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Church Selling Bleach as a Coronavirus Treatment Fined $151,200

posted by martyb on Wednesday May 13 2020, @06:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the really-cleaning-up dept.

c0lo writes:

Australian Broadcast Corp

The Genesis II Church of Health and Healing has been claiming chlorine dioxide is a "miracle cure".

For years it has sold the industrial bleach as Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS), stating it can cure things like autism, acne, cancer, diabetes and now COVID-19.

[...] Following an investigation [...] last week, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) today announced it had issued 12 infringement notices totalling $151,200 to MMS Australia for alleged unlawful advertising of Miracle Mineral Solution and other medicines.

... still a long way to injecting it, right? But maybe that's for The Genesis III Church of Health and Healing

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by EvilSS on Wednesday May 13 2020, @07:13PM (13 children)

    by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday May 13 2020, @07:13PM (#993897)
    So the "bleach" these articles are referring to is chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and industrial bleaching agent. It's not sodium hypochlorite, which is commonly referred to as just "bleach" by the unbleached masses. So while you are still an idiot for drinking it, referring to it as bleach in headlines is like referring to goat's milk as just "milk" in a similar situation.
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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday May 13 2020, @07:46PM (4 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Wednesday May 13 2020, @07:46PM (#993906) Journal

    So the "bleach" these articles are referring to is chlorine dioxide...

    "Bleach" is a generic term for things that...well...bleach stuff.

    Bleach is the generic name for any chemical product which is used industrially and domestically to clean, and to remove stains. [wikipedia.org]
    bleach - noun - a strong chemical used for cleaning things or removing color from things [cambridge.org]

    referring to it as bleach in headlines is like referring to goat's milk as just "milk" in a similar situation.

    They're not calling it plain bleach, though. They're calling it "industrial bleach," which is accurate since it's mostly used in industry. (bleaching of wood pulp for example [wikipedia.org])

    • (Score: 2, Informative) by EvilSS on Wednesday May 13 2020, @10:09PM (3 children)

      by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday May 13 2020, @10:09PM (#993955)
      Stop playing dense, you know damn well what 99% of people think you are talking about when you say "bleach" and you know damn well that was my point. You are making an argument just for the sake of being contrarian and overly pedantic. As for "industrial bleach" go ask 100 chemists or chemical engineers what the chemical name of "industrial bleach" is and you will probably get about 100 different answers. And exactly 0 of them would refer to chlorine dioxide as "bleach". A bleach, yes, but just "bleach" no, they would never use it in a manor where it could be confused with something else.

      • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 13 2020, @11:54PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 13 2020, @11:54PM (#994009)

        Kinda like sodium chloride (common table salt) is a salt. "Salt" is a generic word that refers to many, many compounds that are the result of the chemical reaction between an acid and a base.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 14 2020, @07:54AM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 14 2020, @07:54AM (#994152)

        The headline is "Church in Australia selling bleach as a Coronavirus treatment fined $151,200." What alternative would you suggest to that which doesn't contain "bleach" but stays within the recommended length of 60-80 characters and 6-8 occurrences of the major parts of speech?

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 14 2020, @09:23AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 14 2020, @09:23AM (#994169)

          fuck the parts of speech - that's just one of those conservative conspiracies that teachers beat into your head so you grow up to be a good little conformist

  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday May 14 2020, @01:22AM (1 child)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday May 14 2020, @01:22AM (#994058) Journal

    If you look on the opening frame of the clip on top of the FA, you'll see on the bottom of the label "Contains 22.4% NaClO2". Yes, not your laundry bleach, just a more potent oxidizing agent in higher concentration.

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    • (Score: 2) by EvilSS on Thursday May 14 2020, @10:47PM

      by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Thursday May 14 2020, @10:47PM (#994427)
      Yes, sodium chlorite, which they react with acid (that they sell as an "activator") to make.... chlorine dioxide. NaClO2 + HOCl + HCl -> 2ClO2 + H2O

  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday May 14 2020, @05:34AM (5 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday May 14 2020, @05:34AM (#994124) Journal

    So, instead of "got milk?", it would be "got goat?"

    As a matter of fact, I got goat!! The two puppies mouthing on my feet are getting fat on it!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 14 2020, @09:10AM (4 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 14 2020, @09:10AM (#994166)

      I don't know what this means but it sounds disgusting.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 14 2020, @09:25AM (3 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 14 2020, @09:25AM (#994170)

        GP is feeding his puppies goat milk? And, those fat little puppies are chewing on his toes while he sits at his desk? Maybe?

        • (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Thursday May 14 2020, @08:35PM (2 children)

          by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Thursday May 14 2020, @08:35PM (#994380) Homepage Journal

          Maybe the puppies are chewing on his goatskin shoes?

          • (Score: 2) by Osamabobama on Thursday May 14 2020, @09:11PM

            by Osamabobama (5842) on Thursday May 14 2020, @09:11PM (#994395)

            I think he's looking at goatse porn.

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          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 15 2020, @02:11AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 15 2020, @02:11AM (#994482)

            That was probably a "gout" joke. It is very common in older males with diets high in red meat and beer. Might want to consider asking his doctor for a glucocorticoid injection, if so.