http://www.ctpost.com/health/article/Candidiasis-No-kidding-540387.php
which had been published in the CTPost which bills itself as “Southwestern Connecticut's largest daily newspaper”. Unable to post a comment on the site at the time, I thought it was because I was’t well versed in computer technology so I sent the following email to the paper and also phoned them leaving a voice message alerting them to the error the article contained. As of today, July 31, 2011, no one has gotten back to me.
From: Rosemary Jacobs
Subject: Serious factual error
Date: July 10, 2010 9:28:27 AM EDT
To: edit@ctpost.com
There is a serious error in the article by Linda Napier:
Candidiasis: No kidding
Published: 07:02 p.m., Monday, June 28, 2010
http://www.ctpost.com/health/article/Candidiasis-No-kidding-540387.php
Ms. Napier states that colloidal silver is "a natural antibiotic that kills more than 650 different microorganisms". That is incorrect. CS is dangerous snake oil that, if taken internally, can permanently discolor the skin. The well known, well documented medical condition is called "argyria".
I have had argyria for over 50 years and have had a webpage posted for over ten warning people of the uselessness and danger of ingesting silver. Unfortunately, as I predicted when I first heard that silver was being sold as a "dietary supplement", there are now many cases of argyria caused by silver supplements, often called "colloidal silver" or "CS".
Don't take my word. Check the following links.
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/alerts/silver/index.htm (Search here using the term "silver".)
http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/id/QAA363388 (One of the major US promoters of "dietary supplements" and "natural remedies".)
http://www.waikato.ac.nz/news/index.shtml?article=178
http://dermnetnz.org/reactions/argyria.html
http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/081799a.pdf
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/colloidal-silver/an01682
Using the search term "argyria", you will find cases here:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed
This is the site of a lawyer who is getting out-of-court settlements on behalf of people who have gotten argyria from silver supplements.
http://www.goldenberglaw.com/CM/PracticeAreaDescriptions/Colloidal_Silver-Argyria.asp
The following is one of many of the videos you'll find on the Internet of Paul Karason, the most publicized argyria case caused recently by a silver supplement. His was homemade.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa2OpNTX9Ck
Silver is sold as a "dietary supplement". This is a great article on "dietary supplements".
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/10/FDCQ1788VE.DTL
Rosemary
PS: I was unable to successfully register at your site to post the above in the comments under the article. Please do that for me and let me know when you have. I'd hate to see someone believe the nonsense, take silver internally and get argyria. I'd also hate to see someone wanting to use it topically throw away good money on it when to date all the reports I've gotten from scientists who have tested various brands of CS in vitro, in test tubes, has shown that none even kill common bacteria on contact like a disinfectant would.
On July 12, 2010 I saw the same article in the Danbury Times which I assumed was part of the same newspaper chain as the CTPost since the Times listed “John J. De Augustine, Connecticut Media Group Publisher” under the heading “administration”, the CTPost listed “John De Augustine” as “the Group Publisher, Hearst Newspapers” and both papers gave the same phone number for Mr. De Augustine.
I forwarded the email above to the Danbury Times. Here is the heading on the email:
From: Rosemary Jacobs
Subject: Fwd: Serious factual error
Date: July 12, 2010 10:55:05 AM EDT
To: letters@newstimes.com
I added a note saying, “Please see (the email) below. The same article was just published in the Danbury Times and again I have been unable to post a comment.”
On July 18, 2010 I emailed the following letter to the editor and also CCed it to the author, Linda Napier.
From: Rosemary Jacobs
Subject: Letters to the Editor
Date: July 18, 2010 11:28:24 AM EDT
To: edit@ctpost.com
Cc: lindanapier@netzero.com
To the Editor:
There is a serious error in the article by Linda Napier:
Candidiasis: No kidding
Published: 07:02 p.m., Monday, June 28, 2010
http://www.ctpost.com/health/article/Candidiasis-No-kidding-540387.php
Ms. Napier states that colloidal silver is "a natural antibiotic that kills more than 650 different microorganisms" and "can be applied to cutaneous (skin) candidiasis directly or as a soak for affected hands and feet."
Contrary to salesmen's claims, there is no objective evidence that CS kills any microorganisms, In fact all the in vitro (test tube) tests reported to me by scientists state that none of the brands tested has killed any of the common bacteria they tested them against. Worse still, if taken internally, silver can permanently discolor the skin. The well known, well documented medical condition is called "argyria". http://nccam.nih.gov/health/silver/
I have had argyria for over 50 years and have had a webpage posted for over ten warning people of the uselessness and danger of ingesting silver. Unfortunately, as I predicted when I first heard that silver was being sold as a "dietary supplement", there are now many cases of argyria caused by silver supplements, often called "colloidal silver" or “CS” the best known of which is Paul Karason of Oprah fame.
Rosemary Jacobs
Derby, VT
END LETTER
Please publish my letter wherever you published Ms. Napier's article. Here are other relative links:
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/alerts/silver/index.htm (Search here using the term "silver".)
http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/id/QAA363388 (One of the major US promoters of "dietary supplements" and "natural remedies".)
http://www.waikato.ac.nz/news/index.shtml?article=178
http://dermnetnz.org/reactions/argyria.html
http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/081799a.pdf
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/colloidal-silver/an01682
Using the search term "argyria", you will find cases here:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed
This is the site of a lawyer who is getting out-of-court settlements on behalf of people who have gotten argyria from silver supplements.
http://www.goldenberglaw.com/CM/PracticeAreaDescriptions/Colloidal_Silver-Argyria.asp
The following is one of many of the videos you'll find on the Internet of Paul Karason, the most publicized argyria case caused recently by a silver supplement. His was homemade.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa2OpNTX9Ck
Silver is sold as a "dietary supplement". This is a great article on "dietary supplements".
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/10/FDCQ1788VE.DTL
Rosemary
http://www.webanstrich.de/rosemary/
I never heard anything from the paper or from Ms. Napier.
Before blogging on the topic, I returned to the site on July 23, 2011 noting that no comments had been posted, neither mine nor anyone else’s. I tried posting my comment on the site again. This time I successfully registered but was still unable to post. The message that kept appearing was, “Couldn’t log you in as ‘rosemary@rosemaryjacobs.com’”
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