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Old 18th June 2012, 06:09 PM   #1
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No feeding your child industrial strength bleach will not sure them of Autism.

*Sighs* So the Anti-Vaxers new bit of Woo is something called the Miracle Mineral Solution. It cures everything from Autism to Acne to H1N1 to HIV to Cancer to... well anything short of Zombieism.

It's bleach. Industrial strength bleach. 28% sodium chlorite in distilled water.

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/20...s-strike-back/
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Old 19th June 2012, 02:35 AM   #2
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How can anyone be this stupid and irresponsible?
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Old 19th June 2012, 03:48 AM   #3
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Rhys Morgan has an excellent article about MMS on his blog at

http://rhysmorgan.co/bleachgate/
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Old 19th June 2012, 10:07 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by Multivac View Post
How can anyone be this stupid and irresponsible?
Well, they forego vaccines to start with... Should be an indicater to the levels of irresponsibility they will go to.
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Old 19th June 2012, 01:19 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Multivac View Post


How can anyone be this stupid and irresponsible?
They have this woman as one of their spokesmen?

Jenny McCarthy on how she accidentally sent a naked picture to her son's dentist

They're all Einstens.

(although as a dentist, I feel greatly put out by this)
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Old 19th June 2012, 01:29 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by JoeBentley View Post
*Sighs* So the Anti-Vaxers new bit of Woo is something called the Miracle Mineral Solution. It cures everything from Autism to Acne to H1N1 to HIV to Cancer to... well anything short of Zombieism.

It's bleach. Industrial strength bleach. 28% sodium chlorite in distilled water.

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/20...s-strike-back/
I'm pretty sure they dilute it before giving it to their kids, so it's no longer "industrial strength".
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Old 19th June 2012, 01:38 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by Madalch View Post
I'm pretty sure they dilute it before giving it to their kids, so it's no longer "industrial strength".
I do hope they dilute it enough. Maybe they can use homoeopathy as a template.
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Old 19th June 2012, 01:40 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Madalch View Post
I'm pretty sure they dilute it before giving it to their kids, so it's no longer "industrial strength".
IIRC, you don't dilute it. You only take a few drops of it and then adjust the dosage by how nauseous you feel.
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Old 19th June 2012, 01:41 PM   #9
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Jim Humble just won't go away or get smarter, will he?
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Old 19th June 2012, 01:45 PM   #10
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In the Netherlands there is a Hyves page (Hyves is a Dutch social networking site) about it, started in 2008.

Not quite as new as people might think.
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Old 20th June 2012, 01:56 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by LarianLeQuella View Post
Well, they forego vaccines to start with... Should be an indicater to the levels of irresponsibility they will go to.
Very good point.
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Old 20th June 2012, 02:02 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by Tomblvd View Post
They have this woman as one of their spokesmen?

Jenny McCarthy on how she accidentally sent a naked picture to her son's dentist

They're all Einstens.

(although as a dentist, I feel greatly put out by this)
Definitely not an Einstein, but she does look cute.

How many times did she use the words "like" and "literally"?
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Old 20th June 2012, 03:38 PM   #13
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Randi on the topic:

http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/...acts-maam.html

(Sorry, not a Randi quote, just on his site)
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Old 20th June 2012, 04:03 PM   #14
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IIRC, you don't dilute it. You only take a few drops of it and then adjust the dosage by how nauseous you feel.
They actually believe the fevers it causes are a GOOD sign, and they mean you need to give the kid MORE bleach.
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