Autismo andreas kalcker biography

A leader of a movement touting toxic bleach as a 'miracle' COVID-19 cure has been charged following a 5-year-old boy's death

  • Argentinian authorities charged Andreas Kalcker with falsely promoting toxic bleach as a medical cure.
  • The investigation was launched after a boy, 5, died after being given the substance by his parents. 
  • Chlorine dioxide is a type of industrial bleaching agent commonly used to treat wood products.

Argentinian authorities have charged Andreas Kalcker, a key figure in a sprawling movement that hails toxic bleach as a "miracle" medical treatment.

The charges follow a seven-month-long investigation by the Unidad Fiscal para la Investigación de Delitos contra el Medio Ambiente (UFIMA), which investigates medical crimes in Argentina. 

The investigation was launched after the August 2020 death of a five-year-old boy in Neuquen, western Argentina, of multiple organ failure consistent with chlorine dioxide poisoning.

The child's parents believed, on the basis of misinformation spread by Kalcker and others, that the substance had the

Andreas Kalcker

German resident in Switzerland

Andreas Ludwig Kalcker is a German national residing in Switzerland who promotes an alternative medicine treatment he calls "CDS" through his website, written publications, and social media.[1]Chlorine dioxide used in this manner is also known as the Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS).[1] Before moving to Switzerland, Kalcker lived in Spain for several years.[2]

Both the Colegio Oficial de Médicos de Alicante (COMA) of Spain and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States warn consumption of MMS can cause abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, intoxication or kidney failure.[3][4]

Kalcker has advertised the product as a definitive cure for cancer, AIDS, autism, hepatitis, diabetes, arthritis and all kinds of diseases,[5] as well as the perfect antioxidant.[6] Kalcker has been investigated, sued and arrested for this reason.

In 2010, Spanish Authorities banned MMS for human consumption, considering it to be a fraudulent treatment.[6

South America's bitter divide over a toxic 'Covid cure'

Jose Luis Penarredonda

Features correspondent

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In South America, a toxic chemical is being touted as a miracle cure for Covid-19. How did the mistaken belief in its powers take hold?

The flyer had thousands of shares on Facebook. It requested people to do something that, amid a pandemic, sounded outrageous: go to a square and protest elbow-to-elbow with a bunch of strangers. Yet, dozens of residents of Lima, the capital of Peru, left their homes the morning of 28 July 2020, and met in one of the city’s biggest parks to do just that. In their minds, they were not only not risking their own lives, but saving the lives of many others.

The protest was organized by an organisation called Comusav, a Spanish acronym for 'Global Coalition for Health and Life'. They said they were defending their rights to life and health, but their true cause was demanding their government accept a toxic chemical as a treatment for Covid-19.

Chlorine dioxide, the apparent cure they were clamour

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