Pseudoscientific Cancer ‘Treatment’ Involves Gassing Naked People in Plastic Bags With Bleach
A London-based clinic is under scrutiny for administering a dangerous, unproven cancer treatment involving exposing patients to chlorine dioxide gas while sealed in plastic bags. The clinic operator admits the method is experimental and potentially hazardous.
Why it matters
This case highlights the dangers of pseudoscientific medical practices and the lack of regulation in alternative health clinics.
PHOTO-ILLUSTRATION: WIRED STAFF; GETTY IMAGES Comment Loader Save Story Save this story Comment Loader Save Story Save this story A clinic in London, run by a former maker of artisanal ice cream, is treating patients with stage 4 cancer using a method that involves sealing them, naked from the neck down, in a plastic bag while gassing them with the oxidizing industrial bleach chlorine dioxide —a treatment that even the person administering it admits is “dangerous.”
The article uses investigative reporting to expose a health risk, maintaining a critical but factual tone.
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