Naren Gunja, director of the New South Wales, Australia Poisons Information Centre, has stated that using the product is 'a bit like drinking concentrated bleach' and that users have displayed symptoms consistent with corrosive injuries, such as vomiting, stomach pains, and diarrhea. The United States Environmental Protection Agency has set a maximum level of 0.8 mg/L for chlorine dioxide in drinking water. Lower doses (~1 gram) can be expected to cause nausea, vomiting, inflammation of the intestines (producing so-called ' rope worms') and even life-threatening reactions in persons with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. It causes acute kidney failure in high doses. Sodium chlorite, the main precursor to chlorine dioxide, is itself toxic if ingested. This produces chlorine dioxide, a toxic chemical that can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and life-threatening low blood pressure due to dehydration.
It is made by mixing aqueous sodium chlorite with an acid (such as the juices of citrus fruits or vinegar). Miracle Mineral Supplement, often referred to as Miracle Mineral Solution, Master Mineral Solution, MMS or the CD protocol, is a branded name for an aqueous solution of chlorine dioxide, an industrial bleaching agent, that has been falsely promoted as a cure for illnesses including HIV, cancer and the common cold.
