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chlorine dioxide
noun
: a heavy reddish-yellow gas ClO2 used especially as a bleach and disinfectant
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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
The product consisted of a badge that consumers could clip to their clothing and would release chlorine dioxide into the air, according to prosecutors.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022
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First Known Use
1878, in the meaning defined above
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“Chlorine dioxide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chlorine%20dioxide. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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