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posted by martyb on Tuesday January 30 2018, @12:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the "think-of-the-children"-is-not-working-out-so-well-here dept.

A "cult" has been implicated in cases of parents forcing their children to drink bleach as an autism cure (and surprisingly, it's not the cult known as 4chan):

Parents are making their children drink industrial bleach to cure them of autism—with the potentially deadly practice linked back to a U.S. cult. According to British tabloid the Sunday People, six British police forces have probed cases in which children as young as two have been forced to undergo the potentially lethal treatment.

The treatment being administered is CD (Chloride Dioxide) or MMS (Miracle Mineral Solution)—with a secret Facebook group touting its use to desperate parents in the U.K. The method has been promoted by a controversial U.S. church with a branch in Los Angeles - the secretive Genesis II Church, founded by Jim Humble, a former scientologist.

A 2016 investigation by Eyewitness News and ABC News found an underground network clustered in southern California promoting MMS on Facebook as a cure for ailments including cancer, Parkinsons, and autism in children.

The previous year the BBC exposed a secret conference in which leading figures from the church travelled to the U.K. to promote the use of MMS, which it claims is a non-dangerous religious sacrament. They believe that autism is caused by pathogens and parasites, which Chloride Dioxide kills. Doctors say that the claims of adherents are groundless, the solution is untested and can cause serious harm.

Bleach: the drink of choice for sophisticated memers.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30 2018, @02:15PM (14 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30 2018, @02:15PM (#630346)

    What would that solve?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30 2018, @02:18PM (11 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30 2018, @02:18PM (#630352)

    Money solves everything.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30 2018, @02:25PM (7 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30 2018, @02:25PM (#630357)

      Not in this case, the dental treatments require destroying more and more of the remaining tissue, thus requiring ever more maintenance over normal teeth. There simply is no good solution to the problem no matter how much money you have.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30 2018, @02:39PM (4 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30 2018, @02:39PM (#630365)

        You're missing the whole point of money which is how the score is kept. It doesn't matter whether you have teeth or not. As long as you have the most money, you win.

        • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30 2018, @02:48PM (3 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30 2018, @02:48PM (#630368)

          I dont think you get the point of money... and the people at the very top hold most of their wealth in nontangibles like power and favors that are not taxed.

          • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday January 30 2018, @06:11PM (2 children)

            by fustakrakich (6150) on Tuesday January 30 2018, @06:11PM (#630505) Journal

            No, basically they just want to laid, like the rest of us... That really is the point of money. It is primarily a sexual aid.

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      • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Tuesday January 30 2018, @04:01PM (1 child)

        by Grishnakh (2831) on Tuesday January 30 2018, @04:01PM (#630413)

        Are you dense? Those dental treatments you speak of aren't free, so suing for money would help out a lot there. And if you get more money than the medical treatments cost, that money can make you more comfortable. Having dental problems and a fat bank account is a much better situation than having dental problems and being broke.

        Of course, a lawsuit against one's parents and their doctors from decades in the past isn't going to go far, but the idea that "money doesn't help anything" is just plain stupid.

        • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday January 30 2018, @04:10PM

          by tangomargarine (667) on Tuesday January 30 2018, @04:10PM (#630419)

          Money solves everything.

          Not in this case

          "money doesn't help anything" is stupid

          I don't like calling "strawman" on people normally, but dude. Come on.

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    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday January 30 2018, @04:23PM (2 children)

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 30 2018, @04:23PM (#630434) Journal

      Money solves everything.

      Wrong! Suing solves everything. Even if you gon't get any money. It is the irresistible, inexorable urge to sue, sue, sue! It's the American way. And it's good for you. The satisfaction is the lawsuit, not any possible money.

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      • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday January 30 2018, @09:16PM (1 child)

        by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday January 30 2018, @09:16PM (#630611) Homepage Journal

        Wrong! Alcohol solves everything [youtube.com].

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        • (Score: 4, Funny) by DannyB on Tuesday January 30 2018, @09:38PM

          by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 30 2018, @09:38PM (#630631) Journal

          Alcohol will not solve all your problems.

          But neither will water or Diet Coke. But chemistry teachers think alcohol is a solution.

          In wine there is wisdom.
          In beer there is strength.
          In water there is bacteria.
          Please select your choice and press ENTER.

          Today's special: buy any two drinks and only pay for both of them!

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30 2018, @02:30PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30 2018, @02:30PM (#630361)

    it will make insurance companies richer, scaring more people into fearing lawsuits.

    Medical malpractice should be exclusively penal code, which means the police seizes all docs and jails who is really responsible, probably the evidence suppressing pharma companies.

    • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30 2018, @02:43PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30 2018, @02:43PM (#630367)

      Its not really malpractice, they dont know the long term effects of 99.99% of what they do. That is just the risk you take by accepting any medical treatment. There are probably all sorts of health issues like opioid misuse, obesity, cardiovascular problems, etc due to some type of widespread medical treatment. Eg ibuprofin and heart attacks...