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The Bleach Community Is Ready for RFK Jr. to Make Their Dreams Come True

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. mentioned chlorine dioxide during his Senate confirmation hearing.

Chlorine dioxide has been peddled as a cure for everything from malaria to cancer, from HIV to autism.

There is no credible evidence to back up any of the claims that chlorine dioxide can cure any of these ailments.

Activists who have spent years fighting to highlight the dangers of chlorine dioxide are now deeply concerned that the Trump administration could seek to approve its use.

Mark Grenon was sentenced to prison in 2023 alongside three of his sons for selling bleach as a cure for Covid .

He was released from prison in September 2024 , according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website.

Grenon has appeared on numerous podcasts and livestreams in recent months to promote the use of bleach.

The FDA warning was last live on the agency’s site on May 15 , according to an archived version of the site available on the Internet Archive .

Many other FDA releases from around the same time were indeed also archived over the course of the past month .

The removal of the warning is a huge boon for those promoting the toxic bleach solution.

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