great victory” in the fight to protect the environment from the evil silver nanoparticles.

So if you’ve been wondering what ever happened to all of those great products that were supposed to come out with protective, antimicrobial silver coatings to help keep the superpathogens away, now you know.

Look, everyone knows that labeling silver as a “pesticide,” and registering products that contain antimicrobial silver, is a big joke.

But after the IOGEAR debacle, no one wants to risk the wrath of Khan from the EPA.

So the idea touted by Friends of the Earth that silver nanoparticles are “not regulated” is utter balderdash.

They are very strictly regulated – and to the point that you either dance to the EPA’s tune, or you pay through the nose and lose your ability to sell your product based on its most favorable qualities.

By the way, here’s a short excerpt from IOGEAR’s most recent description of themselves on their web site:

“The company is environmentally-conscious and emphasizes conserving natural resources to employees and customers through its GREEN initiatives.

In addition, IOGEAR has partnered with Trees for the Future to plant one tree for every product purchased on its Web site or by members of its GREEN initiative partner program.”

Do you think they got the message from the EPA and their radical environmentalist cohorts?

Do you think IOGEAR figured out who’s in charge – real fast – after they were blindsided by the EPA to the tune of $208,000 and afterwards and bludgeoned by the radical environmentalists who wanted to make an example of them?

And yet, Friends of the Earth have the gall to bald-faced lie to their own members, saying, “Currently, nanosilver is not regulated…”

…as if the EPA has no power whatsoever to regulate the manufacturers of products containing antimicrobial silver!

My question: Would you buy a used car from one of these guys?

“Seldom Labeled”?

And what about the contention by Friends of the Earth that products containing nano-silver are “seldom labeled.”

Are you kidding me?

When products first began appearing on the market with antimicrobial silver, every one of them touted their protective features on their product labeling, and in their advertising.

After all, that was the point of adding silver to the product!

Then, Friends of the Earth and other environmental radicals freaked out at what they supposedly foresaw as a pending environmental catastrophe…

…with silver particles apparently escaping into the environment and indiscriminately attacking everything in their paths, like the infuriated Indians at Custer’s last stand.

So the Friends of the Earth and their radical cohorts began pushing the EPA to more stringently regulate commercial products containing silver.

As a result, the EPA reacted by passing new regulations stating, basically, that if a company manufactures a product (think in terms of computer keyboards, phone handles, and other contact surfaces)…

…that is labeled or advertised as utilizing silver for antimicrobial purposes, then it must register the product as a “pesticide” with the EPA.

But…if the company does not label the product as having antimicrobial benefits, or advertise it as such, then it can contain silver without registering as a “pesticide.”

Stupid rule? Well, yeah. After all, why would you want to add antimicrobial silver nanoparticles to a product you’re producing if you can’t advertise their benefits to the public?

But soon afterwards radical environmentalists began calling this rule a “loop hole,” even though they were instrumental in bringing it about.

You see, the regulation is very much like the FDA’s 1999 “Final Ruling” against colloidal silver, which states that you can sell colloidal silver as long as you don’t label it or advertise it for its antimicrobial benefits!

In short, this so-called “loophole” against truth-telling is what gives the regulators the ability to step in and shut a company down, fine them, or pull the plug on their silver-based product…

…if the manufacturer so much as dares tell the public the well-known facts regarding the myriad protective benefits of antimicrobial silver without first registering the product and jumping through all of the expensive EPA hoops!

Now the fact of the matter is this:

After the EPA implemented that “don’t ask, don’t tell” regulation, most companies that were manufacturing products containing antimicrobial silver simply…

…pulled the antimicrobial claims from their advertising and labeling, and sold off the remaining stock of their products as quickly as they could, at steep discounts.

That’s exactly what the environmentalists wanted.

The whole thing was designed to bring a screeching halt to the sale of products containing antimicrobial silver.

But now the Friends of the Earth, who were instrumental in getting this regulation implemented…

…turn around and hypocritically claim that commercial products containing antimicrobial silver are “seldom labeled” -- as if it’s some devious plot by the product manufacturers to secretly include silver nanoparticles in commercial products in order to destroy the environment.

The hypocrisy of the radical environmentalists unfortunately knows no bounds.

More Scary Horseshit From Friends of the Earth

The email from Friends of the Earth to their members goes on to tell whopper after whopper. Here’s another great example:

“Nano-silver can be an important ‘last resort’ bacteria killer when used by medical professionals.

But when it’s incorporated into thousands of products used every day, it could worsen a rapidly growing public health threat -- the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, or super germs.”

Again I must ask: Really?

Colloidal silver has been used by millions upon millions of people over the past 30 years as a nutritional supplement. Yet how many colloidal silver users do you know today who are more susceptible to antibiotic-resistant bacteria?

Indeed, colloidal silver users as a whole are far less susceptible to antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

It’s the users of Big Pharma’s prescription antibiotic drugs who are more susceptible to the super-pathogens!

So who does Friends of the Earth think they’re fooling with this nonsense?

As I mentioned in a previous article on this topic, the cause of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is the overuse of Big Pharma’s prescription antibiotic drugs – NOT SILVER!

And with prescription antibiotic drugs now permeating our nation’s drinking water supply, and ostensibly making the super-pathogen crisis even worse…

…where’s all of the plaintive cries from Friends of the Earth for regulating prescription pharmaceutical drugs as a threat to the environment?

Well, there are no such cries, are there?

Indeed, the radical environmentalists have been so busy taking huge contributions from Big Pharma’s charitable foundations…

…that they apparently simply haven’t had the time to look into this issue of pharmaceutical drugs contaminating the environment.

Nope.

Instead, the Friends of the earth want to eliminate the use of safe, all-natural antimicrobial silver, which is just about the only thing left that can kill the antibiotic-resistant pathogens created by Big Pharma’s prescription antibiotic drugs in the first place!

