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A leader of a movement touting toxic bleach as a 'miracle' COVID-19 cure has been charged following a 5-year-old boy's death
Argentinian authorities charged Andreas Kalcker, a German national, with falsely promoting a type o…
Tom Porter
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A dangerous movement hyping toxic bleach as a 'miracle cure' is more powerful than ever after exploiting the pandemic in Latin America
A bleach-drinking movement backed by politicians, crank medics, and local celebrities has been swee…
Tom Porter
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South Americans used Facebook groups to share images and stories of using toxic bleach to treat COVID-19 and cancer after misinformation swept the continent
On Facebook an alternative medical movement is spreading misinformation about chlorine dioxide, a b…
Tom Porter,Qayyah Moynihan
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An alternative health advocate who popularized drinking bleach as a COVID-19 cure in South America is under investigation after 2 deaths
A complaint was filed in Argentina against Kalcker after the death of a boy, 5, and a man, 50, who …
Tom Porter
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Taking toxic bleach MMS has killed 7 people in the US, Colombian prosecutors say — far more than previously known
Medical experts have long warned the substance can be fatal, but evidence of fatalities was not kno…
Tom Porter
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Facebook axed South American pages and groups promoting bleach as a COVID-19 cure after an Insider investigation
The group, Comusav, was using Facebook to push chlorine dioxide bleach as a COVID-19 treatment acro…
Tom Porter
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Bolivia's new government is encouraging people to take toxic bleach as a cure for COVID-19, a victory for a months-long disinformation campaign
Bolivia's health minister, Edgar Pozo, endorsed so-called "Miracle Mineral Solution," a toxic and t…
Tom Porter
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Bolivia's biggest political party promised to legalize a toxic bleach to treat COVID-19. After winning a landslide victory, there is nothing to stop it
The triumph of Bolivia's MAS party was hailed by socialists worldwide, but it also marked a triumph…
Tom Porter
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Bolivians are drinking a toxic bleach, wrongly believing it will ward off COVID-19. Many end up in the hospital.
A Business Insider investigation has identified a network of controversial medics promoting toxic b…
Tom Porter
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How an entire nation embraced toxic bleach as a COVID-19 miracle cure after a tide of misinformation that authorities couldn't counter
Bolivia is in chaos, and advocates of a toxic-bleach "miracle cure" have exploited the situation an…
Tom Porter,Ruqayyah Moynihan
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Bolivia's lawmakers have approved 'Miracle Mineral Solution' — a toxic bleach — as a treatment for COVID-19. Only the president can stop it becoming law
Bolivian lawmakers are pushing to legalise a substance which its own health ministry has warned has…
Tom Porter
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Bolivia's senate approved 'miracle mineral solution' — a toxic bleach with no medical use — as a treatment for COVID-19
The substance, chlorine dioxide, is banned as a medical treatment in several countries but has beco…
Tom Porter
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A Florida family were convicted of selling a bleach solution as a COVID-19 cure in a scheme first exposed by Insider
Mark Grenon and his sons created a fake church to sell toxic bleach as a miracle cure, prosecutors …
Tom Porter
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16 things around your house you should be cleaning with baking soda and vinegar
Combining baking soda and vinegar creates a reaction that can remove stuck-on stains. It's a powerf…
Kelly Burch
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A Florida family has been indicted after posing as 'church' and selling industrial bleach as 'miracle' cure for COVID-19, HIV, and cancer
The Grenons are accused of selling a fake "Miracle Mineral Solution" that they claimed cured Alzhei…
Taylor Ardrey
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An Australian celebrity lifestyle influencer is hosting some of the world's most notorious conspiracy theorists on his podcast
Podcasts like Australian celebrity Pete Evans' are an increasingly important part of the misinforma…
Tom Porter
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Officials in Argentina raided labs producing toxic bleach as a COVID-19 treatment after a misinformation campaign fueled its popularity
Advocates of a toxic bleach "miracle cure" have used the coronavirus pandemic to popularize the sub…
Tom Porter,Qayyah Moynihan
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The self-styled archbishop of a fake Florida church has been arrested in Colombia on charges of selling bleach as a COVID-19 cure
Mark Grenon led the Florida-based Genesis II church. He faces US federal charges over the sale of s…
Tom Porter,Ruqayyah Moynihan
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Facebook to warn users who 'liked' coronavirus hoaxes
Last month, Iranian media reported more than 300 people had died and 1,000 were sickened in the co…
PTI
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Conspiracy theorists are pushing toxic bleach and other harmful treatments they claim can 'de-vaccinate' people
Private messaging channels are awash with dangerous advice for people who want to remove COVID-19 v…