Feds: Group sold bleach as cure-all for cancer, flu, arthritis
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Two people from Oregon and two from Washington have been charged with selling an ingredient for bleach online as a cure-all for arthritis, cancer and the flu.
An indictment unsealed in federal court in Spokane Tuesday charges 42-year-old Louis Daniel Smith and 38-year-old Karis Delong, both of Ashland, Ore., as well as 49-year-old Chris Olson and 50-year-old Tammy Olson, of Nine Mile Falls, Wash.
Prosecutors say they were involved in a business called Project GreenLife, which imported sodium chlorite from Canada, and that they sold the chemical online as a "miracle mineral supplement." Buyers were instructed to mix it with orange juice or other source of citric acid before drinking it.
Mixing sodium chlorite with citric acid makes chlorine dioxide - a powerful bleach. It wasn't immediately clear if anyone was injured by consuming it.
Charges include conspiracy, smuggling and interstate sales of misbranded drugs.
The Olsons were scheduled to appear in federal court Wednesday.
An indictment unsealed in federal court in Spokane Tuesday charges 42-year-old Louis Daniel Smith and 38-year-old Karis Delong, both of Ashland, Ore., as well as 49-year-old Chris Olson and 50-year-old Tammy Olson, of Nine Mile Falls, Wash.
Prosecutors say they were involved in a business called Project GreenLife, which imported sodium chlorite from Canada, and that they sold the chemical online as a "miracle mineral supplement." Buyers were instructed to mix it with orange juice or other source of citric acid before drinking it.
Mixing sodium chlorite with citric acid makes chlorine dioxide - a powerful bleach. It wasn't immediately clear if anyone was injured by consuming it.
Charges include conspiracy, smuggling and interstate sales of misbranded drugs.
The Olsons were scheduled to appear in federal court Wednesday.
Well, it can't be much worse than the drugs that the FDA allows to make it to market. "Have a runny nose? Take this, but it may cause diarreah, kidney stones, etc., etc".
W.C. Fields said it best "Never give a sucker an even break" if you buy it online it's got to be good. Oh pleeeease people use some common sense. Oh by the way I have Common Sense for sale just send me $19.99 plus $9.99 shipping and handling.
What's all the fuss about? Â It's not like the stuff was laced with Thimerosal or anything.
A new use for "white-out"? Or don't they sell that stuff anymore?
The father of a friend of mine ordered this, used it when he decided traditional cancer treatment wasn't working fast enough and made him nauseous. Â I'm confident it would have worked if he hadn't died. Â
Three words;Â Hope they fry...
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How do you sell bleach as a health drink and not think it's going to end badly?
 @Max Quinn They weren't selling bleach, they were reselling sodium chlorite with instructions to mix it with orange juice which results in chlorine dioxide, a chemical used for bleaching.
This is ridiculous. There's a cure for cancer and KATU won't even link to where we can buy it!
Well, I'd guess that if you drank enough of that concoction, you wouldn't have to worry about cancer, flu, arthritis, or much of anything else, for that matter... Just make sure you have your burial insurance paid up...
WOW...... ugh.... WTF? Lol.
it cures cancer by killing you first
some people will believe anything on the interenet
 @LostSoul  That's true! I verified it at snopes.com.
@LostSoul They can't put it on the internet if it's not true. Just ask my French model boyfriend.
 @OSUx2  I really hate that commercial...
 @OSUx2 Bonjour.
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Who says people don't watch TV ads anymore? LOL