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Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

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Can Bleach Kill Cancer Cells in Petri Dishes?

There are substances that will kill invaders while not killing us. We can't dump bleach into our bodies and kill things, but we could definitely use bleach in a lot of petri dishes to clean them. I would be very hesitant to encourage someone who has asthma and requires especially daily maintenance medications to try to replace them with something that is unproven. It's hard too because just because you can't prove it doesn't mean it works.

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