The Church That Helped Bleach Go Viral As A Fake Cure
Mark Grenon (second from left) and his son Joseph Grenon, were arrested in Colombia in 2020 before their return to the US to face criminal charges.
Photo: Colombia’s Prosecutor’s Press Office via AP Photo
Hi folks, it’s Kristen in NYC. You may think drinking bleach was a trend unique to those early pandemic days, but that’s not the case. But first…
In December, I logged on to the popular internet arts and crafts marketplace Etsy, and ordered something you might not expect to find among the handmade Swedish clogs and ceramics: a deadly drug.
The drug in question was Miracle Mineral Solution, or MMS, a potion marketed as a cure-all that during the pandemic went viral for both treating and preventing Covid. It comes in two parts: one part sodium chloride, and one part acid. When combined, the mixture becomes chlorine dioxide. Chlorine dioxide is bleach. And bleach is toxic and sometimes deadly.