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Friday, 15 August 2014

Ebola: US says Nano-Silver Provided by Nigerian Scientist is a Pesticide



EBOLA ABUJA
Yesterday, Thursday 14th August 2014, the Nigerian Minister of Health Onyebuchi Chukwu said that an unnamed Nigerian scientist provided an experimental drug to combat the Ebola virus.
At the press conference, Chukwu announced the latest development. He also said the product would be used to treat infected victims.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has aired concerns over the safety of the experimental drug.
Erica Jefferson, a spokeswoman for the chief U.S. regulatory body, said that she could not provide any information about the product. She also did not call it by its name.
According to Vanguard, it has been used as an antibacterial for centuries. Tiny silver particles known as nano-silver have controversially been incorporated into a variety of consumer products such as socks and bedding to help block odors caused by bacteria and mold.
Nano-Silver is being considered a pesticide by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It is also sold online as a dietary supplement, but Danish researchers claim it can penetrate and damage cells.
“Individuals promoting these unapproved and fraudulent products must take immediate action to correct or remove these claims or face potential FDA action” said the agency.
Ebola has claimed the lives of 1,069 persons so far in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria.
24 Comments on Ebola: US says Nano-Silver Provided by Nigerian Scientist is a Pesticide
  • sean August 15, 2014 at 9:39 pm
    Oga o
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    • Dennis Ejeh Glenn August 15, 2014 at 11:56 pm
      Well nanosilver works well against any viruses. But since it is so cheap and available everywhere, it would ruin the USA pharmaceutical world of revenue. USA have refused to give Nigerians an experimental drug, so why bother us with what they think when our own scientist recommends nanosilver? Let Nigerians decide their own faith… it has been a couple of years now I have been reading tons of material about nanosilver…. and I think it is the last resort against any outbreak of plague when you lack ideas on what to do, because it will certainly kill the pathogens. Compared to other drugs, it is even less toxic on the short-run.
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  • Mimi August 15, 2014 at 9:45 pm
    Hardly surprising as the drug is not originating from the US. Makes you wonder about the suggestion that people have posted on this site that US themselves fabricated the Ebola disease, then sweep in with curative drugs like the messiah, saving poor Africa yet again.
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    • NoIdenityNeedApply August 16, 2014 at 12:29 am
      That is a very ignorant thing to say. Read up on Ebola and stop embarrassing yourself.
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  • adesuwa August 15, 2014 at 9:49 pm
    so what are dey saying?
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  • TrueTalk August 15, 2014 at 9:50 pm
    Nano silver ko, pesticide ni!
    So this is how someone thinks they can recklessly experiment on Ebola patients.
    Nawa oo. Diarris God ooo!
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  • Maj Variola (ret) August 15, 2014 at 9:52 pm
    Silly juju monkeys, Ag is not a cure.
    Look up, see those bombers coming your way? Quarantine with extreme prejudice.
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  • bake August 15, 2014 at 9:52 pm
    this is a huge joke….while i commend the efforts of the nigerian scientist in diaspora please we need to be sure of what we are doing before we are seen everywhere else as jokers!
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  • bruno August 15, 2014 at 9:58 pm
    How can a whole minister of health come out and endorse a drug made by an unknown scientist, biko he should resign, I hate this country, so much. We keep embarrassing ourselves in front of the international community, 200 girls, 100 boys are missing now a minister brings pesticide to cure a disease, nigerian government well done.
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  • ree ree August 15, 2014 at 10:03 pm
    Lmao!!! But am asleep though
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  • bruno August 15, 2014 at 10:05 pm
    Dear nigerians pls be careful oh,some nigerian doctors are very careless and they can infect u with HIV or other diseases, ask them all questions and make sure u tell them to sterilise their equipments ( don’t bother if they get angry it is ur life at risk) research drugs they prescribe if possible get another doctors opinion. This country will not kill us IJN amen.
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  • God's own August 15, 2014 at 10:12 pm
    What options have they given us? We are yet to receive any drug from them despite the urgency. And the casualties are already dying.
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  • Shadie August 15, 2014 at 10:16 pm
    And Onyebuchi Chukwu is recklessly advocating using this product on Nigerian Ebola victims without further research. What sort of dumd human beings do we have in this govt. So this is how this mad fraudulent purported scientist with govt help would have killed many people and Onyebuchi would obviously collect his introduction fees.
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  • AY August 15, 2014 at 10:39 pm
    Just when we thought our solution has arrived! Pls more emphasis should be made on this so we know what is at stake.
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  • DESTINYOGBU August 15, 2014 at 10:42 pm
    IT WILL BE OF A GREAT IMPORTANT IF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH NIGERIA COULD LOOK INTO THE EXPERIMENTED VACIN CALLED THE NANOSILVER, PROBABLY IT WILL BE WELLY BENEFICIAL TO EACH OF EVERY ONE OF US HERE IN NIGERIA BECAUSE THIS VIRUS TARGED EBOLA IS MUCH DEADLY THAN HIV.
