Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS). Scam product which Medsafe has warned could cause "severe harm to health". Distributed in New Zealand by Roger Blake and actively promoted by the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing. The product should not be taken as it is based on chlorine dioxide, a strong bleach. (The chlorine dioxide is produced by reaction of an acid with sodium chlorite in the MMS – not to be confused with sodium chloride which is table salt.) This NZ Herald article from October 2010 goes into more detail: "Medsafe said high oral doses could cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and symptoms of severe dehydration." However, this NZ Herald article from October 2016 "But the solution's packaging said these symptoms were normal and even proof that the MMS mixture is working".

As MMS falsely claims "to be effective against the flu, HIV and cancer" and malaria, it firmly qualifies as a scam, and a dangerous one. The product is also marketed as a water purifier and is falsely claimed to be a treatment for arthritis, shingles, chickenpox and other conditions, and to boost the immune system. A November 2014 NZ Herald article stated it is claimed to cure cancer, HIV/Aids, Ebola, malaria, asthma, autism, hepatitis C, acne, and flu. "The Ministry of Health ... asks that any adverse effects be reported to the New Zealand Pharmacovigilance Centre for Adverse Reaction Monitoring at Otago University." This NZ Herald article (broken link), also from October 2010, mentions that "Medsafe was continuing its investigations and said it supported the recommendations made by authorities in Britain, the United States and Canada that consumers who had MMS should stop using it immediately and throw it away." In November 2010 the product was featured on Close Up on TV One for trying to get around health product laws by stating that they are not allowed to claim it cures the common cold, HIV, etc.

According to The Guardian "MMS is banned in several countries, including Canada and Ireland. In the UK and US it is strictly controlled and has led to fraud prosecutions."

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Printed on 20 January 2021 at www.cults.co.nz.
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