But let me give the environmentalists a hand. What they’re trying to say, however clumsily, is this:

“If you allow products to be made with antimicrobial silver in order to protect the public from the spread of antibiotic-resistant pathogens, then one day those pathogens might become resistant to silver, too.”

There, I said if for them, since they’re apparently too stupid to say it correctly, themselves.

The problem is, even when correctly stated, it’s still a farce.

It’s very difficult for pathogens to become resistant to silver.

The Truth About Silver-Resistance

According to Lucian Lucia, associate professor of chemistry at North Carolina State University, and chemist George John of City College of New York…

…bacteria simply cannot build up a resistance to silver nanoparticles as they can to antibiotics, because of the multi-faceted way the silver nanoparticle attacks pathogens — destroying the structure of the cells and killing them.

You see, prescription antibiotic drugs suppress the activity of bacteria, but don’t necessarily kill them.

And unlike antibiotic drugs which generally utilize a single course of action against pathogens, silver works in a multi-faceted manner, attacking infectious microorganisms from many different angles.

Therefore, it is very difficult and extremely rare for pathogens to become “resistant” to silver.

“That’s the beauty of silver,” Professor Lucia says. “There’s no way to develop a serious resistance to it.”

Generally speaking, if one facet of silver’s antimicrobial arsenal fails to work on a specific pathogen, another facet will do the job handily.

Infectious disease specialist Dr. David Weber agrees, arguing that the use of silver in commercial products poses very little danger of creating silver-resistant microbes, due to silver’s multiple modes of operation.

As reported in the Los Angeles Times, in August of 2008:

“…Dr. David Weber, an infectious disease and public health expert at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, isn't convinced that silver resistance will prove much of a problem.

Resistance to antibiotics occurs quite readily in bacteria once prolonged exposure to, say, penicillin, occurs. But there's little reason to suppose that resistance to silver would develop so easily, he says.

An antibiotic like penicillin works by hitting a bacterium in a limited fashion, at specific sites. Because the killing is done precisely, the bacterium has a good chance of developing a mutation that would confer resistance.

In contrast, silver kills microbes in a broad, unspecific fashion -- like tossing a bomb at a bacterium. It hits many essential points such as a bacterium's entire respiratory system. This makes it much more difficult for silver-resistance to develop.

And even if tolerance did develop, Weber says, increasing the dose of silver the bacterium is exposed to will solve the problem in most cases.”

In short, microbes simply don’t grow resistant to silver anywhere near as easily as they do to synthetic antibiotic drugs, thanks in large part to silver’s broad spectrum of action.

And even if a microbe does grow resistant to silver, increasing the dosage tends to take care of the problem!

So at best, the Friends of the Earth are being extremely disingenuous with their members when they write them claiming that the use of antimicrobial silver in commercial products could “worsen a rapidly growing public health threat” of antibiotic-resistant germs.

The reality is, silver will help SOLVE the rapidly growing health threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Indeed, if the radical environmentalists would simply get the hell out of the way and allow product manufacturers to incorporate antimicrobial silver into their products…

…silver would save hundreds of thousands and quite possibly millions of lives annually, by stopping the spread of the super-pathogens!

Them’s the facts, folks. You might argue them. But they certainly have more validity than the “sky is falling” rhetoric and hyperbole of the radical environmentalists.

One Final Bit of Lunacy From Friends of the Earth

The Friends of the Earth goes on to say in their recent email to their members:

“Moreover, worryingly little is known about nano-silver’s long-term effects on the environment and human health when used at such a mass scale.

Because nanoparticles are so small, they can be more readily absorbed by tissues and individual cells in our bodies.

Silver is also the second-most toxic metal for aquatic organisms like fish, crabs and water plants, and it could accumulate up the food chain.”

As I stated at the very beginning of this article, silver is already in the environment on a “mass scale.”

Millions of tons of trace silver already exist, in the form of dissolved silver in the oceans, lakes, rivers and streams. And millions of tons more exist in and on the very ground we walk on in the form of silver ions and silver nanoparticles.

Indeed, as pointed out earlier, the earth even makes its own silver nanoparticles by converting silver ions to nanosilver through a process involving humic acid from dead, decaying vegetation.

So to say “little is known about nano-silver’s long-term effects on the environment and human health” is ludicrous.

The environment has been swimming in nanosilver for eons, with little or no detrimental effects whatsoever.

The oceans, rivers, lakes and streams of the world contain tons upon tons of trace silver in the form of dissolved silver – and they are basically teaming with healthy wildlife from the tiniest aquatic microbes to the largest whales.

What’s more, people have been swigging down colloidal silver for the past century, with nothing but beneficial results, except in those few rare cases where excessive quantities were ingested for extended periods of time, resulting in argyria.

An estimated 10 million colloidal silver users in North America alone can attest to the beneficial qualities of ingested silver.

So the environmentalists’ absurd contention that you’ll be harmed from using a toothpaste that contains silver nanoparticles…

…or you’ll be invaded by “toxic metal” from using a computer keyboard that has silver nanoparticles imbedded into the plastic…

…is just pure fear-mongering designed to advance a political agenda and boost the regulatory scope and reach of a federal agency already well-known for its egregious anti-business and anti-consumer policies.

Can We Win This Battle?

At this point, I honestly don’t think we can win the battle against the radical environmentalists and their cronies in the EPA who are trying to stop product manufacturers from utilizing antimicrobial silver in order to give the public the protection they need to prevent the spread of dangerous pathogens.

In my personal opinion, the outcome of this battle was decided a long time ago, and everyone is just going through the motions of EPA hearings and meetings (aka “dog and pony” shows) until the pre-ordained conclusion has been reached. Though I’d love to be wrong about this, I don’t think I am.

Even as you read this article (Aug 2011) the EPA has just finished taking comments from commercial products manufacturers and environmentalist groups, as they work to craft regulations designed to make it more difficult for product manufacturers to utilize antimicrobial silver in commercial products.

And of course, the radical environmentalists once again loaded the EPA comment system with shrill cries from their members, begging the EPA to institute harsher regulatory constraints against products containing antimicrobial silver.

