You need to stop the lies and wake up. We'll notify you here with news about. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Comments 0. Top Stories. Whoopi Goldberg celebrates birthday by sharing her favorite things 2 hours ago. Former Trump chief of staff fails to show for Jan. Toddler found safe after desperate hour search 4 hours ago. Officer: Ahmaud Arbery would have received trespass warning 2 hours ago. Despite the bans and convictions, the largely unchecked promotion of the substance has continued to grow, using social media platforms — particularly YouTube — to reach a global audience.
And it's not just those choosing to take substance themselves who are at risk. Some parents force their autistic children to take the substance and even give them MMS enemas, falsely believing it will "cure" them, according to discussions in closed Facebook groups promoting the substance. Autism is a developmental condition which does not have a "cure. Business Insider uncovered a network of hundreds of videos promoting MMS which were easily available on YouTube until last month.
When Business Insider made YouTube aware of the videos, most were removed, and the channels hosting them were banned. The site also said it had altered its search algorithms to avoid surfacing MMS content so readily. Some videos Business Insider asked about were not removed. YouTube explained that that the site does not proactively search out content violating its policies, but acts when content is flagged to it. Autism activists have told Business Insider that parents are especially wary of admitting they have used the substance on their children, fearing that social services could take their children away if they find out.
Fiona O'Leary, an activist and founder of the Autistic Rights Together group, has spent six years campaigning against MMS, and served as a witness in an Irish criminal trial. She says that it is inside closed Facebook groups that the full effects of MMS become clear. Both O'Leary and Emma Dalmayne, a British campaigner who runs the website Autisticate and charity Autistic Inclusive Meets , joined groups where parents discuss giving MMS to children, and have published screenshots of the exchanges on their websites.
Some moderators of a now-closed Facebook group, "Kerri Rivera's CDAutism," advise parents on how to avoid the attention of social services. One moderator of the forum advises parents not to share that they're giving their child MMS with "therapists, nurses, and school officials," to keep evidence of MMS use out of sight when therapists visit, and warns that "any protocol you use that is beyond the mainstream 'standard of care' can get you in trouble if you disclose publicly.
Inside the groups, parents shared pictures of their children with severe rashes, bloody faeces and lesions after being forced to bathe in and consume MMS.
Parents also reported symptoms including seizures and vomiting. One was concerned that her three-year-old son could have liver damage after being given ten doses a day, writing "he is getting yellow. Very obvious. His face, both palm and sole of feet is quite yellow. We been on cd [chlorine dioxide] for 2 months- and since 1 months she is vomiting, almost every day. Sometimes twice, today three times! Have any of you had this? Moderators try to reassure parents, describing the distressing reactions as a sign of parasites passing out of the body, and advise them to up the dosage.
After one parent complained that their toddler developed "rashes" after taking MMS for a month, a moderator wrote "rashes are part of the detox process for many.
The skin is the biggest detox organ we have," and advised the parent to use MMS spray and baths to treat the child. O'Leary and Dalmayne said that parents are often drawn to MMS because they have been persuaded by anti-vaccination conspiracy theorists that autism is caused by parasites delivered though vaccinations. It is sometimes argued that these can be "cleansed" using MMS. Proponents of MMS also believe that the medical establishment has conspired to suppress evidence of the miraculous curative benefits of the substance.
O'Leary, the Irish campaigner, told Business Insider: "Autistic children have to drink this up to 16 times a day then are subjected to six enemas of this bleach product daily, and the side effects are horrific. So really desperate people, people with terminal illness. Activists say that YouTube has become a key platform for followers of Humble as they seek to spread their message, especially as other social media platforms become increasingly proactive in combating disinformation.
A search on YouTube for the keyword "MMS", conducted before YouTube was made aware of the content, brought up hundreds of videos in which adherents make unsupported claims about the curative benefits of the bleach.
Some in testimonials say the bleach has cured them of serious illnesses, making claims for the curative powers of MMS that medical authorities say are completely unsubstantiated. The top 20 MMS videos had amassed more than three million views between them. Searches were carried out in private browser windows to prevent results being influenced by past searches. Videos promoting the substance also appear in more general searches, raising the possibility that they appeared for users who had never heard of MMS, but discovered it while browsing on YouTube.
How is he still selling this then? Around the time of the report, Genesis and Humble generated substantial national media attention.
A year later, state prosecutors in Texas successfully sued an affiliate of Genesis, as well, to block the sale of MMS. When asked, the FDA declined to comment on why Genesis and Humble were able to keep promoting and selling MMS, despite the import alert and serious adverse event reports. The example of MMS and Genesis is not the only one in which the FDA failed to act to correct violations that put consumer safety at risk.
A study published in the journal JAMA Open Network found the agency had, between and , tested and detected unapproved drug ingredients in dietary supplements, a violation of federal law. But the agency never issued a mandatory recall and referred only one case to the Department of Justice for investigation.
Only seven warning letters were issued, the study found. Very rarely does the FDA use its full enforcement powers to eliminate prohibited supplements from the marketplace. Genesis also drew attention in , when The Guardian reported that the group was planning an event in Washington state to offer membership to the organization and packages of MMS to attendees for a donation.
That Genesis was essentially unfettered by the FDA until the pandemic has perhaps emboldened it to even more flagrantly violate orders to stop selling MMS. He emphasizes that consumers should approach all supplements, especially those that offer quick cures, with a healthy dose of skepticism.
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