With all the talk about chlorine dioxide, you might like to know that in most cases, creating a chlorine dioxide solution is done on-site. Doing so is a two-part process, where you mix two components, the first sodium chlorite, and the other an acid activator to create activated chlorine dioxide. When sodium chlorite is mixed with an acid activator, that is when it becomes chlorine dioxide, the most powerful pathogen killer.
An excellent example of this mixing is easily observed by watching an outdoorsman preparing to have a drink of surface water found while out in the field. The two-part travel kit used by hikers, campers, and travelers of all kinds is safe and convenient. When sodium chlorine and the acid activator are kept separate, they can be stored almost indefinitely.
Once you combine them, they have an extremely short shelf life, so it is best to mix what you need on-site when you need it. The process requires mixing one drop of sodium chlorite with one drop of acid activator and swirling it in a glass. It is suggested to use a glass container or PET Plastic, anything but metal as it interacts with the chlorine dioxide, like a separate shot glass or the drinking glass that you intend to use. Swirl the two drops together and allow them to combine. You will notice them turning amber in color and you will be able to detect a chlorine-like odor as the activation takes place. Allow activating for 40 seconds or more.
Now, you can pour the activated drops from the shot glass into the glass of water that you want to drink or pour the water that you intend to drink into the glass with the activated drops in the bottom of the glass. Swirl and allow to set for three to four minutes. Swirl again, and your water will be free of pathogens and safe to drink.
When you buy a two-part kit, it comes with a small manual, and instructions will be printed on the bottle as well.
Chlorine Dioxide Safe for Human Consumption
The question often asked, “Is chlorine dioxide safe for human consumption?” is inspired by a campaign launched by the FDA to defeat the efforts of an alleged snake oil salesman attempting to defraud people into thinking that chlorine dioxide water treatment drops were a cure-all for nearly any disease. The anti-fraud campaign was fueled with fear and equated putting a drop of chlorine dioxide into a glass of water with drinking bleach. It can be confusing.
Because people with serious health conditions were being coerced by these individuals to take the water purification drops to cure themselves of disease, the FDA flat-out stated that chlorine dioxide was not safe to drink (which, of course, it is not safe to drink straight, just like Clorox would be unsafe to drink straight) and was not intended for human consumption.
Chlorine Dioxide Safe to Use as Water Purification Drops
When the military, explorers, outdoorsmen, hikers, and campers who used the water purification drops in the field heard the reports from the FDA, they became curious. They checked it out and quickly were able to find that the FDA had not rescinded its approval for using chlorine dioxide for treating water in the field nor in the treatment of municipal water for public distribution and drinking, which would clearly imply consumption.
Church Promotes Chlorine Dioxide as a Cure
A little more digging would uncover a church’s proliferation of this idea that chlorine dioxide could pretty much cure you of anything that ails you. They were led by a minister by the name of Jim Humble who had discovered the healing effects of chlorine dioxide by accident while on a mining expedition in South American jungles. He experimented on himself, his family, and church member volunteers, who all supported his claims of the healing power of chlorine dioxide.
The water purification drops were nicknamed MMS, which is short for Master Mineral Solution, in honor of the miraculous results reported by church members. The substance was declared to be a church sacrament. Jim Humble also released a book, The Master Mineral Solution of the Third Millennium, which delineates his findings and recommended protocols. The word spread like wildfire, that was until the fire was extinguished by the efforts of the FDA to shut the church down.
Enter Chlorine Dioxide and COVID-19
Then came the coronavirus in late 2019, which quickly grew into the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the USA in 2020. One of Humble’s enthusiastic church members and his family began proclaiming that Humble’s MMS could wipe out the coronavirus and protect people from COVID-19.
FDA Cease and Desist
In April 2020, the FDA issued an order insisting they stop promoting the lies about something as poisonous as chlorine dioxide that was as dangerous as drinking bleach as a potential treatment for the coronavirus.
The family was so convinced that chlorine dioxide could indeed help people struggling and afraid of losing their lives to the epidemic that they ignored the order and continued to spread the news.
Arrested for Chlorine Dioxide
On July 9, 2020, brothers Jordan and John Grenon were arrested and on August 11, 2020, brother Joseph and their father Mark Grenon were placed under arrest for failure to comply, with a laundry list of other offenses.
The Gewnon family is currently being held in custody.
What Does the FDA Say?
The FDA says that MMS (chlorine dioxide) can be fatal and is compared to drinking bleach. The April injunction was based on reports that people required hospitalization, developed life-threatening conditions, and died after drinking MMS.
Prosecutors alleged at least seven Americans have died from using MMS/chlorine dioxide. Authorities also said the MMS/chlorine dioxide caused dangerous reactions such as vomiting, diarrhea, and life-threatening low blood pressure.
The FDA issued a notice urging anyone drinking MMS or similar products to “STOP NOW.”
Follow up: Grenon Family Faces Judge for Distributing MMS
Paris Humble
Paris Humble, author of Healthy Alternative Chlorine Dioxide Uses Non-pharmacological Health Restoration, and daughter of the church founder, Jim Humble, puts the controversy over chlorine dioxide in proper perspective. She says,
“Chlorine does not cure anything. It never did. What it does is to kill the harmful bacteria, viruses, and pathogens that take up residence inside the body. These are what is keeping your body from being able to do what it does best, to heal itself.”
~ Paris Humble
