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The Management of American Biotech Labs has felt a great sense of responsibility to help people care for their families. Our products empower parents with a first line of defense that they can have and use at home, when and where the need arises, instead of always having to depend on someone else. We also seek to empower families with knowledge, so that they know what to do and how to do it. Freedom to choose safe and effective alternatives is a wonderful thing.
Another goal of American Biotech Labs is to not only produce the very best products on the market, but to also produce products that are affordable for both individuals and families. By selling its silver products at prices that families can actually afford, American Biotech Labs has been able to effect a price reduction across the entire market, to the benefit of all families, no matter which product or company they choose to use.
American Biotech Labs has also lead the way in testing their products. ABL Management sees this as the most important benefit we can bring to the market place. By creating volumes of independent documentation on our products, our competitors will be forced to do the same with their products, at least to some extent. In turn this will cause a very valuable market-wide expansion of knowledge, which American Biotech Labs’ management feels will be more beneficial to everyone. It will raise the credibility of the entire market sector, which has been very poor in the past. The time will soon come when consumers will demand real data, before they use a product.
American Biotech Labs is in the forefront of silver research, having completed over 50 major studies (seven independent studies) on their products and the technology behind them. American Biotech Labs has also led the way in product design and information.
American Biotech Labs saw a need for an extra-strength product that could be used really sick and under a doctors care. American Biotech Labs created a product just for doctors to fill that need, and now other companies have followed suit. American Biotech Labs then saw a need to update people nationwide on the advances the company has been making in testing, etc., so almost two years ago the company created a news letter to make sure the knowledge was transferred to people who used the product. Recently our competitors have started doing the same thing. The Management of American Biotech Labs is hopeful that its competitors will now feel obligated to actually have their products tested by independent, professional, third-party laboratories before they sell them. If they will do so, we believe this expansion of research and knowledge will lead to the betterment of the entire market place..
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. There are so many silver products on the market today, how do I tell which ones are good and which ones are not?
A. Look and ask for real (independent) test data. This data should include such things as independent safety reports, efficacy reports, government approvals that prove efficacy, and endorsements from people of expertise that have no ownership in the Company, etc. No family should ever use a product unless it has at least been proven safe to use [look for in-vivo (living) tests that prove non-toxicity]. Just because some person says that a product is non-toxic or beneficial, does not mean that it is.
For example:
Safety Studies
American Biotech Labs has had seven independent safety studies completed on their products, including: in-vivo (living) studies at up to 200 times the normal adult dosage; injected and ingested studies at levels of up to 5000 milligrams per kilograms of body weight, using not only the regular 10 ppm supplement, but also independent studies using the ASAP-AGX-32® product. American Biotech Labs also has cellular studies showing that the product (even at extra-strength levels) is non toxic to human cells. All seven safety studies have shown that the American Biotech Labs’ products are completely non-toxic at the levels at which they are recommended for use.
Effectiveness Studies, Approvals And Testimony
American Biotech Labs currently has over 200 studies and test series that have been completed on its products and its effect in laboratory settings. These studies include thousands of antimicrobial tests at numerous international, governmental, major university and also private laboratories. An antibiotic comparison study on ASAP Solution® has been released in an international peer-reviewed paper. There have also been four different independent human studies completed, including one involving 124 patients from a number of hospitals and clinics in West Africa. Numerous other studies have been conducted on ABL products which have not yet been released (some are currently in peer review).
American Biotech Labs currently has three different EPA approvals for use as a disinfectant, a homeopathic drug approval from the country of Ghana West Africa, and a number of other approvals that are currently pending. American Biotech Labs’ products were found to be so effective that one of the managing directors of the company was invited to testify before a U.S. Congressional Committee. Also submitted to the Committee were numerous pages of data, which is included in the appendix of the congressional testimony. Also included in the appendices were personal reports on the products’ use from a number of independent people, including a renowned cancer doctor, one of the top material scientists in the world, a three-star military general (he served as Surgeon General of the U.S. Air force, now retired and working with Homeland Security), and also one of the highest-ranking U.S. Senators. Credibility on this level has to be earned over extended periods of time.
Q. What do I watch out for? Some companies always tout particle size. What does particle size have to do with it all?
A. A company with little real scientific standing will try to confuse potential clients with useless data that is very general in nature, and that in reality has nothing to do with the use of their product. Often this data sounds quite impressive. But this data is many times just copied or quoted from some doctor or scientist who did work on old silver products in the early or middle 1900's. Big red flags should go up if a company just touts particle size and/or whether or not the product is colloidal or ionic. The argument of particle size is just a useless theory that states that smaller is somehow better. Focusing on particle size is just a smokescreen for the fact that these companies have no real or reliable data to talk about. Those companies who have real data, talk about it. Those who do not, often just argue about particle size. Unless you can back it with real data, particle size means nothing.
The real question is not which product has the smallest particle size, but rather which company has been able to engineer their particle size to be optimal (the most effective or broad spectrum) while keeping in mind that the amount of silver used has to be low enough to be safe for everyday family consumption. It is true that if a particle is too large it is of little use. It is also true that if a particle is too small it becomes ionic and much less useful, because ionic silver can be influenced or bound up by too many other chemical relationships in the body.
The fact remains that particle size is only important if the product actually works, and the only way to know if a product actually works is to have reliable, independent test data that proves it. Any good company which has reliable, independent test data should be able to show it to you upon request. The test data should include test time periods (how long it took to work), how much was used in the test (the quantity used to get the results) and how strong the silver content was (what ppm levels were used). It is also important to look for the name of the independent lab that did the work. Very few companies have any test data at all, not even in-vivo (living) safety data. The little information that is available from these companies and given out or shown to potential clients, is many times completed by their own in-house laboratories where they can make up any data they want. Good test work will have the name of a quality or reputable lab associated with it. Look for a signed copy..