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  • bruno August 15, 2014 at 10:50 pm
    @God’s own, how stupid can u be, so because the white man hasn’t found a cure, the nigerian government should start feeding ebola patiences pesticide, and why do we africans behave like americans owe us something, if they decide not to help us what will happen? stop behaving like you are entitled and they must help us.
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  • oyinda August 15, 2014 at 11:07 pm
    If WHO has approved the drug why is the US so concerned??? must every solution come from them?? why are they so bothered that people are turning to the new product rather than waiting for the year we will be worthy enough to have their own vaccine?? to me this is just a decoy to make people disregard the nano silver and wait for their supposed inconclusive drug…in my own opinion I believe they feel the nano silver is about to spoil the profit they have calculated making from Africa so they must find every way to create doubts
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  • Angel August 15, 2014 at 11:10 pm
    @bruno, pls keep ur silly idea to ur self, u are neither a scientist nor a doctor, how do u know for sure the US is right as regards the experimental drug being a pesticide? Do u even know what a pesticide is? Most drugs u take that are certified safe by regulatory bodies, do u know their chemical composition? I bet if u do, u won’t even touch most drugs. Pls leave this for the experts…. As far as am concerned, there’s more to this Ebola issue than meets the eye, time will tell sha…
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  • SunanaAmina August 15, 2014 at 11:14 pm
    Liars! What America just said is a fabricated lie. Experimental drug could be made from anything. Yes! I said anything. After all, it is called experimental. If America insisted that Nona Silver is a pesticide then why are they refusing us their own Zmapp which they claimed is original?. What is the side effect of Zmapp and why did the old spanish nun died?
    I smell rat honestly. This game can just be sum as international conspiracy. They want our scientist to look inferior. America should free us please. #AmericaFreeUs.
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  • el patron August 15, 2014 at 11:19 pm
    Lmao! Pesticide! God dey!
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  • M..J. August 15, 2014 at 11:38 pm
    I am a chemist and i have carried out research on Silver nanoparticles. This would be my first time to comment on this blog and i had to because i have to shed light on some things. Firstly, let me start with the write up by bellanaija. I passive that the author of the write up for this news has constructed the write up in a way which reflects his/her view. Although, i may be wrong, i feel strongly about this point. This can be seen with the way the writer has mashed up two different informations, which are entirely separate and points at different directions. Considering, the ebola outbreak and the possible way to revive the infected quickly, the comments of the US food and drug administration should be given more concern at this point than that of the US environmental protection agency. The same consideration United States had made even when the Zmapp drug was approved to be used on patients without it been subjected to necessary forms of tests. Silver nano particles has a wide range use and its use is continually increasing by the day. the use of silver nano particles is not limited to pesticides or even in drugs or even as an antimicrobial. Nanoparticles are used even in cosmetics, one which might have even been used by the author of this write up that got me commenting in the first place. lolz thats on a lighter note. My point is that don’t let us throw the diamonds we have out of the window to obtain a quartz, just because its coming from the US. US wants to know what our scientist have so that they can use the idea if it brings prospect and develop on them. Discovery does not end or start in a place, its global. Though research in Africa might still be a little bit crude, it doesn’t mean it does not make discoveries. Some of our scientists have been outstanding with their research. an agency in US might just want to deride our efforts so that people wont even pay us attention.its like someone in the same business with another person, you try to deride his own goods and services even when you provide the same good and service with same quality. Anybody that reads the write up most likely would have been influenced by the information which might have not been a product of an objective source which any news disseminating medium should be. such person has been wrongly informed, which you owe him as you have presented yourself as a news source. I visit bellanaija almost everyday to get the juicy part of the day’s news and would love you guys to continue to improve. b4 i forget, would like bellanaija to promote more creativity and productivity of Nigeria than the consuming lifestyles our youth have opted for. Au voir
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  • @edDREAMZ August 15, 2014 at 11:40 pm
    a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said…
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    Nw they are saying our little hope has been cut short like that…… Serious matter i swear…..
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    ***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***
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  • Debbie Ade August 15, 2014 at 11:58 pm
    Just because the drug wasn’t made in America doesn’t make it a pesticide. The ZMAPP serum is afterall a trial drug which had never been administered on a human being until recently. Nevertheless the Nigerian government should also not endorse just anything in the name of curing ebola.
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  • Me2me August 16, 2014 at 12:01 am
    Let me just say this for real though. I feel so many of us Nigerians are sick in the head, we hardly process information before praising it. I know very well that Nanosilver is some sort of nutritional/pesticide menene because I was worried/surprised that someone/company with a cure for such historical epidemic would hide his identity, so I googled the product. We are really very careless as Nigerians. ZMAPP was probably expensive so they quickly Bought black market, like what the hell. Why are we not using one that has already been used on humans? To think that the silly journalists who were videoing the Minister could not think about this, irritates me. We just have really slow people in places of importance.
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