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A Chinese man with no medical training is injecting cancer patients with a toxic bleach solution; a full course of treatment runs $20,000. He's now working to bring the unproven treatment to the US.

A Chinese inventor named Xuewu Liu, who lacks medical training, is injecting cancer patients with a toxic bleach solution called chlorine dioxide for $20,000 per treatment and is attempting to introduce this unproven therapy in the US.

An Inventor Is Injecting Bleach Into Cancerous Tumors—and Wants to Bring the Treatment to the US - WIRED

An Inventor Is Injecting Bleach Into Cancerous Tumors—and Wants to Bring the Treatment to the US - WIRED

Source: wired.com

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The claim can be broken down into several components: first, that a Chinese man with no medical credentials is administering an unproven cancer treatment involving injection of a toxic bleach solution; second, that the treatment costs $20,000; and third, that he is working to bring this treatment to the United States. Evidence from a detailed WIRED article confirms that Xuewu Liu, an inventor without medical training or credentials, is charging cancer patients $20,000 for access to an AI-driven but entirely unproven treatment involving direct injection of highly concentrated chlorine dioxide, a toxic bleach, into cancerous tumors.wired.comwired.comAn Inventor Is Injecting Bleach Into Cancerous Tumors—and Wants to Bring the...

This corroborates the core factual elements of the claim. The Reddit postreddit.comreddit.comr/Health on Reddit: An Inventor Is Injecting Bleach Into Cancerous Tumors—and... echoes this information but is less authoritative. Other search results about legitimate cancer research ( and) are unrelated to this claim and do not support the safety or efficacy of Liu's treatment.

There is no credible scientific evidence supporting the safety or effectiveness of injecting chlorine dioxide into tumors; such use is considered dangerous and toxic. The claim that Liu is working to bring this treatment to the US is also supported by the WIRED article, which discusses his efforts to expand access beyond China. Given these points, the claim is accurate in all material respects.

It is important to note that this treatment is unproven and potentially harmful, and it lacks endorsement from medical authorities.

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