Q. A number of companies have come out with some sort of claim that their products are better then yours. Why don’t you come out with comparison studies showing that your product is actually better?
A. There are many parts to this answer. The first part is that we believe that these comparisons are just more smoke and mirrors put out by low-budget companies because they have no real data of their own. Because we have volumes of independent data, they think that if they can just claim that their product is better or more effective than ours, it gives them credibility of some sort.
We have looked at a number of sites on the internet and we found them to be highly inaccurate. One even had supposed pictures of how our product stacked up against theirs. The pictures had no data, no test times, unknown silver concentrations, and no indication that the work was completed at an independent lab. It was obvious that it had been created by their own in-house laboratory in the back room, where they can skew the data any way they choose.
Another site that claimed to be an independent one had comparisons of many different products, and stated that our product was actually not metallic but something like 80% ionic. With a little more investigation we found that the site was not an independent one as it purported to be, but rather a misleading site to promote its company’s own product. American Biotech Labs has data from the number-one materials research institute in the world on our engineered silver nano-particle product. We have an extensive understanding of information about our silver products and have filed hundreds of pages of patents to cover them so that they cannot be duplicated by anyone else. We believe that small-time companies will continue to take shots at American Biotech Labs because when your product stands out alone at the top of the heap, there will always be wishful people taking shots at you in an attempt to try and make themselves look better.
The second part of the answer is that there are thousands of silver products out there and more trying to get into the market every day. We could waste our time trying to identify them all and then prove that we are better than each and every one of them, but why do this? It seems to us that our time and money is better spent working on solving problems, finding new answers, and creating new products with our technology so that we can end more human suffering. Because we have human case studies that have been completed using our products, we know about how much of our product is needed, to be used at what time intervals, in order to boost the human immune system to solve certain problems. We will continue to work with international labs, joint venture partners, and government groups, etc. to increase that knowledge so that we can help more people worldwide.
Q. Where do you see American Biotech Labs going in the next few years?
A. We have several new products that will be introduced to the markets this year, and even more next year. A number of doctors and scientists have already been using and testing these new products, and we are very confident that these items will be widely accepted in many new markets worldwide. We have a number of major studies that will be released in the next two years, some of which will be released in peer-reviewed journals. We have signed a number of joint ventures with specialized partners and formed several new companies. One of the new companies has been formed and organized to develop products for humanitarian aid worldwide. The human studies completed on ABL products have proven that we can make a difference in the lives of many people.
American Biotech Labs believes that by working with strong partners, the company can do a great deal of good for humanity and help end some causes of suffering for third-world children. Humanitarian work is very important to us, and in connection with that, we have already been active by donating product to doctors who are caring for Afghan refugees. We have also been working with doctors in Africa, and also missionary and government groups in South America and Asia. We have also supported U.S. doctors by donating our extra-strength product, which has been used right here in the U.S. to help hurricane victims. American Biotech Labs’ management believes that by doing good, the company will continue to do exceedingly well. ABL intends to pursue a course which will offer major health benefits throughout the world and create a healthier life for mankind..
Silver in Glass vs. Plastic Containers
The Safety Of Using Silver Solutions
And The Risk Of Argyria
The Safety Of Using Silver Solutions
And The Risk Of Argyria
The Safety of Using Silver Solutions And the Risk of Argyria
Introduction
Humanity has had a love affair with silver for thousands of years. Historically the precious metal was used in medicine, eating utensils, plates, cups, food containers, jewelry, money/coins, clothes, building materials, and as a disinfectant for water and human infection. Silver has historically touched almost every facet of life for those who could afford it. Now, after thousands of years of study and magnificent gains in knowledge, science and technology, silver is still used for medicine, eating utensils, plates, cups, food containers, jewelry, money/coins, clothes, building materials, and as a disinfectant. It remains an important part of our lives because of the extensively proven safety and utility of the metal.
Silver metal is naturally antimicrobial (killing harmful bacteria, yeast, fungus, virus), and yet has no negative effect on human tissue when used in reasonable amounts. It has a natural anti-inflammatory action which reduces pain and promotes natural healing. Silver is extensively used in medicine today. Currently, there are over 80 FDA approved silver based products and more are being approved monthly. Silver is the number one treatment for burns in U.S. burn centers, being administered in the form of gels and creams. New silver coated catheters are used because they stop the urinary tract infections that were commonplace with the old ones. New testing is producing silver heart valves that bacteria cannot damage. To protect us from food poisoning, silver particles are now being put in cutting boards, table tops, surface disinfectants, and refrigerators. Silver is now widely used in clothing, not only for the military, but for the sportsman and businessman. It is woven and impregnated into the fabric to kill bacteria that cause body odor, and even to fix that smell that comes from your son’s basketball shoes. It is being used on and in foods, as a decoration and disinfectant. Because of its high conductivity, silver or silver alloys are used in almost every electrical connection in your house, from your toaster to your shaver, computer, hot water heater, car, coffee maker, and even your cell phone. New applications are being engineered daily and include numerous areas in the dental and medical field. A new peer review paper will show that it is likely that a new silver liquid may save your life in the event of an H5-N1 bird flu pandemic. It is safe to say that silver is used almost every day by every man, woman, or child in the civilized world.
Can Silver Cause Heavy Metal Poisoning Or Toxic Nephropathy?
