Danger: Don't Drink Miracle Mineral Solution or Similar Products
fda document · 2019
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SUMMARY
FDA Consumer Update, page footer states 'Content current as of: 08/12/2019.' Fetched via an Internet Archive snapshot (2026-07-18; fda.gov's live site returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches). States, verbatim in relevant part: 'The FDA first warned consumers about the products in 2010. But they are still being promoted on social media and sold online by many independent distributors.' Lists product names including Miracle Mineral Solution, Miracle Mineral Supplement, MMS, Chlorine Dioxide (CD) Protocol, and Water Purification Solution (WPS). States: 'Some distributors are making false—and dangerous—claims that Miracle Mineral Supplement mixed with citric acid is an antimicrobial, antiviral, and antibacterial liquid that is a remedy for autism, cancer, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, flu, and other conditions. But the FDA is not aware of any research showing that these products are safe or effective for treating any illness.' States the products are 28 percent sodium chlorite in distilled water that becomes chlorine dioxide bleach when mixed with an acid activator per package directions.
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The FDA’s own consumer-facing statement that MMS/chlorine dioxide sale and promotion continued for at least nine years after the agency’s first 2010 warning (“still being promoted on social media and sold online by many independent distributors”) and its direct statement that it is “not aware of any research showing that these products are safe or effective for treating any illness” — the source for the case’s core evidentiary-failure claim, distinct from and not overstating the narrower 2025 in vitro laboratory finding (dudek-wicher-sci-rep-2025-chlorine-dioxide). Retrieved via the Internet Archive because fda.gov blocks automated direct fetches; the archived copy carries the same official FDA page content and the same “content current as of” date.