Silver has been used for thousands of years. Our forefathers and the framers of our Constitution used silver. In fact, we had invented "silverware" because of silver's benefits.

Soon we won't have any antibiotics which kill these superbugs. It already is occurring in hospitals, and people are dying. It is astonishing how far these people will go because of their greed. They even tried to say Vitamin C had no benefit, then when that didn't work, then they tried to make Vitamin C available only by prescription, just so they could make money on it.

Let's regulate antibiotics as a pesticide!!! They have far more data to support antibiotic resistance!

Also – Nano scale covers Silver Compounds and Silver Ions. THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE between a silver compound and a silver ion – but both are nanoscale.

Silver ion products offer SIGNIFICANT health benefits, and have 100 years of use to prove it. When silver ions are delivered in solution of distilled water they do not cause argyria.

There is no evidence that bacteria develop resistance to silver ions. See below reference.

The EPA site discussion:
http://www.epa.gov/iris/subst/0099.htm, CASRN 7440-22-4 states that the following "silver compounds" causing argyria are the EPA's concern.

Silver Compounds: “In addition to silver arsphenamine, any silver compound (silver nitrate, silver acetate, argyrol, Neosilvol and Collargol, etc.), at high dose, can cause argyria. Another important factor predisposing to the development of argyria is the exposure of the skin to light.” EPA Site

Silver Ions do not act like silver compounds!!! Silver ions generated in distilled water do not create silver compounds, only silver ions, which are safe in the body and are transported by Metallothionein (a low-molecular-weight protein ubiquitous in the animal kingdom).
http://www.worldwidewounds.com/2004/november/Thomas/Introducing-Silver-Dressings.html#ref88
MRSA and the use of silver dressings: overcoming bacterial resistance
Steve Thomas
PhD
Director
Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory Bridgend, Wales, UK
Email: steve@smtl.co.uk
Although some bacteria can develop resistance to silver [88], this is not regarded as a serious problem as available evidence suggests that most preparations capable of delivering sustained silver-ion release are effective against MRSA and VRE, and as yet no resistant strains have been encountered clinically [89]. It follows, therefore, that any silver-containing dressing that shows acceptable levels of activity against a range of non-resistant bacterial species should show comparable activity against antibiotic-resistant strains of the same organism.
88. Russell AD, Hugo WB. Antimicrobial activity and action of silver.. In: Ellis GP, Luscombe DK, editors. Progress in Medicinal Chemistry. : Elsevier Science, 1994; 351-369.
89. Lansdown AB. Silver. I: Its antibacterial properties and mechanism of action. J Wound Care 2002; 11(4): 125-30.

I for one am sick of government babysitting me, telling me what they think is safe, and therefore forcing companies to comply with their "safe" measures.

Government actions like this have caused un-measurable cost and deaths to the American public. Just one example: For nearly a century, government has told us to eat a low-fat, high-carb diet. Today, we have many times more overweight and obese Americans, and millions who are dying of heart disease, diabetes, alzheimer's, cancer, and other illnesses due to overproduction of insulin thanks to government's mere suggestion that we eat a low-fat, high-carb diet. Just their suggestion has led manufacturers to strip fats from products and add in carbohydrates to restore and improve taste. Imagine how much trouble we would be in if it was illegal for companies to produce food products with "too much" fat in it? Of course, it would be "for our own good". No, we've had enough government intervention in our lives, get them the heck out of it.