Many doctors, scientists, and now news men, have as of late, been claiming that silver is a problem because it is a heavy metal, and as such can poison the body. The problem is not with the silver but with the misinformed and inadequate knowledge of the people speaking about things they know little about. The real answer is that silver is not toxic when used at reasonable levels and quantities! Any substance, even water, in excessive amounts can be fatal. Toxic nephropathy or heavy metal poisoning is defined as, “Any functional or morphologic change in the kidney produced by an ingested, injected, inhaled, or absorbed drug, chemical, or biological agent.” The MERCK Manual is sometimes referred to as the “Scientific Bible Of Diagnosis And Therapy” by many scientists and doctors. Silver is the only heavy metal notlisted in the manual for causing heavy metal poisoning, because it does not cause it. (See MERCK manual (17th Edition, Pg 1880, table 226-1, third item listed, for the full list of heavy metals that cause toxic nephropathy). In a recent peer - review paper “Ultradilute Ag-Aquasols with extraordinary bactericidal properties: the role of the system Ag-O-H2O.” (Materials Research Innovations, vol. 11, no. 1, (2007) pages 3-18) on the subject of the safety of consuming metallic silver, the paper states (page 1, first paragraph of the introduction), “A recent paper by Das et al. Provides the remarkable datum that some 275,000 kg [(605,000 pounds)] of edible metallic silver foil are consumed every year (in food) in India. No known adverse health effects have ever been recorded. This epidemiological evidence that silver as a metal is not toxic in any way needs no further comment. Further support for the obvious safety of consuming metallic silver (Ag0) is in the worldwide consumption of (so called) silver colloids, often made at home in primitive electrochemical cells by probably some millions of citizens, again with no ill effects.” It is estimated that the Indian tradition of eating candy and cakes wrapped in metallic silver foil (eaten foil and all) came from their historically gained knowledge that in their warm, moist climate with little refrigeration of foods, eating the silver-covered candy and cakes after meals would kill the bacteria consumed with the food, before it had a chance to do damage to their body systems. In other words, the people of India have proven over the last thousand years that eating or consuming large amounts of metallic silver has no negative effect on the body or body systems.
What Is Argyria?
What is Argyria and will I get it if I use silver products? These are two very common questions. They are important because each of us needs to know that any product we are using or giving to our families is safe, and will at the least do no harm to them.
Silver products alone are generally non-toxic and have no negative side effects, if used in reasonable amounts. However, the extreme misuse of some silver salt compounds may cause a condition called argyria. Argyria has no known negative side effects except that it causes a greying or blueing of the skin color. The condition is non-toxic and only cosmetic in nature.
What Causes Argyria?
Put simply, argyria can result if there is so much chemical or ionic silver in the body at one time that the body cannot wash it out fast enough through both the urinary and fecal tract systems. In order to get rid of this excess silver, the body just walls it off in the cells. In most cases the discoloration is permanent. It is the equivalent of getting a tattoo by misusing silver products in an extreme way. The condition is very rare, even in people who consume large amounts of ionic or chemical silver products.
Argyria has resulted from the extreme misuse of very strong silver solutions usually consisting of silver salts, including silver nitrate, silver arsphenamine, silver chloride and possibly silver iodide. These products were sold until about 1975 under various labels with solutions containing levels of silver ranging from 5-30%. That means that these FDA - type products were used at levels as high as 50,000-300,000 ppm (parts per million)(Federal Register, FDA-21CFR Part 310, pg. 53685). That is the equivalent of 5,000 to 30,000 times more silver than is used in most silver supplement products sold today, which would be from 10-30 ppm depending on the use. Argyria has also been known to rarely result from the extreme misuse of some home-brew products (home made- usually small machine - battery produced products) where they are consumed daily in large quantities (8-24 ounces daily over years of time).
Minimum Amount Of Silver Intake Known To Cause Argyria Historically
The minimum amount of silver ever known to cause argyria in adults from the use of any silver compound (including salts) is 900 mg of silver taken orally in one year. In order to reach this level of silver intake, an individual would have to consume at least 380 - 8 oz. bottles of a 10 PPM silver product within a year. Testing suggests that an average adult dosage of about ½ to 1 teaspoon taken one to three times daily, is usually sufficient to cause a generally helpful effect in connection with the human immune system. This means that an individual would have to consume over 50 times the normal adult dosage every day for a year, to even reach the lowest level ever known to cause argyria. It should be noted that EPA standards for the amount of silver that can be safely consumed in drinking water is about an ounce per day (EPA RED document page 2, 4th paragraph). It is also important to note that even during the years from 1918 to1940 when silver was a government approved antibiotic alternative of sorts, and millions of people using these very strong (high content) silver products, there were only about 7-12 people a year who developed generalized Argyria. Remember in those days, antibiotics did not exist, and if the choice was to have a very remote chance of turning grey or to be dead, most people would choose grey. After all, dead is a permanent side effect.
Only Ionic Or Chemical Forms Of Silver Can Cause Argyria
A new peer-review report from Pennsylvania State University was just released after years of studying a number of colloidal silver and silver aquasol products purchased from the U.S. market. The paper was authored by Professor Rustum Roy, along with seven other professors and scientists from leading universities. The report is titled, “Ultradilute Ag-Aquasols with extraordinary bactericidal properties: the role of the system Ag-O-H2O.” (Materials Research Innovations, vol. 11, no. 1, (2007) pages 3-18). On the subject of ionic vs metallic silver for human use, the report states (page 2, fourth paragraph): “In spite of this enormous range of data, it is extraordinary that no major effort has been made to confirm and expand on the role of metallic silver in human health–especially in light of its huge advantage in lack of side effects. (Ingestion of excessive amounts of ionic (soluble) silver , not metallic solid particles is reported to have resulted in a very rare condition labeled argyria, an (irreversible?) darkening of the skin. No one has died of this condition. The safety of metallic silver sols is firmly established by the data cited above.)” In other words the skin condition called argyria is only caused by chemical or ionic forms of silver, not by metallic silver or metallic silver nano-particle products.