Naturally, the big losers in this battle will be the American consumers.

Tremendously beneficial innovations such as silver-impregnated butcher paper that would help stop the spread of meat contaminated with food-poisoning bacteria are already being vehemently opposed by the radical environmentalists –

-- even though researchers have found that 50% of the U.S. meat supply is now contaminated with the deadly MRSA pathogen!

Meanwhile, the environmentalist drive-by shooting campaign against the use of antimicrobial silver in commercial products has resulted in far fewer new innovative products coming to market with protective silver incorporated into them.

Product manufacturers simply won’t risk the money to incorporate antimicrobial silver into their products, only to have the radical environmentalists groups or the EPA destroy their investment.

But What About Colloidal Silver?

The EPA has already been put on notice by thousands of ardent colloidal silver users to keep their hands off colloidal silver.

But will they listen to consumers?

Or will they listen to the environmental group Friends of the Earth, which has issued an official white paper urging EPA to ban the over-the-counter sale of all colloidal silver products, and force them to be regulated as drugs?

The answer to that question remains to be seen.

Ever since the EPA got its hands slapped by colloidal silver users back in 2009, they have been remarkably closed lipped about the status of colloidal silver in regards to their ongoing plans to regulate products containing silver nanoparticles.

But considering the recent European ban on colloidal silver, and the way our own FDA has been working to “harmonize” (with emphasis on “harm”) our nutritional supplement laws with those of Europe…

…my suspicion is that we have not seen the last of the bureaucratic attacks against over-the-counter sale of colloidal silver, by any stretch of the imagination.

Of course, the simple solution to the whole threat against colloidal silver is to own the means of colloidal silver production.

By that, I mean, obtain a high-quality colloidal silver generator, so you can make all of the colloidal silver you could ever need, in the comfort and privacy of your own home, for just pennies per batch.

The bureaucrats may regulate the sale of colloidal silver into oblivion, but if you own the means of colloidal silver production, they can never take it away from you!

You can learn more about making your own colloidal silver – quickly, inexpensively and for just pennies – at The Silver Edge web site.

In the meantime, I’ll continue to report on the environmentalist’s ludicrous campaign against colloidal silver and commercial products that incorporate antimicrobial silver into the makeup…

…and try to make sense of the environmentalist mind-set that would rather see millions of people continue to die from the spread of infectious microorganisms…

…than allow businesses to use safe, natural, antimicrobial silver to help protect the public against the spread of the deadly super-pathogens.

Until my next article, I remain…

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 and Unsafe Drinking Water in Developing Nations

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), contaminated drinking water is one of the leading causes of preventable deaths, worldwide.

“Every year more than five million human beings die from illnesses linked to unsafe drinking water, unclean domestic environments and improper excreta disposal,” says WHO.

In fact, over 2 million deaths occur each year from water-related diarrhea alone, caused by pathogen contamination in the drinking water.

Indeed, at any given time, almost half of the people in developing countries suffer from water-related diseases, according to WHO.

Could using colloidal silver help resolve this tragic problem, until the standards of living in these remote areas of developing nations can be raised and new infrastructure built?

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The answer to the above question is a resounding yes.

Colloidal silver could easily be used to dramatically reduce the tragic and indefensible numbers of deaths caused by pathogen-contaminated drinking water.

The use of colloidal silver as a means of ridding drinking water of bacterial, viral and fungal contaminants is not a new idea by any means.

For example, in Mexico, where local water supplies are not always safe in rural areas, a colloidal silver product called Microdyn has been used for decades to help keep residents safe from contaminated drinking water.

According to The Silver Institute, a group that reports on the many uses of silver worldwide:

“Since 1955, with the approval of the Ministry of Health of Mexico, Microdyn, a silver colloid, with a particle size of about 2 manometers, has been used to provide healthful water for its citizens.

‘A few drops of Microdyn available in small bottles provides sufficient silver to disinfect clear drinking water in about 10 minutes,’ states Luis Arizcorreta Buchholz, president of Roland de Mexico, S.A, de C.V, Mexico D.E, Mexico.

‘It’s a convenient disinfectant for individual use in areas wherever tap water is suspect.

Microdyn has also found wide popularity in Mexico as a rinse to disinfect fruit and vegetables. It is also active against spores and parasites.’

Microdyn is also made available in a soluble carrier which is painted on the interior of cisterns for the long-term disinfection of drinking water.

Its use is credited with a dramatic improvement in the health of the residents of the town of Cruz Azul, Lagunas, Oaxaca, Mexico, who for years had suffered rampant gastroenteritis.

The introduction of a Microdyn coating to the town's water supply cisterns in 1977 made the difference. Other local water supply systems treated with Microdyn achieved similar results.

A study by Microbiological Research & Development Inc. of Tucson, Arizona, proved the relative power of Microdyn against that of chlorine.

At the 0.025 milligram per liter (mg/liter) level of Microdyn silver (the United States Environmental Protection Agency suggested limit for silver in drinking water is 0. 100 mg/liter]…

…water charged with 2,700 units per liter of the fecal conform Echerichia coli (E.Coli) bacterium was completely sterilized in less than three hours, whereas the chlorine to sterilize the same charge of bacterium over the same period of time required 40 times greater concentration.

In another test, water charged with 100 times that amount of fecal coliform required 8 times the normal concentration of Microdyn for complete sterilization, whereas 10 times the concentration of chlorine was required.

In every case, the disinfectant power of Microdyn was greater than that of chlorine. Silver's antibacterial power is so strong that Microdyn contains only 3,575 parts per billion of silver per liter, or less than 2 milligrams silver per liter-sized bottle.”

What’s more, back in 2001 a water purification company called NVID International of Clearwater, FL tested colloidal silver in drinking water in the Mexican city of Celaya, and found that it was astonishingly effective in reducing coliform bacterial counts in the water.

