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Part Two: The International Church of: Drink Bleach

Behind the Bastards

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I'm a Righteous Healer, You Shouldn't Give Up on the Grifter

In 2015, the Attorney General of Illinois went after carry for violating section two of the Consumer Fraud Act. She had to sign a certificate of voluntary compliance promising to stop advocating for bleach based cures of autism. In 2019, NBC News published an article about a group of moms who'd gone undercover in several Facebook groups that were still spreading the gospel of bleaching autism away. The moms were motivated by horrific posts from other dumber moms like this one: "My son is constantly making a gasping sound"

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