Silver Washes Out Of The System Quickly
According to the EPA IRIS Report on silver (Integrated Risk Information Systems, 5th page, 1st paragraph) it states that a number of tests were completed to test the absorption and retention of ingested silver in a number of animals, including primates (we are primates). In its conclusion, the test work indicated that between 90-99% of ingested silver was excreted on the second day after ingestion, and greater than 99% was excreted in less than a week. So, in other words, almost all of the ingested silver was out of the body in only two days, and most of the rest was out of the body in a week. They found that silver does not build up in the system.
No Comparison Between The New And Old Products
The new patented and engineered nano-silver products have been proven to kill bacteria at levels of between 0.10-5 ppm, and since the old silver products ranged between 50,000-300,000 ppm, there is really no comparison. These new products are effective with concentrations of 5,000 - 30,000 times less silver in the solution. Better technology, which produces a more useful (bacteria lethal) engineered silver nano particle, would seem to be the difference. Because these silver products effectively kill bacteria using substantially lower levels of silver, the risk of any possible side effects has been all but eliminated.
Home-Brew Products
Many people say that they do not need to buy commercial silver products because they have a little machine at home that will make it for pennies per gallon. Would they also yank willow bark off of a tree and chew it when they have a headache? Willow bark is used to make aspirin. The point is that when they make that product in their house, they have no idea what they are making or drinking. It could have one part per million silver or 10,000 parts per million. There is really no way to know with any assurance, unless you tested each and every batch of product that was made, using an AA (atomic absorption) or equivalent type of machine. An AA machine can measure silver levels in liquid in parts per million or even parts per billion. Tests show that home-brew machines produce products that vary dramatically with each batch of product made., One batch could be 3 ppm silver, the next might be 300 ppm. This is true even if the same water, the same silver, and the same machine are used to produce it.
There is no simple way to accurately control or measure the product that is made in the home made silver product machines. Recent tests on a number of those small “home-brew” machines have shown that the product that they make is usually of very poor quality. Also it was found that the home-brew products are made up of mostly ionic or soluble silver particles, not metallic particles. There are also a number of other minor problems associated with these machines. The first problem is that many of the particles that these machines make are usually too big to enter into the human system, and thus are mostly ineffective. The second problem is that because the products are so ineffective, the people who use them usually have to drink a lot of the product to get a positive reaction. Third, the increased amount of home-brew product needed to get a good reaction can be way above what a person should drink by government guidelines. When people drink large amounts of heavy or loaded home-brew silver products, they potentially expose themselves to the condition called argyria. Even among the hundreds of thousands of home brew product makers, the argyria condition is very rare. The news media seems to love to find one or two of them every year or so and put them on the air as some sort of freak show.
The Safety Of Medicinal Silver Use Compared To Modern Antibiotics
In an EPA report on drinking water (report ECAO-CIN-026 revised Jan.1991- Section VI, pages VI-1) states that silver has been used therapeutically for centuries. Two doctors in the report who were injecting silver into people stated, (Hill and Pillsbury 1939, page VI-2) “the ordinary clinical use of silver compounds practically never gives rise to any gross untoward effect other than argyria.”. The paper also states (bottom of page VI-11), “There is no evidence that argyria alone is associated with any adverse effects other than the pigmentation.” In other words, the only potential side effect from the extreme misuse of medicinal or supplement silver products, is the rare condition called argyria. In comparison, antibiotics currently being used by the medical community, are estimated to kill over 100,000 people annually as a negative side effect (JAMA December 2000, Barbra Starfield). The 100,000 people dead number only includes cases where antibiotics were used correctly, the number would be much larger if it included those given by mistake, or in bad combination.
Conclusion
There is no question about the safety and non-toxicity of using silver in its many human uses. It has been safely used in almost every facet of human life for thousands of years. It is the only heavy metal that does not cause heavy metal poisoning. It is one of the most broad-spectrum, safe, and effective human disinfectant and healing agents that exists. According to the EPA, who is in charge of defining safe levels of any mineral in water which is used for ingestion or drinking, the oral consumption of small amounts of silver in water on a daily basis poses no significant degree of risk. Unless an individual were consistently consuming (every day for over a year) over 50 times the recommended daily dosage of a 10-30 ppm product, there would be literally no possibility of that individual contracting the non-toxic condition called argyria. Those people who use hundreds or even thousands of times the recommended daily dosages run a risk of turning their skin grey, but even then the condition is very rare. There has been no reported deaths from the medicinal use of silver, in comparison antibiotics kill an estimated 100,000 plus people annually.
Silver in Glass vs. Plastic Containers
by David A. Revelli, MS
Introduction
A great deal of controversy has arisen in the market place on the question of whether it is better to store silver solutions in glass versus plastic containers. There is a misconception that has prevailed in the market place that glass is better. The idea that glass containers are better for storing products which contain silver has never been proven scientifically. In fact, it has been reported in other studies that glass may have a detrimental effect on silver products.
Test Work
I have been conducting biological studies for 3 years, in the laboratory of a major private institution, on the use of silver products to kill and inhibit the growth of bacteria. I have conducted thousands of tests on numerous strains of pathogenic bacteria. In the testing I have completed, I have used both glass (5 ml glass test tubes) and plastic (Falcon 5 ml polypropylene plastic test tubes). In some of the test work we found that there was a difference in the amount of silver that was needed to kill the bacteria when glass was used versus plastic test tubes. In order to make sure this was the case, it was decided that the MIC tests (Minimum Inhibitory Concentration) should be replicated by more than one person and a direct comparison was made. The MIC tests were performed in triplicate in both 5 ml 13X100mm glass test tubes and 5 ml Falcon polypropylene plastic test tubes. Results of the bacterial (MIC) tests showed that Staphylococcus aureus was inhibited at 2.5 ppm when the MIC test was performed in the plastic test tubes. S. aureus was inhibited at 5 ppm when the MIC test was performed in glass test tubes. This suggested that the material with which the test tubes were made, specifically glass or plastic, may have effected the results of the MIC test. Numerous other tests were also completed using larger concentrations of bacterium and in those tests it was found that there was no significant difference at all between using the glass test tubes versus plastic test tubes
Other Studies
The studies which I performed are not the only tests showing that glass, in some circumstances, may have a detrimental effect on silver products. It has been noted in another independent study which has been cited by other researchers that silver can adsorb to glass (Chambers 1960; Thurman 1989). With this in mind, it may have been possible that the silver could have adsorbed to the surface of the glass test tubes reducing the concentration of available silver interacting with the bacteria which resulted in having to use a higher amount of silver to kill the bacteria when the glass test tubes were used.