Again, according to The Silver Institute:

“NVID International, Inc. of Clearwater, Florida, announced the successful completion of testing of a municipal drinking water system utilizing ionic silver, in the city of Celaya, Mexico.

The test was designed to test a three-block section of the distribution-piping grid for this city of 350,000 residents.

The test commenced on March 8 under the auspices of the City of Celaya, and the state branches of Commission National de Aug (CNA) and Salute de Ambiental (Mexican EPA).

The Company's Ionic Disinfection System was installed on one of the 65 wells serving the city's residents and the system injected 10 parts per billion of ionic silver into the distribution grid.

Within 24 hours of installing the system, the fecal conform count was brought to zero and it remained at zero for the next eighteen days.

The system was then taken off-line and the fecal conforms returned within two days.

The system was reconnected to the distribution grid and again obtained zero fecal coliform within 24 hours and kept the count at zero for the next 45 consecutive days.

NVID's President, David Larson stated:

‘This test was very significant due to the low levels of ionic silver used in the disinfection.

In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommended the allowable levels of silver present in drinking water be set at 100 ppb, and most of the Company's systems are designed to inject ionic silver well below the limit, at a rate of 60 ppb.

Proving efficacy at only 10 ppb is significant in that cost comparisons with traditional disinfectants such as Chlorine become more favorable and the initial capital outlay for end users is greatly reduced.’”

Certainly, considering the above examples, colloidal silver could be used similarly in developing nations to save thousands upon thousands of lives annually.

Ceramic Water Filters Using Colloidal Silver

Indeed, for years the group Potters for Peace have been showing villagers in remote areas of developing countries how to make ceramic water filters infused with colloidal silver to provide their villages with fresh, clean, and germ-free water.

And starting in 2006, U.S. troops have been helping Iraqi villagers use that same crude but highly effective technology to protect themselves from bacterially contaminated water. Here’s the story, from an official U.S. Army publication, The Ivy Leaf…

Pouring troubles away

Water filter provides factions reason to unite, combat water problems in region

Story and photo by

Spc. Edgar Reyes

2nd BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div.

As the scorching Iraqi sun blazed down on a little boy in a village, he cupped his hands together to drink water from a canal running through the middle of his town, unaware that 11,000 children like him die from water-borne diseases every day around the world who drink from similar canals.

As a way to resolve the local water problem and prevent tragedies such as this, leaders from 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, requested the help of a college professor to teach local Iraqi potters how to make clay/sawdust ceramic filter pots capable of decimating 99.88% of water-borne disease agents.

Perhaps equally important in the endeavor is the ability to provide jobs for the local populace and present a reason for factions to unite for a common cause.

To accomplish this, Richard Wukich, a college ceramics professor who teaches at Slippery Rock University in Pittsburgh, volunteered to instruct two Iraqi potters how to make the ceramic filters during his free time between semesters. He traveled to Iraq and spent two weeks training his new charges.

Wukich began his class by teaching the apprentices how to make clay pots with a mixture of saw dust, which is uncommon in Iraqi culture.

The saw dust disappears during the clay baking process, creating several small holes that act as a filtering system inside the pot.

After crafting several pots, Wukich taught the trainees how to coat the pots with colloidal silver, an incredibly fine particle that kills bacteria and organisms and does not allow bacteria to grow into a culture inside the pot.

The pots are either painted with a brush or dipped into a container containing a colloidal silver and water mixture.

After the colloidal silver is completely absorbed into the pot, it is placed on the mouth of a 5-gallon receptacle container. The filter is then covered with a lid or a piece of fine cloth. Users pour water into the fine cloth to filter out extremely turbid water.

As the water enters the clay pot, the filters inside the clay leave small dirt particles behind and the colloidal silver destroys any bacteria in the water.

The clear and clean water then drips into the 5-gallon receptacle at a rate of 1-1.5 quarts-an-hour. “This project was originally initiated by Capt. Richard Nardo,” said Wukich.

“He is an environmental engineer who was activated by his Reserve unit to deploy to Iraq. He saw the need for a water filtration system and began researching on the internet until he found the clay filter technology “Potters for Peace” had learned to use from a doctor in Guatemala.”

Nardo contacted “Potters for Peace” and requested Wukich to help teach Iraqis how to build the filters as well as devise a business plan so the Iraqi people could begin mass manufacturing of the product and create jobs in the area.

Initial attempts to begin the project stalled in January 2004 before Wukich provided an article published in a renowned newspaper in the U.S., which contained statements from a commander in Iraq who had the same concerns regarding the conditions of the water supply.

In the article, Lt. Col. Patrick Donahoe, commander, 1-67 AR, stated the problems he was facing in Iraq were similar to the problems he faced when he deployed to Bosnia as a young officer, said Wukich.

People of different ethnicities and religions attempted to gain power in the country and, in doing so, they ripped the country apart and divided the people – eerily resembling the current situation in Iraq with Sunni and Shiite factions clashing.

In the article, he also mentioned the need to provide business opportunities benefiting both factions and reintegrating local politics with leadership.

Knowing the business possibilities of the ceramic filters, Wukich said he sent an email to Donahoe describing the water filter and the possible economic impact it could have in Donahoe’s area of operations.

After several conversations with Donahoe, Wukich was invited to Forward Operating Base Iskandariyah to begin the project.

“If it wasn’t for Lt. Col. Donahoe, this project would not be happening right now,” said Wukich. “I had several roadblocks with my previous attempts, but with his assistance, I’ve finally been able to start the project.”

“This project is going to do two things,” said Maj. James Ortoli, civil affairs team leader, 412th Civil Affairs Battalion.

“It’s going to put Iraqis to work and give them clean water. It is the most economically efficient way for Iraq to start making its people responsible for their own water.”

The big plan for the ceramic filters is to teach the apprentices how to make the filters so they can start selling them at affordable prices to the general public.

Once the idea of having a filter catches on with the Iraqi people, the apprentices could then hire workers to increase production in their area thereby creating jobs and improving their economy.

