Autistic kids fed bleach

02 November 2015 - 02:06
By Katharine Child

Severely autistic children in South Africa are being given industrial bleach in a product marketed as a "cure" for autism. Miracle Mineral Solution causes severe stomach pains, nausea, dehydration and spasms, and puts the children at risk of death.The US Justice Department describes the solution, chlorine dioxide, as an "industrial chemical used as a pesticide [and] in fracking and waste-water treatment.

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