I just received this from Global Light Network tonight.
"Several months ago David lowered the price on our Colloidal Silver to help people stock up due to a threat regarding the EPA wanting to classify it as an insecticide.
If our information is correct, Colloidal Silver has now officially been banned throughout the European Union! It can no longer be legally sold in any health food store in the EU as a nutritional supplement effective January 1st.
We will keep you informed when we know more. Don't make the mistake that this can't or won't happen here."
I just received this from Global Light Network tonight.
"Several months ago David lowered the price on our Colloidal Silver to help people stock up due to a threat regarding the EPA wanting to classify it as an insecticide.
If our information is correct, Colloidal Silver has now officially been banned throughout the European Union! It can no longer be legally sold in any health food store in the EU as a nutritional supplement effective January 1st.
We will keep you informed when we know more. Don't make the mistake that this can't or won't happen here."
News like this is both unfortunate and frusrating. Nice that Global Light reduced the price for their customers, as opposed to raising it like some greedy companies do! This was on curezone:
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Latest news from ANH (Alliance For Natural Health)
Dear Chris
It is unfortunately true that colloidal silver has become illegal to market in Europe from the 1st January 2010. This is because the Food Supplements Directive (2002/46/EC) (FSD), which came into force in 2005, had a 4 year derogation phase built into it, where forms of vitamins and minerals not on the Positive List of approved forms would be allowed to be sold until 31st December 2009. Silver is one of the forms of minerals that has been unsuccessful so far in gaining a positive approval to be allowed for legal sale and this means that all silver products should have been removed from the shelves at the beginning of this year.
Whilst we have been trying very hard to alert companies and consumers to the loss of many supplement products in 2010, we understand that there are many people who still are not aware of what is happening. This political technique, called �gradualism�, is effective in lulling people into a false sense of security because the widespread bans predicted when the FSD came into force didn�t happen immediately. However, they are happening this year and there are now only 181 approved forms of vitamins and minerals for sale in Europe. All others are technically illegal. It isn�t just silver that will be going off the shelves, there are many others too. You might like to read our press release on this issue from the 12th November (https://www.anhcampaign.org/news/anh-...travene-eu-law).
I�m not sure if you�re signed up to receive our eBlasts, but they are a good way to stay abreast of what is happening (https://www.anhcampaign.org/user/register). The good news is that the Positive List remains open and so companies/manufacturers are able to make another application for silver to be added. The other side of the coin, however, is that there are moves too in other parts of the world, not just in Europe, to make it difficult to sell silver as a food supplement because it directly competes with the antibiotic market. Although, the official line is that there is insufficient data regarding safety and this is a consumer protection issue!
I hope this helps to clarify the legislative situation, as dire as it is for silver, and we�ll keep supporters abreast of any changes via our eBlasts.
I also just found this medical journal report using ionic silver and found it interesting...especially when he noted that it didn't cause anyone to turn gray.
I also just found this medical journal report using ionic silver and found it interesting...especially when he noted that it didn't cause anyone to turn gray.
Hi nightowl, when I do use CS, I use Mesosilver, it doesn't cause Argyria.
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MesoSilver - True colloidal silver mineral supplement
Highest particle surface area for maximum effectiveness.
Read... What is Ionic Silver?to learn what other producers do not want you to know.
Here you can read about the three types of products all claiming to be colloidal silver.
High particle surface area makes Mesosilver more effective than silver protein type products with silver concentrations in the tens of thousands of ppm.
Mesosilver is 0.9999 pure silver in colloidal form, a true silver colloid
All natural mineral supplement in the form of nanoparticle colloidal silver.
Highest particle surface area for maximum effectiveness. Up to 600 times greater than other products. See the Comparison Table for details.
No adverse side effects have ever been reported.
Highest bioavailability of any colloidal silver product due to sub-nanometer size particles.
Does not interact or interfere with any medications.
Mesosilver will not cause argyria, a discoloration of the skin caused by some forms of silver. Argyria is caused by silver protein products.More info here.
Contains only pure water and pure silver.
Highest particle surface area of any colloidal silver product available.
Great article nightowl. The links provided in it are worth the read. Some testimonials on how CS cured MRSA in living people are appreciated.
Those silver impregnated dressings are used in the US. While receiving instructions to use them I was advised that even if you dropped it on the floor you could still put it on the wound, which kinda weirded me out, but they said it killed everthing and continually...
It sure gives a reason why Europe, and eventually the U.S., should not be required to prove that it safe and effective...it's already been done. I think we should all print this proof before it disappears from the internet.
Colloidal silver banned in Europe?!
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