Dr. Dean Edell is an illiterate in natural health alternatives and is giving advice to people as to their effectiveness and that silver should be taken off the market.
Dr. Dean Edell’s article is located on HealthCentral.com and the address is here: (http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/408/9344.html)
I sent an email to HealthCentral.com and stated the following:
Pure OSH ionic sliver is the healthiest substance you can put into your body or, a pregnant woman's fetus. You have an opinion from a medical pharmacology trained doctor about a substance that is part of the wellness industry, which he has not received training or education. He obviously has no training in anything natural and will have no education to pass on to your readers in this area.
Please review my website to become informed of the differences between conidial silver and ionized pure ionic OSH silver here: http://www.livelonger123.com/Vitamins/Silver.htm and allow me to inform your readers as to the science facts,, not the doctor's fiction, so they will be empowered with knowledge to make their own choices.
Dr. Edell’s un-informed comments are as follows:
The question was asked by a Health Central.com visitor:
Please review my website to become informed of the differences between conidial silver and ionized pure ionic OSH silver here: http://www.livelonger123.com/Vitamins/Silver.htm and allow me to inform your readers as to the science facts,, not the doctor's fiction, so they will be empowered with knowledge to make their own choices.
Dr. Edell’s un-informed comments are as follows:
The question was asked by a Health Central.com visitor:
Is Colloidal Silver Safe For Sick Pregnant Woman?
Posting Date: 02/08/1999
Beth: My friend is six months pregnant and has been sick from different viruses and a sinus infection during her pregnancy. A friend told her that colloidal silver would help her. Can you tell us if it is safe and what it does?
Dr. Dean: Why is it that so many of us are willing to give credibility to and are willing to risk taking something very dangerous to our health, just on the recommendation of a friend, or a friend of a friend?
The un-informed Dr. Dean’s comment:
Tell her to absolutely not go near this, unless, of course, she wants to have a silver baby, which I highly doubt. No one should take this, let alone, a pregnant woman. I have never seen anything published establishing the safety of colloidal silver.
The use of colloidal silver dates back well before WWII. Silver has a reputation from the past of being an antiseptic, which it is. They also used silver in the form of silver nitrate and placed it in the eyes of newborns to prevent trachoma and other eye infections. The dosages they used were low and not likely to be dangerous.
A listener in the Northeast calls us to warn others about the damage that results from taking colloidal silver whenever she hears us discussing it on the show. Her skin has turned permanently silver from taking it, a result of the deposition of the silver in her skin. She looks like a Tin Man. If you take too much of it, that can and will happen. She is continually pestering Congress to have it outlawed.
You'll hear it mentioned among the health food set, by people constantly searching for new things to peddle to people who don't need them.
Our bodies are perfectly capable of taking care of a flu or a cold. In this country, we think that we have to treat every little thing, and we doctors are just as guilty of this as the public is.
Your friend must not go near that product. It should be taken off of the market and that's all there is to it.
Note to media: Please seek the proper professionals to provide your column, television or website with correct science; you will look far more credible to an informed public.