Conclusion
In the test work I have completed as well as in other available studies, it was found that glass may, in some cases, have a detrimental effect on silver products. While it can be said that glass did not always show the detrimental effect, it can also be stated that we found no problems at all with using the plastic instead of glass. Our tests, in conclusion with the other available independent study (1Chambers et al. and 2Thurman et al.), would suggest, by inference, that silver products should not be stored in glass containers which could reduce the available concentration of silver, but rather in a high quality plastic container.
Respectively,
David A. Revelli, MS
References
Chambers, C. a. C. P. (1960). The Bacteriological and Chemical Behavior of Silver in Low Concentration. Cincinnati, OH, Division of Water Supply and Pollution Control, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Thurman, R. a. C. G. (1989). "The Molecular Mechanisms of Copper and Silver Ion Disinfection of Bacteria and Viruses." CRC Critical Reviews in Environmental Control 18(4): 295-314.
American Biotech Labs’
Nano-Silver Proven Safe For Humans
By Keith Moeller
Introduction
A great deal of misinformation has been released from the media claiming that nano-silver products have not been tested for safety, and that it is unknown what effects the products may have on people or the environment. It has also been stated that these silver products can cause heavy-metal poisoning. Little, if any, of this attack on nano-silver has validity, and more importantly it is the work of people or special interest groups that have something else to gain by limiting a persons free right to have and use safe silver products. American Biotech Labs has spent millions of dollars on testing the safety and efficacy of nano-silver technology products.
EPA Registration
American Biotech Labs already has been awarded a registration for two of their ASAP nano-silver products from the EPA, after having completed thousands of antimicrobial tests meeting strict EPA guidelines. Those products have 10-minute-kill-time claims for both home and hospital disinfection against deadly pathogens like staph, yeast, and black mold, etc. The products have also been approved for disinfecting dental water lines used to spray into human mouths, as well as heating and ventilation systems for home and industrial use.
Nano-Silver Safe For The Home And The Environment
Each EPA approved product is required to have safety information, and according to that information a toxic spill or EPA reportable spill amount is required to be printed in the product MSDS sheet (Material Safety Data Sheet). For example, a chlorine-type cleaning product (found for open purchase on store shelves right now) has a toxic spill rating of about three gallons, meaning that a spill of three gallons or more must be reported to the EPA and handled by HAZMAT authorities. In comparison, American
Biotech Labs’ 32 ppm nano-silver product has a toxic spill rating of 12,500,000 gallons. An oil tanker will hold about a million gallons, which means that 12.5 oil tankers full of the ASAP nano silver disinfectant would have to spill their entire loads of the product together to be deemed a toxic event to the environment. The management of American Biotech Labs believes that there is no tank or vat large enough in the entire world that could hold and subsequently spill enough of the ASAP disinfectant product to actually be reportable as a toxic spill to the environment. In other words, American Biotech Labs’ nano-silver disinfectant product is perhaps the safest disinfectant product, for environmental reasons, ever approved to kill bacteria, mold, yeast and other pathogens.
Nano-Silver Tested For Cyto-toxicity (Will It Harm Human Cells?)
A number of independent cyto-toxicity tests have been completed on American Biotech Labs’ nano-silver products. At both 10 and 22 ppm, the products were found to do no damage at all to either human or monkey cells, meaning that they were found completely non-cyto-toxic. ASAP nano-silver gel products were tested for cyto-toxicity at both 24 and 32 ppm by an independent FDA/EPA approved lab. According to FDA guidelines, the cyto-toxicity is reported on a scale of 1-4 (4 being highly cyto-toxic and 1 being very safe for use). Both the 24 and 32ppm ASAP nano-silver products were deemed in the testing to be a level 1, in other words having little or no negative effect on the skin.
Ingested Nano Silver Toxicity Studies
Numerous ingested toxicity studies have been completed on American Biotech Labs’ nano-silver products. Some of the studies are outlined below. Independent LD-50 tests on animals at levels equivalent to approximately 200 times the normal internal use adult dosage were found to be non-toxic to the animals. A 28-day bird flu study completed by a U.S. NIH virology lab also included a toxicity study in which the animals were fed levels of the nano-silver at 10-200 times the normal dosage daily. The ASAP nano-silver products were found to be non-toxic to the animals in the long term study. A separate medical college study tested the ingestion of American Biotech Labs’ nano-silver product in animals at levels of 0.5 ml, 1.0 ml, and 1.5 ml
daily for 28 days, and again found the product completely non-toxic to the animals. An Indian (WHO approved) lab tested the ASAP nano-silver products for toxicity in a mouse-model study at levels of 50, 500, 5,000 mg/kg. The product was again found to be completely non-toxic to the animals at all levels tested in the Indian study. A peer-reviewed preliminary HIV Human study found that the oral ingestion of 2 ounces daily for four months of the 10 ppm ASAP nano-silver product, had no negative effect on the seven human patients. A U.S. Congressional Testimony outlines the use of the ASAP nano-silver product at between 0.5-1.0 ounce daily use at 10 ppm, for human use of the product against malaria and other human ailments (120+ cases). In all cases, no negative effects were reported from any of the four hospitals and clinics that tested the product, by either external or internal use (mostly internal use).