Having both sides work together to provide the country with clean water and boost the economy could be exactly what this country needs at this moment in time, said Ortoli.

-- End news article --

Colloidal Silver Could Save Millions of Lives

Yes, colloidal silver is saving lives around the world. And it could be used to save millions more lives, if the technology were introduced into the poorer villages of more and more developing nations.

Government health authorities know this is true, because for years they’ve even used colloidal silver to purify water aboard the Space Shuttle.

And both NASA and the Russian space program have used colloidal silver on their manned space flights.

What’s more, in Europe, almost all ocean-going ships use colloidal silver to keep their onboard drinking water pure and safe from bacterial contamination.

According to Anders Sultan, one of Sweden’s top advocates of the use of silver as a disinfectant agent:

“…for many years there have been highly concentrated silver nitrate based products on the European market. These are for disinfecting the water kept in the fresh water tank in marine vessels.

Ever since the 1950s large ships have been equipped with silver-based water purification systems.

In fact, there are tens of thousands of large ships around the world that utilize this technology.

One of the pioneers and largest manufacturers of this technology is the Swedish company Jowa. You can see an excerpt from their product description at this web site link.

Jowa also have a water purification system that sterilizes the water through the use of silver ions, much like the ones your little colloidal silver generators produce.

This product, called Jowa AG-S, has made Sweden world-famous in the shipping industry. This sterilization method provides long-term protection and is a suitable method for long-term storage of drinking water.

Since its introduction in 1970, this unit has been installed in thousands of ships.

Incidentally, sterilizing water with the help of silver is an old and well-proven method that goes all the way back to antiquity. It is completely harmless to humans and animals and the silver ions do not change the taste or smell of the water.”

So silver’s use as a water disinfectant is well-known – so well-known, in fact, there’s truly no reasonable excuse for not utilizing this technology in more areas of the world.

Groups like Potters for Peace are doing so, by sending people into remote areas to teach villagers how to make and use the colloidal silver-impregnated ceramic water filters in order to protect themselves from contaminated drinking water.

And as you’ve read in the article excerpt above, this same technology is being utilized in areas like Iraq, by people basically copying the Potters for Peace method.

But more needs to be done.

According to The Silver Institute, the use of silver as a disinfectant agent is indeed spreading, but mostly in commercial products used in domestic households:

“Silver is employed as a bactericide and algaecide in an ever increasing number of water purification systems in hospitals, remote communities and, more recently, domestic households.

Silver ions have been used to purify drinking water and swimming pool water for generations…

…An increasing trend is the millions of on-the-counter and under-the-counter water purifiers that are sold each year in the United States to rid drinking water of bacteria, chlorine, trihalomethanes, lead, particulates, and odor.

Here silver is used to prevent the buildup of bacteria and algae in the filters. Of the billions of dollars spent yearly in the U.S. for drinking water purification systems, over half make advantageous use of the bactericidal properties of silver.

New research has shown that the catalytic action of silver, in concert with oxygen, provides a powerful sanitizer, virtually eliminating the need for the use of corrosive chlorine.”

But expensive commercial products are not what villagers in remote areas of developing nations are in need of.

They need simple colloidal silver-making technology, and education in how to use that technology for their maximum protection and benefit.

That’s one reason why, over the years, The Silver Edge has given away many simple, battery operated colloidal silver generators to missionaries working in remote villages in developing countries.

These have been used to make colloidal silver to help purify drinking water, and also to use as an infection-fighting agent whenever antibiotic drugs are in short supply.

And more recently, I’ve even written an article demonstrating how anyone can make a very crude, but effective colloidal silver generator out of a simple, 9-volt battery, two wooden tongue depressors (or popsicle sticks) and two pieces of pure silver wire.

Using the above method, just about anyone can make all of the colloidal silver needed to line ceramic water filters with safe, natural bacteria-killing silver, or to simply add some colloidal silver to suspected drinking water whenever needed.

The technology for making colloidal silver is simple. It is effective. And it truly works.

Hopefully, more and more villages in developing nations will be given access to this remarkable yet extremely simple technology of reducing infections from contaminated drinking water.

Here are some related articles you might want to read:

Ionic Silver Purifies Municipal Drinking Water

Silver: Nature’s Purifier Used on the Space Shuttle and In Swimming Pools

20 Top Ways to Use Colloidal Silver Around the House

Until the next issue of Colloidal Silver Secrets Ezine, I remain…

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

Steve Barwick, author The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual

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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 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.

Colloidal Silver and Salmonella

Salmonella cases seem to be on the rise again.

And not just the typical “food poisoning” variety, but also varieties commonly transferred from animals to humans by direct contact.

Unfortunately, this ubiquitous pathogen can cause severe abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea and in some cases even death! And it can strike without notice.

But here’s the good news:

Clinical studies demonstrate that colloidal silver kills the pathogen on contact, in just minutes in many cases!

Here’s what you need to know…

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Earlier this year it was reported that some 240 people – mostly children under the age of five – had become sickened with Salmonella after handling African Dwarf Frogs purchased from pet shops.

The CDC has also reported there were 71 cases of Salmonella infection between February and June in Atlantic coast states – each of which were associated with chicks and ducklings purchased either as pets or as egg producers.

And in June of this year, 20 people across five states had become sickened with Salmonella, apparently caused by eating contaminated alfalfa sprouts.

Now the FDA is reporting a brand new Salmonella outbreak, with 97 reported cases of the infection in 23 states, including 10 hospitalizations – and this time, papaya fruit imported into the U.S. from Mexico is supposedly to blame.

Sources, Symptoms and Risk

The Salmonella pathogen can contaminate just about any type of food, including fruits, vegetables, eggs and meat products – even peanut butter!

It’s also carried naturally by many atypical pets, including lizards, snakes, turtles, frogs, chickens, ducks and many other animals.

What’s more, it can contaminate entire municipal water supplies, as evidenced by the 2008 outbreak in Alamosa, Colorado, in which 1,300 residents were severely sickened, one died, and 29 families sued the city after its municipal water supply became contaminated with Salmonella.

