Other safety alerts
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| Canada: Additional websites selling MMS Sodium Chlorite Solution not authorized for oral consumption by humans in Canada |
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Health Canada is advising Canadians that two additional websites are selling "MMS", also known as “Miracle Mineral Solution” or “Miracle Mineral Supplement”, further to the news released on 15 February 2012. The web sites are www.miracle-mineral-supplement.com and www.mms1.ca. The product information lists sodium chlorite as an ingredient and is promoted as a substance that can cleanse toxins from the human body. There are no therapeutic products containing sodium chlorite authorized for oral consumption by humans in Canada.
MMS may cause serious health problems that include poisoning, kidney failure and harm to red blood cells that reduces the ability of the blood to carry oxygen. Additional health problems may also include abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea. Consumers should consult their health care practitioner if they have used or are using MMS products. Health Canada have requested that identified distributors remove product from the Canadian market.
Please refer to the following website in Health Canada for details:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/media/advisories-avis/_2012/2012_27-eng.php
In Hong Kong, the above products are not registered pharmaceutical products. The previous news relating to sodium chlorite released by the Canda Health was posted on the website of Drug Office on 16 February 2012.
Ends/Saturday, February 25, 2012
Issued at HKT 12:00
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