Injected Nano- Silver Toxicity Studies
Two injected mouse model studies have been completed testing the ASAP nano-silver products at a level of 50 mg/kg, at both 10 and 32 ppm levels. Both studies found the products to be completely non-toxic to the test animals.
Will Nano-Silver Kill Probiotic Or Friendly Digestive Bacteria?
Two independent studies have been completed by two different major labs, testing the effect of American Biotech Labs’ ASAP nano-silver on probiotic or friendly and needed digestive bacteria. Both studies found that the ASAP nano-silver products would not even inhibit the growth of probiotic bacteria at all levels at which it is being used.
Does Silver Cause Heavy Metal Poisoning?
The claim that silver can cause toxic nephropathy or heavy metal poisoning is being made by both pseudo-scientists and the uniformed news media. The statement shows a complete lack of even the most basic scientific knowledge about silver. Toxic nephropathy is defined as “Any functional or morphologic change in the kidney produced by an ingested, injected, inhaled, or absorbed drug, chemical, or biologic agent.” Probably the most
correct and widely accepted authority on the subject would be the MERCK Manual Of Diagnosis And Treatment. The 17th edition of the manual, on page 1880, shows the complete list of heavy metals that can cause heavy metal poisoning. The list includes a number of metals like copper and iron that are found in everyday vitamins, but silver is not listed in any form. It was not accidently forgotten from the list, and it was not listed in the comprehensive list because it does not cause the problem! Listed under “Methemoglobin formers” the Merck does list sodium nitrite as a cause of nephropathy, the importance of this being that if silver is mixed with heavy salt or sodium products, it could be classified as causing nephropathy, not because of the silver, but because of the heavy amount of salt contained in the matrix of the combined product. The heavy use of silver nitrate in the medical industry (both past and present) may have led people to the common, but incorrect misconception about silver.
Has The U.S. EPA Established An RfD Or Oral Daily Silver Intake Limit?
In 1991 the EPA issued an oral intake limit for daily use on silver to be 0.005 mg/kg/day (EPA RED Document pg.2). That means that according to the EPA guidelines for silver ingestion, an average size adult could safely consume the equivalent of one ounce daily of a 10 ppm silver product and not exceed the EPA established daily intake limit. On page two of the EPA RED document it states, “EPA does not anticipate that dietary exposure to these low levels of silver will be associated with any significant degree of risk”.
Can Oral Silver Consumption Cause Cancer?
It has been suggested by numerous pseudo-scientists that the long term use of silver can cause cancer in some form or another. The statement is false. The EPA IRIS (Integrated Risk Information System) Report on Silver states under the first paragraph listed under section 11.A.2., “No evidence of cancer in humans has been reported despite frequent therapeutic use of the compound (silver) over the years”. Again under section 11.A.4. it states, “Further support for the lack of silver’s ability to induce or promote cancer stems from the finding that, despite long standing and frequent therapeutic usage in humans, there are no reports of cancer associated with silver”.
Can Silver Cause Cells To Mutate?
On page 9 of the EPA IRIS Report it states, “No evidence of the mutagenicity of silver was shown in two available studies”.
The European Commission Has Determaned The Oral Supplement Use Of Silver To Be Safe!
The European Commission, Health & Consumer Protection Directorate-General, Opinion listed under Directorate B - Scientific Health Opinions, on the use of silver in medical devices, beverages, and supplements, issued their opinion on June 27th 2000 after a comprehensive study of the subject. The opinion is stated in their conclusion on page eight. The opinion states, “According to Annex IV of Directive 94/36, Silver (E. 174) can be used quantum satis to color both food and beverages, and the metal can also be ingested in the form of dietary supplements sold in “health-food” shops”. In other words they found that silver metal was safe for oral ingestion as a supplement!
Why Are There Some Negative Historical Reports On The Use Of Silver Products
Historically, silver was used at very high levels and mixed with numerous toxic compounds including arsenic, mercury, salt, iodine, and others. It was not the silver in these compounds that made the complex toxic, as listed in the reports quoting some reported case studies, but the other added products. There is a vast amount of data on the toxicity of the other compounds, like arsenic, which when added to silver could make the entire matrix toxic. The most widely used compound that was mixed with silver was salt, in the form of sodium nitrate. Silver nitrate was used at very high levels. Even when used at those high levels, the silver nitrate products were found to be only mildly toxic. Even found to be safe enough to put into baby’s eyes at birth. One toxicity study on rats (EPA Office Of Drinking Water report issued August 1988, Revised January, 1991 pg. III-18) cites an oral toxicity study completed on rats. The rats were given drinking water containing 1296 mg/l (equal to 1296 ppm silver ) of silver nitrate. Drinking the very high content silver nitrate as there entire drinking water supply daily, the animals remained healthy for 60 weeks (1year and 3 months). After the 60 weeks the animals started to deteriorate in health. After the 76th week the animals were returned to drinking regular water and all animals returned to normal health. This proved that even long term ingestion of huge levels of high-content silver nitrate, only had a mildly negative effect on the animals, and that effect was only temporary with no lasting effect once they were taken off the product.
Safest Means To Protect Our Homes And Families
In December of 2000, a JAMA article reported that more than 100,000 people had died that year as a side effect of antibiotics used correctly. That number did not include antibiotics that were misused. Of the millions of people consuming silver products of all types that year, no deaths were reported. If a child accidently consumed one bottle of vitamins or household cleaner, or hundreds of other products in our homes, he or she would most likely be killed or at least harmed. In comparison, if that same child were to accidently drink an entire 16 ounce bottle of the EPA approved ASAP hospital disinfectant, he or she would not be harmed in any way. A major university found in its testing that this same product, which would not hurt a child, could kill the two most deadly bacteria found in hospitals (MRSA and VRE), even when it was diluted way down to only 2.5 ppm. The point is that silver may not be perfect, but it is by far the safest and most effective, hospital, home, and body disinfectant we have in the world today. It is the only safe way we currently have to fight off deadly infections and disease.
