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.
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.culled.
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