Argentinian authorities charged Andreas Kalcker with falsely promoting toxic bleach as a medical cure.
The investigation was launched after a boy, 5, died after being given the substance by his parents.
Chlorine dioxide is a type of industrial bleaching agent commonly used to treat wood products.
Argentinian authorities have charged Andreas Kalcker, a key figure in a sprawling movement that hails toxic bleach as a “miracle” medical treatment.
The charges follow a seven-month-long investigation by the Unidad Fiscal para la Investigación de Delitos contra el Medio Ambiente (UFIMA), which investigates medical crimes in Argentina.
The investigation was launched after the August 2020 death of a five-year-old boy in Neuquen, western Argentina, of multiple organ failure consistent with chlorine dioxide poisoning.
The child’s parents believed, on the basis of misinformation spread by Kalcker and others, that the substance had the power to ward off COVID-19, legal documents previously reviewed by Insider said.
An Argentinian judicial source told Insider that Kalcker has been charged with illegal practice of the medical profession and selling fake medicines.
The offenses, if found to have resulted in a person’s death, carry a maximum of 25 years.
Kalcker did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment. In past comments to Insider he has denied recommending that people take the substances in large enough doses to cause harm.
Kalcker, alongside several Argentinian nationals, is accused by authorities of playing a key role in promoting chlorine dioxide in the country as a cure for various illnesses, including COVID-19, in conferences, books, and on social media.
Mark Skidmore published the result of his online survey in January 2023 but retracted it in April 2023. He had claimed an incredible number of deaths from Covid-19 vaccinations. https://t.co/ZmT5RnwC3bpic.twitter.com/n2Ad6kcmV7
The retraction of an article is the removal of an already published article from a journal. This decision may be made by the journal’s editor and/or editorial board. Retractions do not happen because of small editorial errors. An article would be corrected in this case.
Article retraction
The retraction of an article is the removal of an already published article from a journal. This decision may be made by the journal’s editor and/or editorial board. Retractions do not happen because of small editorial errors. An article would be corrected in this case. Retractions reflect more serious issues with an article.
Retractions may occur because of
errors in the research
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falsification of data or results
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Retracted articles are not ‘unpublished’ or ‘withdrawn’ so that they can be published elsewhere; usually the reasons for the retraction are so serious that the whole study, or large parts of it, are not appropriate for inclusion in the scientific literature anywhere.
I thought Mark Skidmore's survey, from which he extrapolated an estimate of 278K killed by #CovidVaccines was the worst survey ever. I was wrong. @stkirsch has Skidmore beat by a country mile. https://t.co/WlNAiLBoH8
Mark Skidmore published the result of his online survey in January 2023 but retracted it in April 2023. He had claimed an incredible number of deaths from Covid-19 vaccinations. https://t.co/ZmT5RnwC3bpic.twitter.com/n2Ad6kcmV7
Has MSU economics professor Mark Skidmore been “exonerated” over his retracted paper claiming that COVID vaccines killed 278,000? The paper is still junk science, and it's now published in an anti-vaccine non-serious journal. https://t.co/YId4Tb7qFe via @sciencebasedmed@gorskon
Steve Kirsch recently claimed that Mark Skidmore used my video critiquing his dodgy paper to correct his mistakes and get it published in a peer reviewed journal. He didn't – the paper is as dodgy as ever and has been published in a non-indexed antivax raghttps://t.co/vYh7XW5cHr
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