Proven Effective Against Pathogens
American Biotech Labs currently holds more than 160 independent studies from more than 60 different private, U.S. government, military, and also university labs. The studies include more than an estimated 10,000 individual antimicrobial tests. The ASAP nano-silver product has proven effective at eliminating malaria from the bloodstream in 4 different preliminary studies, in an average of just 3.34 days, by internal human ingestion. The product was proven, in an animal-model study at a U.S. government NIH lab, to be able to increase the survival rate of mice by 100% against the deadly H5-N1 Bird Flu virus, when using the product orally on a
daily basis (also released in peer review journal). The product was proven in a preliminary, independent, peer reviewed journal article, to be able to increase the T lymphocyte count in 7 human AIDS patients by an average of almost 40%, in four months of oral usage at just 2 ounces daily. The product technology is patented to be able to kill TB, MRSA, Hepatitis b., HIV, yeast, and too many other pathogens to list here. The point is that it is very broad spectrum antimicrobial agent, which also has been tested found to be completely non-toxic to humans and animals at any level tested.
Personal Use
My personal anecdotal human safety study has been completed to date using myself as a test subject. I have ingested orally an average amount of approximately 2-5 ounces weekly of the ASAP nano-silver product for the past 10 years. I have consumed as much as 20 ounces of the product in a seven day period of time. I have, in addition, used the gel products on my face and hands and other body parts almost daily for two years. I have suffered no ill effects. I am not blue. My kidneys and liver function well. I have almost never been sick, even when people around me have been. I am in very good health. I know more than a dozen people who have used the product as long as I have. They, like me, have also experienced no negative side effects. I will continue my human study.
Conclusion
American Biotech Labs has already registered with the EPA as a pesticide, with approvals as a surface disinfectant, HVAC disinfectant, and also as a disinfectant for dental water lines. The company has been issued a toxicity rating showing that in order for the product to be toxic to the environment, 12,4500,000 gallons of the hospital disinfectant product would have to be spilled at one time. No tank or vat could even hold enough of the product at one time for it to be considered toxic in the event of any spill. American Biotech labs has completed millions of dollars of comprehensive, independent safety and effectivity data on its nano-silver products, including but not limited to: cyto-toxicity studies; injected and ingested studies at high and low levels of silver content and also for both short and long periods of
time; also skin sensitivity studies. All studies have concluded that the ASAP nano-silver products are not toxic to cells, animals, or humans.
The U.S. EPA has issued an RfD for silver showing that a normal size adult could safely consume the equivalent of an ounce of a 10 ppm product daily for an entire lifetime (based on 72 years). The European Commission On Health And Consumer Protection issued an opinion after a comprehensive study on silver that metallic silver was safe for ingestion in drinks and food, and also could be sold in health-food stores as a supplement.
Silver is not a metal that causes heavy metal poisoning as has been reported by numerous pseudo-scientists. The Merck Index does not list silver as a compound that cases nephropathy.
Historically silver has been mixed with numerous toxic substances like arsenic, mercury and sodium nitrate. These substances were often reported as having some toxic effect when used in large quantities. The silver was not a toxic product in an of itself, but was sometimes reported as being toxic because of the other added substances.
My own personnel study of the safety of the nano silver product has been ongoing for the past 10 years, using an average of 2-5 ounces weekly. I have suffered no negative side effects from my long-term ingestion of the products. My study continues.
Humanity must be allowed some way to safely protect themselves and their families from deadly pathogens and infections that are rampant in our hospitals, schools, and homes. Silver may not be perfect, but it is by far the safest and most broad spectrum bacteria and infection killing substance available to mankind right now.
Silver, the Environment and Water:
By Dr Gordon Pedersen (Toxicologist)
Some public awareness groups are suggesting that silver should be regulated by the EPA because it could be a threat to the environment. The newly patented Silver Sol is already certified and regulated by the EPA, where it currently carries a number of EPA certifications.
Silver Sol is approved for and currently in compliance with the following EPA regulations EPA registration # 73499-2
*22 ppm and 0.5 ppm for dental water line disinfection.
*10 ppm as a hard surface disinfectant to kill gram negative organisms in industrial commercial and residential usage.
*32 ppm as a hard surface hospital disinfectant for gram positive, gram negative and nosicomial pathogens.
*Approved at 32 ppm to kill yeast and environmental fungi including black mold *Also approved for the disinfection of heating and ventilation systems, and for the killing of odor causing bacteria.
It has been suggested by outside media groups that silver could pose a threat to the drinking water and environment. Silver Sol poses absolutely no threat to our drinking water, according to Gerard Yeates, a department manager of water quality and water treatment at the Central Utah Water Project, he states that there are no health risks. “Because it (silver) never turns up in any water treatment centers and because it is not being detected in any amount even at levels as low as one part per billion, it poses no threat.” (2). There are numerous substances found in our water supply and environment which have been listed as potential problems, and silver is not one of them. The water quality experts are watching for trace amounts of antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers, toxins and sex hormones. Ken Bousfield (Department of Environmental Quality) says “Depending on the pharmaceuticals involved, it would involve perhaps taking an Olympic swimming pool volume of water day in and day out for a period of years before you’d receive a health effect.” (3). And Silver Sol would take at least ten times more water to an impossible amount to present a potential problem. Potential water toxins are evaluated by their potential for toxicity and the AWWA Research Foundation has identified the 16 most toxic substances in the ground water, and drinking water and Silver Sol is not one of them, nor does it appear on any unsafe list since it isn’t being found in any detectable amount.
