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The treatment, commonly known as Miracle Mineral Solution, Master Mineral Solution or MMS, can cause serious health problems if ingested. (Newsy)
Over a decade ago, a man by the name of Jim Humble released a book called “The Miracle Mineral Solution of the 21st Century.” In the text, Humble claimed he had discovered an amazing way to cure a number of ailments, ranging from malaria to cancer to hepatitis.
What was this panacea? A 28 percent solution of sodium chlorite in water. As prescribed by Humble, this mixture should be ingested and then followed with citric acid to produce chlorine dioxide.
For those unfamiliar with chemistry, chlorine dioxide is essentially industrial-grade bleach. It is most commonly used to manufacture paper, serve as a pesticide and treat wastewater.
It should come as no surprise, then, that the so-called Miracle Mineral Supplement — or MMS, as it’s sometimes shortened — is incredibly toxic to humans, with the potential to be fatal when ingested.
While Humble’s book predictably garnered heavy criticism from the medical community, people interested in “alternative” medicines eventually began buying into the disturbing treatment program — and at least a few confirmed deaths soon followed.
But Humble was not the only one to profit from the dangerously ignorant.
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