Last month, NBC 5 Investigates reported on the controversial treatment promoted by former Chicagoan Kerri Rivera. Rivera, who now resides in Mexico, advocates a protocol involving a strict diet and a chemical called chlorine dioxide, sometimes marketed as "Miracle Mineral Solution," or MMS. Chemists say chlorine dioxide is, in reality, a powerful bleach with no known medicinal benefits.
"I would say it would be extremely dangerous to ingest this," said Dr. Karl Scheidt, a chemistry professor at Northwestern University. "Much less a child."
But chlorine dioxide, or "CD" as she calls it, has long been the cornerstone of Rivera’s treatment.
"Autism is treatable," she said in an interview with NBC5 Investigates. "It’s avoidable. And I believe it’s curable." NBC5 has the story.
