The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency classifies nano-silver, a known anti-bacterial used to fight mold and other bacteria, a pesticide. Makers of products that contain it must register and receive clearance.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a chief U.S. regulatory body, has aired concern over the safety of nano-silver, the name given to the experimental drug Nigeria's ministry of health annnounced it would be using to treat eight Ebola patients in Lagos.
Erica Jefferson, a spokeswoman for the FDA, claimed they could not find or verify any information on the treatment, though they did not explicitly call it by name.
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[story_link align="left"]34497[/story_link]The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency classifies nano-silver, a known anti-bacterial used to fight mold and other bacteria, a pesticide. Makers of products that contain it must register and receive clearance.
Is Using Nano-Silver To Treat Ebola Misguided?
The U.S. FDA says it has gotten complaints about the Ebola treatment claims. The Nigerian government claims the treatment was given by a Nigerian scientist in the diaspora, but did not give the doctor's name.