Taking 'Miracle Mineral Solution' and other similar products is the same as drinking bleach, the FDA said.
urging people not to drink a chlorine dioxide solution that is often promoted online as a remedy for autism, HIV/AIDS, cancer and other conditions.
“Ingesting these products is the same as drinking bleach,” said FDA acting commissioner Ned Sharpless, according to the release. “Consumers should not use these products, and parents should not give these products to their children for any reason.”and described consumer injuries ranging from severe nausea and vomiting to low blood pressure caused by dehydration.
Poison control centers have managed more than 16,000 related cases over the last five years. Fifty of them were life threatening; in eight instances people died, according to data from the American Association of Poison Control Centers. A former real estate agent from Chicago, Kerri Rivera, later suggested the solution could cure autism.
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