Symptoms of Salmonella infection can include high fever, diarrhea (including bloody diarrhea), nausea, vomiting and intense abdominal cramping and searing pain.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, symptoms can appear within six to 72 hours after ingestion or other contact with the Salmonella bacteria, sometimes longer.

While anyone can become infected with Salmonella simply by ingesting it or even coming into contact with it when it’s carried by pets –

-- children under age 10 are at the highest risk for serious salmonella infections, as well as pregnant women, people with weakened immune systems, and those undergoing chemotherapy or organ transplants.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates nearly a million and a half cases of Salmonella infection occur annually in the United States –

-- most of them mild to moderate, but with some 20,000 requiring hospitalization and ongoing treatment, and approximately 535 cases annually resulting in death.

Colloidal Silver to the Rescue!

Is colloidal silver effective against the Salmonella pathogen?

The bad news is that while there are over 2,300 different strains of Salmonella, only a small handful of these strains have been clinically studied in relation to colloidal silver.

The good news is that in virtually every one of these studies, colloidal silver proved to be more than capable of destroying the Salmonella pathogen tested!

Indeed, Salmonella infection is one of the 109 diseases documented to have been widely treated with colloidal silver before the advent of prescription antibiotic drugs in the 1940’s.

More recently, in the well-known studies conducted by microbiologist David A. Revelli and Professor of Microbiology/Molecular Biology Dr. Ron W. Leavitt, Ph.D at Brigham Young University in May 1999…

…a colloidal silver solution was able to kill two different strains of the Salmonella food-poisoning pathogen, at extremely low concentrations.

Here’s a brief synopsis of what the researchers discovered:

Salmonella arizona (Food poisoning, etc.) inhibited @ 2.5 ppm and killed @ 5 ppm. 1/28/99 BYU Report.

Salmonella typhimurium (Food poisoning and enteric fever) inhibited and killed at a concentration of 2.5 ppm. 6/7/99 BYU Report.

What’s more, in a clinical study titled “Colloidal Silver As A New Antimicrobial Agent,” published in the International Journal of Microbiological Research (1 (1): 33-36, 2010), colloidal silver was demonstrated to be highly effective against Salmonella typhi and three other serious, disease-causing pathgoens.

The study concluded:

“The initial idea was to determine the antimicrobial activity of colloidal silver, so it could be used as a powerful in vitro antimicrobial agent…

Antimicrobial activity was determined by means of agar diffusion. Resistant clinical isolates of Staphyloccocus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aregnosa, and Salmonella typhi were used as the test organisms…

In the present experiment colloidal silver showed highly potent antibacterial activity toward all tested pathogens, both Gram-positive and Gram-negative.”

And according to silvermedicine.org, additional clinical studies have demonstrated the powerful infection-fighting qualities of colloidal silver against Salmonella pathogens. For example:

“In a time-kill study conducted by University of North Texas clinical researcher Mark A. Farinha, Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology, when Salmonella typhimurium was tested against a popular colloidal silver product…

…the result was a reduction in population counts from over 10 million to undetectable in four minutes of exposure!”

In the above study, “two concentrations of isolated silver were used, one 15 PPM isolated colloidal silver and one 30 PPM isolated colloidal silver…

…The 30 PPM colloidal silver achieved results markedly faster, although both formulations achieved the desired results within four minutes.”

Of course, these are in vitro (i.e., test tube) studies, so technically they don’t prove oral use of colloidal silver to be effective against a Salmonella infection in humans.

But they do demonstrate that when colloidal silver and Salmonella come into direct contact with one another, Salmonella loses the battle!

More Tests and Studies…

Similarly, tests by NVID International, Inc., a company that produces water treatment systems, has reportedly demonstrated that ionic silver is 99% effective within one minute against Salmonella cholerasuis ATCC 10708 – an astonishingly rapid kill time!

And a study by Animal Science Food Safety Consortium at Kansas State University have demonstrated that colloidal silver produced a greater than 90% reduction in bacterial counts of the Salmonella spp strain found on the surface of beef.

The University researchers concluded that using colloidal silver as a rinse for beef during its processing would make “an effective intervention technology” for reducing Salmonella levels on meat sold to the general public.

A quote from the study:

“Treating beef flank with 32 ppm colloidal silver (Ag) solution had a bactericidal affect on Salmonella spp. and Escherichia coli O157:H7, resulting in a greater than 90% reduction in four hours.

Atomic Absorption Analysis of treated beef samples yielded residual Ag well below the Environmental Protection Agencies (EPA) allowance for 3 oz of red meat.

Although not yet approved for use on foods, a colloidal silver rinse implemented in conjunction with other intervention technologies during the carcass conversion and/or fabrication process could be an effective intervention technology against Salmonella spp. and Escherichia coli O157:H7.”

And Even More Studies…

In another study, a silver nylon fabric was demonstrated to stop all growth of Salmonella typhimurium and Salmonella typhi, as well as 15 other infectious microorganisms, when a broth containing the microbes was poured over the fabric for 24 hours.

According to the study, called “Silver-Nylon: a New Antimicrobial Agent” and published in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (Mar. 1983, P. 356-359) :

“To determine the spectrum of antimicrobial activity of Silver Nylon, 50 IlI (5 x 107 to 1 x 109 CFU) of an overnight broth of 22 different organisms was placed on the surface of an agar column 2 mm in height overlying a 1-cm2 piece of SN fabric.

No growth of the following 17 organisms was seen after 24 h of incubation:

Acinetobacter calcoaceticus, Shigella sonnei, Salmonella typhimurium, Salmonella typhi, Enterococcus sp., Serratia marcescens…

…Pseudomonas maltophilia, Listeria monocytogenes, Enterobacter cloacae, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus aureus…

…Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, group A Streptococcus, group B Streptococcus, and Pseudomonas cepacia.”