The researchers quantify these substances by a term called drinking water equivalent levels (DWEL). Some of the substances that appear in highest concentrations in our water include Diazepam, Naproxen and Atenolol. Dr Snyder reports that it would take drinking 110,000 gallons of treated water for thirty years before a person would have a one in a million chance of developing a medical risk (4). And silver Sol is substantially safer by a factor of at least 10 times, because ten times less people consume or use it.
Silver Sol is produced in extremely low parts per million (5-40 ppm) and has never even been identified as a potential for problem in the water treatment plants or in the environment. This is significant because the EPA has a rating for toxic spills. This identifies the amount of a compound that would cause a toxic event. For instance Clorox would qualify as a toxic event if 3 gallons were spilled. In contrast, The EPA would require a spill of 12.5 million gallons of Silver Sol in order to be classified as a toxic event (5). This would require spilling the entire contents of 12.5 oil tankers at one time in one place without any other water to dilute it. There is no consumer or combination of consumers that store this much silver anywhere in the country.
An average water treatment plant treats about 30 to 70 million gallons of water a day and it would take a spill of about 7 tankers full of silver Sol directly into the treatment water to bring the concentration to 1 part per million. This is still a very safe level for fish, and an impossible event to happen anywhere in the world.
When you look at the source of these suggestions for regulating silver, you will find that many of the proponents of the complaints come from pesticide companies that stand to loose a significant amount of business due to the fact that silver has become certified as a pesticide without harmful side effects to humans. After all, Silver Sol is the one product that is truly organic, all natural, patented and already has EPA approved certification as a pesticide (EPA 73499-2). The real threat is to the American people that are being exposed to hazardous pesticides proven to cause cancers, nerve damage, immune disorders and can be fatal to animals and humans. There is a newly patented, scientifically proven pesticide that currently has EPA certification as a pesticide, with no known side effects to humans and it is called Silver Sol. It is truly criminal to allow the misrepresented facts to continue the support of hazardous pesticide use while there is a safe alternative called Silver Sol.
When you realize that our ground water comes from the snow that melts on the mountains and is filtered through the vast amount of minerals in our soils, you understand that silver is a major participant in filtering our water and it has never appeared in measurable amounts nor is it dangerous. These groups want to promote the use of highly toxic pesticides instead of the harmless silver, and they are demanding regulation of a substance (Silver Sol) that is already being certified and safely regulated. It is clearly a case of politics over proof. But be aware that Silver Sol is the only category of silver that has acquired a patent (2006), qualified for and achieved EPA Certification and has peer reviewed published studies supporting the individual claims. This means that the old and obsolete silver colloids and ionic products are suspect and should not be considered as safe nor as beneficial as the newly patented Silver Sol.
Safety
Silver Sol fulfills the definition of non-toxic, in that it passes through the body unchanged, which means it does not produce any harmful metabolites.
Marino (Chem. Bioil. Interactions, 1974), and Berger (Antimicrob Agents, 1976), confirmed that the effective dosage level of pure silver sol is safe for mammalian tissues. The CRC Handbook to Chemistry and Physics (sec 15 pg 8) states: ”While silver is not
considered to be toxic, most of its salts are poisonous.” This is why Silver Sol containing only elemental silver and water is virtually devoid of toxicity. The only adverse event known for silver is Argyria, yet the EPA’s lowest observed adverse event level (LOAEL) is given to silver. The EPA has determined that, administering one gram total elemental silver over a 2 year period presents no risk for developing Argyria (US EPA Silver; CASRN 7440-22-4 1996). This means that you could safely inject or take an IV drip of 250 cc (10 ppm Silver Sol) every day for a year without risking the development of Argyria. It should be noted that these are Intravenous recommendations and everyday oral ingestion is significantly safer.
Nano Particles
The definition of a nano particle is that it must be a tiny .05 nano meters in size
This means that only the smallest of particles can be placed under the label of nano particle.Some media groups suggest that a nano particle of a specific size (.001 nm) can be dangerous by collecting and sticking in the lungs causing cancer in a similar way that asbestos causes mesothelioma. Silver Sol is 2.34 nm nm and does not fit in the alleged size parameter. In addition Silver Sol has the unique ability to separate into six separate segments allowing to the particle to morph into or out of any situation ( Roy, R. Material Science Investigation, 2008) The electron microscopy published in this study, illustrates the segmentation of this unique silver sol and its ability to utilize segmentation to adapt to its environment. For this and other reasons silver sol is not going to be a threat to stick in the lungs.
In a publication on H5N1 Bird flu (Pedersen, 2008) Silver Sol was used to help prevent the bird flu and a simultaneous toxicity study was performed wherein 10 times normal 100 times normal and 200 times normal amounts of silver sol were given to mice and lung necropsy was performed to determine if the lung tissues were damaged. It was found that the lung tissues had reduced viral titers, were less inflamed and weighed less indicating that the lungs were not being harmed by nano particles. In addition the lower lung weights indicate that there was a reduction in the inflammation supporting the safety of the patented Silver Sol as a safe particle.
Non-Toxicity Test Work Summary:
Non-Toxicity Test Work Summary
In order to insure not only the best product, but also a safe product, American Biotech Labs L.L.C. hired an independent laboratory to do a toxicology study on the ASAP Solution. The test, called an LD-50 test, was performed in accordance with the guidelines of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA) Regulations, 16 CFR 1500.
In the test work, the ASAP Solution was given to a number of both male and female test rats. The amount of ASAP Solution given to the rats was 5g/kg, or the equivalent of a 200 pound man taking 192 teaspoons or about 4 full 8 ounce bottles of the ASAP 10ppm solution at one time (the normal adult dosage is one or two teaspoons/day).
As a result of the test work, the independent laboratory made the following conclusion, “Under the conditions of this study, there was no mortality or significant evidence of toxicity observed in the rats. The test article (ASAP Solution) would not be considered toxic at a dose of 5g/kg by oral route in the rat.”