Posted by Bob
(here)
FDA and US-EPA weigh in on nanosilver
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"Aug 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it has become aware of products being sold online that fraudulently claim to prevent or treat Ebola.
"The FDA's warning comes on the heels of comments by Nigeria's top health official, Onyebuchi Chukwu, who reportedly said earlier Thursday that eight Ebola patients in Lagos will receive an experimental treatment called nano-silver.
"Silver has been used as an antibacterial for centuries. Tiny silver particles known as nano-silver have controversially been incorporated into a variety of consumer products such as socks and bedding to help block odors caused by bacteria and mold.
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers nano-silver a
pesticide. Manufacturers of products that contain it
must register them with the agency."
"Nano-silver is also sometimes sold online as a dietary supplement even though Danish researchers found in a recent study that nano-silver
can penetrate and damage cells.
"The FDA regulates dietary supplements and said in its statement that "by law, dietary supplements
cannot claim to prevent or cure disease."
"The agency said it had received consumer complaints about the Ebola claims.
"Individuals promoting these unapproved and fraudulent products must take immediate action to correct or remove these claims or face potential FDA action," the agency said.
Meanwhile over in Nigeria..
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"Nigeria now reports one more, and confirmed 11 cases of Ebola, an increase of one from the last count..
And the NY times is saying
US Hospitals are getting ready for the inevitable. (Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has said such a case is inevitable in the United States, and the agency this month issued the first extensive guidelines for hospitals on how recognize and treat Ebola ...)
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Update - Nigeria INSISTS the Ebola Cure may be this new nano-silver DRUG.. They are emphasizing over and over, it is a DRUG, and they will handle it appropriately as a new drug..
hmmm
The Nigerian health minister reacted to the US FDA statements quite strongly, that they were perfectly capable of using this new nano-silver DRUG and will do their studies.
(meanwhile the person who had written to President Jonathan to tell him about nano-silver appears to be LIVID that their idea was taken..)
Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, Health Minister
• FG: We’re following standard medical procedure
• 51 out of 198 on watch list certified negative
• Health workers treating patients in Lagos threaten to quit
Yemi Adebowale and Gboyega Akinsanmi and Paul Obi weigh in.
"The excitement that greeted the arrival in Nigeria of Nano-silver, an experimental drug for the treatment of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease was yesterday blighted with the alarm raised by the United States Food and Drug Administration questioning the claims of the drug.
"In a swift reaction, the Co-Chairman of the Treatment Research Group Committee on EVD, Professor Karniyus Gamaniel said the FDA’s comment was not helpful and that Nigeria was following laid down procedures for administering experimental drugs."
Another nail in the coffin against folks saying nano-silver is NOT A DRUG.. (when it is a "drug" it clearly comes under the US FDA jurisdiction and other regulatory bodies across the world where it and other colloidal silver products are created and used).