Finally, in the famous BYU study titled, “Bactericidal activity of combinations of Silver–Water Dispersion™ with 19 antibiotics against seven microbial strains”…

…conducted at the Department of Microbiology/Molecular Biology at Brigham Young University…

…it was demonstrated that a strain of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella typhi became susceptible to antibiotics again, but only when a colloidal silver solution was added to the antibiotics!

And in another in vitro study it was demonstrated that just three drops of a popular brand of colloidal silver in one liter of water killed more than 99% of all Salmonella arizonae present, as well as two other water-borne pathogens.

What the Experts Say

Experts agree that silver in its various forms – including colloidal silver, silver nanoparticles and silver ions – are very effective against Salmonella strains.

Here are some pertinent quotes from a variety of expert sources:

"Research with the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust has found that silver, incorporated in the surfaces of hospital equipment furniture, can reduce bacterial levels by 99 per cent. This, in turn, cuts infection risk from superbugs such as MRSA, E. coli and salmonella."

-- Dr Richard Hastings, microbiologist for BioCote, Ltd.

“Several years ago we conducted some rather extensive evaluations of various protocols promising effective results against various pathogenic agents which cause 'food poisoning'.

The one protocol, effective against ALL agents evaluated, was colloidal silver.

A 5 ppm solution proved effective against all pathogens tested; yielding complete control within 6 to 8 minutes.....regardless of concentration of the pathogenic agent.

Control was effected in some solutions as weak as one part of 5 ppm CS,to 50,000 parts contaminated solution.

Among the many agents tested were botulinum, campyobacter, salmonella and listeria (bacterial agents); and norwalk-like viruses and hepatitus A (viral agents).”

-- Brooks Bradley, Harbone Research Foundation

“Table 2 shows that all tested bacteria were resistant to more than one antibiotic. The important observation was the antibacterial activity of colloidal silver against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhi, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa which exhibits superior effects when compared with other antibiotics.”

-- International Journal of Microbiological Research, [1 (1): 33-36, 2010] “Colloidal silver as a new antimicrobial agent”

“Properly manufactured, colloidal silver in a concentration of 3-5 ppm has produced excellent results in laboratory testing and has proven to be antibacterial for Streptococcus Pyogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Neisseria gonorrhea, Gardnerella vagina/is, Salmonella typhi, Bacillus subtilus, Escheria coli and other enteric pathogens and is fungicidal for Candida albicans, Candida golbata and M furfur.”

-- Dr. Larry C. Ford, M.D., UCLA, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UCLA School of Medicine, November 1, 1988

Not only do the experts agree, but as you’ll learn directly below, so do experienced colloidal silver users who have used colloidal silver orally to avoid expensive trips to the hospital after coming down with food poisoning through to be from Salmonella contamination.

Food Poisoning and Colloidal Silver

While not all food poisoning is caused by Salmonella bacteria, a great deal of it is.

In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Salmonella infection is the #2 most prevalent cause of food poisoning in the U.S. today.

Here, therefore, are some real-life testimonials from the Colloidal Silver Success Stories web site, attesting to the fact of colloidal silver’s effectiveness against food poisoning:

“I got food poisoning Friday night. Woke up Saturday at 1am with horrible stomach cramps and frightening diarrhea.

I make my own colloidal silver with the machine I purchased from The Silver Edge. I immediately started taking about one ounce of 10 ppm micro-particle colloidal silver every 1/2 hour.

By morning 8:00am, I could tell it was over. I truly believe that if I had not started taking it when I did, I would have ended up in the hospital!”

-- Jennifer F., New Franklin, MO

“My girlfriend and I developed either a bad case of stomach flu and/or food poisoning not to long after our Valentine’s Day dinner.

Unfortunately she wasn't able to keep anything down at all, including the colloidal silver. As for me, I immediately began taking about an ounce of colloidal silver every half hour. Within about 4 hours of this routine I was feeling in the "clear" zone.

I thought for certain that I'd be reaching the point of no return and rushing to the bathroom. Thank God this didn't occur. By the very next day I'd say I was feeling about 95% better.

I'm very thankful for this wonderful natural substance and for having had purchased the generator and having it arrive just in perfect timing to assist in overcoming this obstacle.

This actually makes the 2nd time in this year I've used colloidal silver against a stomach infection. Previously I had used a commercial store bought brand of colloidal silver and I only suffered for about 24 hours while my family battled it for over a week.

They listen closely now when I mention using colloidal silver.”

-- Phillip P., Gettysburg, PA

“Two neighbors got food poisoning from that spinach problem a couple years ago and asked me if I could do anything to help them. So that afternoon I gave them each a teaspoon of silver and they went home.

Next morning, I went to give them more but they said they were fine. They took one more dose any way and the bacteria must have been killed because there were never any problems again.”

-- L.L., Merced, CA

“One evening I stopped to have a cheeseburger at America’s second biggest chain. On the way home I began to feel queasy with stomach pains & gas - I have had it before and I know the signs of food poisoning.

I got home and drank four ounces of silver water -- BAM food poisoning stopped immediately!”

-- Dan F., Naples, FL

And here’s an interesting testimonial on food poisoning and colloidal silver, from my 547-page book, The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual:

“I was with a business associate working late one Friday night. At about 10:30 p.m. we ventured out to a local big chain restaurant to indulge in a couple of big burgers. We finished for the night at 2:30a.m. I went home and shortly thereafter experienced my first encounter with food poisoning.

If you have ever had food poisoning you can understand that there is no mistaking the symptoms. For those of you not so familiar, it is more than simply getting ill. Imagine your insides have suddenly turned into snakes and are involuntarily convulsing and trying to exit your body. You become ill with such force and for a long enough duration that you wonder if you will ever be allowed another breath.

That’s what I personally experienced. Finally after what seemed an eternity in hell, I was finally released from the clutches of the evil commode.

Weakened and out of breath I gravitated to the medicine cabinet to give the colloidal silver a try, but more seriously thinking about going to the emergency room, since I had just seen a special on TV where a Centers For Disease Control (CDC) report acknowledged that 9,000 people die each year from food poisoning.

