chlorine dioxide
noun
: a heavy reddish-yellow gas ClO2 used especially as a bleach and disinfectant
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His protocol for autism involves poisoning autistic children with chlorine dioxide, bleach.
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David Gilbert, WIRED, 30 Jan. 2025
This unflavored formulation only contains four ingredients to freshen your breath without any sting: water, stabilized chlorine dioxide, trisodium phosphate, and citric acid.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 16 June 2024
When prepared as directed with an activator, MMS turns into chlorine dioxide, an industrial bleaching agent.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 18 July 2023
Just a year before the Trump episode, the FDA warned Americans against the use of MMS, noting that there had been more than 16,000 cases of chlorine dioxide poisoning in the US in the previous five years, including 2,500 cases involving children under 12.
—Kristen V Brown, Bloomberg.com, 1 Feb. 2023
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David Gilbert, WIRED, 30 Jan. 2025
This unflavored formulation only contains four ingredients to freshen your breath without any sting: water, stabilized chlorine dioxide, trisodium phosphate, and citric acid.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 16 June 2024
When prepared as directed with an activator, MMS turns into chlorine dioxide, an industrial bleaching agent.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 18 July 2023
Just a year before the Trump episode, the FDA warned Americans against the use of MMS, noting that there had been more than 16,000 cases of chlorine dioxide poisoning in the US in the previous five years, including 2,500 cases involving children under 12.
—Kristen V Brown, Bloomberg.com, 1 Feb. 2023
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“Chlorine dioxide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chlorine%20dioxide. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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