Guest guest Posted June 21, 2003 Report Share Posted June 21, 2003 We had talked about coloidal silver a few messages ago - is that the same as sea silver? If not, what's the difference? This article is about sea silver. Carol Regulators Seize Dietary Supplement ..c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The government has seized more than 132,000 bottles of a dietary supplement promoted with allegedly deceptive claims it could cure hundreds of diseases, including AIDS and cancer, federal regulators said Thursday. The Federal Trade Commission announced charges against two companies it said made false and unsubstantiated claims about the health benefits and safety of the supplement, Seasilver. U.S. marshals took possession of the supplement stocks Tuesday at the request of the Food and Drug Administration. The FTC said the Carlsbad, Calif.-based companies, Americaloe Inc. and Seasilver USA Inc., promoted the liquid supplement as a safe treatment or cure for 650 diseases, including AIDS, Lyme disease, various cancers and diabetes in nine out of 10 patients. The companies also claimed Seasilver could produce substantial and permanent weight loss without dieting, the FTC alleged. The companies' owners, the principal distributor and a person who claimed to be an expert were also charged with making false and unsubstantiated claims about the health benefits and safety of Seasilver. FDA commissioner Mark McClellan said, ``This is the sort of intolerable health fraud I had in mind when I announced six months ago that the FDA will take vigorous actions against firms that prey on consumers and patients by selling worthless dietary supplements as cures for serious and chronic diseases and conditions.'' The FTC said the companies promoted the supplement with national television and radio infomercials, Web sites, spam e-mails and a 28-page brochure. The FTC alleges that the claims made in the promotional materials ``go beyond the existing scientific evidence on any of the ingredients contained in the product.'' The FTC and FDA are working together on the case as part of Operation Cure.all, an international effort to root out and prevent fraudulent marketing of health-related products. The FDA has cited Seasilver USA in the past for sanitation problems at the company's production facility. Neither of the companies could be reached Thursday evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2003 Report Share Posted June 21, 2003 On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 01:45:40 -0000, Carol wrote: >We had talked about coloidal silver a few messages ago - is that the >same as sea silver? If not, what's the difference? This article is >about sea silver. >Carol > Colloidal silver is made from distilled water and pure .999 silver or better and Sea Silver is made (according to their claim) from kelp that is harvested from the so called pristine waters of the far north Atlantic. Another product very similar to Sea Silver is Limu Moui which is from a sea weed harvested from the Tonga Islands. Limu Moui's claim to fame is that it has every vitamin and mineral known to man. As for the FDA and FTC, they have a tendency to come down hard on the non medically approved items that work the best because they cannot control the cost of them and if something is inexpensive and works better than doctors recommendations, it takes away incomes from doctors, pharmacists and hospitals. They had Dr. Hulda Clark in jail last year when she made one of her trips here from her clinic in Mexico. Her Zappers and regimens have stopped cancer and saved many lives. _____________ Junk is something you've kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it. Harvey Flatbush harvf on 06/20/2003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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