I took about one half ounce and went to lay down. The evil commode called me again in about ten minutes, but I was so purged that it was a wasted attempt to try and get anything more from me. I laid down again and now considered more seriously going to the hospital, at the same time though exhausted, I felt better. The only thing that I wanted to do was sleep.

I brushed my teeth, and took a tablespoon more or silver. I applied some essential oils to my abdomen to alleviate the pain from the still present cramping.

Though dehydrated I avoided water for fear of the evil commode. As I began to doze off the thought crossed my mind that I might not wake in the morning. The next day did come, although low on energy I felt I might survive.

I was able to eat breakfast at 8:00a.m. About 1:00 p.m. I called my business associate who was unable to come to the phone, he had become ill and went to the hospital (as related to me by his roommate); the hospital confirmed that he had food poisoning. They reportedly pumped his stomach.

After going home he continued to be too ill to eat or get out of bed for several days, and remained ill and went back to the doctor’s office for continued care for two weeks!

I offered to provide colloidal silver during his ordeal, but his response was basically the same as my initial reaction, ‘it’s probably a lot of bunk.’ He did accept my offer close to the time he recovered, too late for either of us to give it a second thought.

Is this conclusive evidence that colloidal silver cured my food poisoning? Of course not. However, it was more than an interesting coincidence to me.

After this incident I very cautiously began taking colloidal silver more regularly, especially at any sign of feeling run down or when I felt a cold coming on. About three years have now gone by and I have yet to get a cold or flu. Coincidence? I think not!

In January of 1997 I indulged a fine meal at the best Cajun restaurant in town with some friends and family. I hadn’t had oysters in over ten years due to the many reports of their no longer being safe to eat. I was at one of the finest restaurants in town, I thought certainly they get only the finest product from the freshest sources, so in a bold move I took a chance.

As you probably guessed, later that evening, I was once again in the clutches of the evil commode. He was not as forgiving this time. I quickly realized that as bad as the first incident was, it really could be worse! I almost lost consciousness this time, and collapsed briefly when I was finally released.

I wasn’t messing around this time! I had learned to make a much stronger solution of colloidal silver and poured a half of a glass, about 5-6 ounces, and gingerly coaxed it down. This time I wasn’t called back to the evil commode for a final taunting or two. I still wondered about the possibility of not waking up as I dozed off. The sun returned. I was generally fine once again.

Do I have proof that what I have just told you is true? Well my wife, family and close friends were present and could vouch for me.

However, that is not why I am sharing this information with you. It’s not about me proving anything to you. It’s about sharing my experiences and perhaps challenging you to seek your own experiences. The truth is self evident, prove it to yourself!

-- V.G.

The Bottom Line

Of course, the above anecdotal accounts, expert quotes and in vitro (i.e., test tube) clinical studies do not medically prove that colloidal silver will be effective in stopping a case of Salmonella-induced infection because no in vivo (i.e., in the human body) studies have yet been conducted by the medical community.

But they do demonstrate the fact that silver-based antimicrobials kill different strains of the Salmonella pathogen upon direct contact.

And the anecdotal reports from colloidal silver users indicate strongly that colloidal silver may very well be one of the most powerful natural antidotes available against Salmonella infection and the related food poisoning it causes.

In my own case, I’ve successfully used colloidal silver to beat nasty cases of food poisoning on at least three different occasions over the past six or seven years.

In the most recent incident, in which I developed severe stomach cramping after eating half a can of cooked soup that had previously been stored in a food cabinet in the garage during the hot summer heat, the beneficial effect of the colloidal silver was thankfully very quickly realized.

Here’s what I wrote about it on the Colloidal Silver Secrets Community on Facebook:

“Got food poisoning last night from eating a bowl of soup.

So...I drank three ounces of 20 ppm colloidal silver. This caused my body to "flush" (a polite term for diarrhea) three times in a row, over the course of the next two hours.

After the ‘flushing’ ended, I took seven capsules of Lactobacillus acidophilus to help prevent any of the pathogens left from re-colonizing my digestive tract.

Feel pretty good today, overall!”

That’s typically been the result I’ve experienced over the years when I’ve used colloidal silver to stop a nasty case of food poisoning. Whereas others around me have refused the colloidal silver and taken up to a week to recover, I generally recover in 24 hours or less.

If you’ve used colloidal silver successfully against food poisoning, please take a moment to share your experience with others by going to the Colloidal Silver Secrets Community on Facebook and posting a brief note about it.

Since medical science isn’t going to conduct the in vivo (i.e., in the human body) studies needed to demonstrate the effectiveness of colloidal silver against Salmonella infections anytime soon…

…it’s important that we all share our experiences for the benefit of others who may be new to this powerful and effective way of healing infections naturally.

Meanwhile, here are two closely related articles you might enjoy:

Using Colloidal Silver for Healthier Fruits and Vegetables

http://www.thesilveredge.com/vegetables.shtml

Colloidal Silver, Canning and Food Preparation

http://www.thesilveredge.com/canning.shtml

Finally, considering the fact that well over a million people are afflicted with Salmonella infection in this country every year, you can rest assured that as more information becomes available on this important subject, I’ll keep you informed.

Until then, I remain…

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

Steve Barwick, author

The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual

Helpful Links:

Join the Colloidal Silver Secrets Community on Facebook

Video: Learn How to Make Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver

Get Your FREE Colloidal Silver “Safe Dosage” Report

.999 Fine Pure Silver Wire for Making Colloidal Silver

The New Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator

Subscribe to the Colloidal Silver Secrets Ezine

Make Your Own Colloidal Silver Inexpensively

Real-Life Colloidal Silver Success Stories

Colloidal Silver Update (News & Views)

The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual

The Colloidal Silver Secrets Video

Colloidal Silver Kills Viruses

Colloidal Silver Cures MRSA

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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 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.