Editing Medical uses of silver (section)

===Fraudulent products marketed during the COVID-19 outbreak===
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The [[US Food and Drug Administration]] has issued warning letters to firms including colloidal silver marketers for selling products with false and misleading claims to prevent, treat, mitigate, diagnose or cure [[coronavirus disease 2019]] (COVID-19).<ref name="fda-scams">{{cite web |title=Fraudulent Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Products |url=https://www.fda.gov/consumers/health-fraud-scams/fraudulent-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-products |publisher= [[US Food and Drug Administration]]| access-date=8 April 2020 |date=7 April 2020}}</ref>

In 2020, [[televangelist]] felon [[Jim Bakker]] was sued by the [[Missouri Attorney General]] (AG) for marketing colloidal silver products and making false claims about their effectiveness against COVID-19. The [[Attorney General of New York]] sent a [[cease and desist]] order to Bakker and others about peddling the unproven products that were compared to selling "[[snake oil]]", and the Food and Drug Administration also warned Bakker about his actions.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.npr.org/2020/03/11/814550474/missouri-sues-televangelist-jim-bakker-for-selling-fake-coronavirus-cure |title= Missouri Sues Televangelist Jim Bakker For Selling Fake Coronavirus Cure| date= 11 March 2020| website= NPR| first= Matthew S. | last= Schwartz| access-date= 13 May 2021}}</ref>

Controversial web show host, podcaster and conspiracy theorist [[Alex Jones]] was also warned by the New York Attorney General's office to stop marketing his colloidal silver infused products (toothpaste, mouthwash, dietary supplements, etc.) because he made unproven claims of its ability to fend off COVID-19.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/03/13/infowars-alex-jones-stop-selling-fake-coronavirus-cures/5044309002/ |work= [[USA Today]]| title= Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ordered to stop peddling phony coronavirus cures by New York AG| date= 13 March 2020| first= Joshua| last= Bote| publisher= | access-date= 13 May 2021}}</ref>