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A Dangerous Pharmaceutical Espoused as 'Alternative Medicine': Dichloroacetic Acid (DCA)

Written by Thomas Corriher

We recently learned about an alternative cancer treatment called DCA (dichloroacetic acid). We were initially skeptical about this substance because it bears strong structural similarities to M.M.S., which we had already exposed as a dangerous fraud. Our research into DCA left us horrified, because it is actually much worse than "Miracle Mineral Supplement" (M.M.S.).

What is DCA?

DCA is called dichloroacetic acid, dichloroacetate, and dichloroethanoic acid by chemists. It is essentially chlorine that is mixed with oxygen and acetic acid. This poisonous chlorine compound has been found in the tap water of some municipalities, which is something that even the World Health Organization has expressed alarm about.

This toxic contamination only occurs because bleaching agents are used to disinfect our drinking water. Oxygen alone could do it better (eg. hydrogen peroxide) and it would actually produce health benefits. Chlorine is the cheapest, not the safest, or even the most effective method. Water containing both chlorine and fluoride is the largest single contributing factor for producing our society's cancers, and it plays a large role in heart disease too. These are not exaggerations, and these statements are backed by years of research about these chlorine compounds, which resemble DDT. It is fairly certain that you will die younger and with more suffering than is necessary if you routinely drink the tap water in the U.S..

Effects of DCA Exposure

Liver failure
Decreased grip strength
Neurotoxicity
Kidney damage
Limb paralysis
Brain lesions
Malignant tumors
Inflammation of the pancreas
Tremors
Damage to the central nervous system
Infertility
Birth defects
Hepatocellular carcinoma (cancer of the liver)
Sedation
Muscle damage
Diminished reflexes

How DCA "Works"

DCA does suppress some cancers, but it requires even more toxicity than is required to cause cancer. It has been repeatedly shown in studies, but the amount necessary to fully halt cancers can easily kill a person, or lead to debilitating conditions. Proponents of DCA claim that it works by "turning on" the mitochondria, a crucial part of the DNA regulating both oxygen and cellular growth. However, dichloroacetic acid has been known to cripple the mitochondria since the 1950's -- not assist it.

Judging from the effects of DCA on human health, it would appear that it works in the same manner as orthodox cancer treatments. It attacks the entire body to result in horrendous damage. It weakens all of the cells and the immune system too. We have all been told that mutated cancer cells are less resilient than healthy, oxygen-using cells; so the cancer cells usually die first when exposed to such poisons. Thus, the tumors may disappear, but it is important to remember that tumors are merely a symptom of a cancer, which is itself merely a symptom of acidosis combined with toxicity. DCA actually aggravates the root causes into the long term: acidosis and toxicity. This leaves the patient with the same dismal chance of living cancer free as if he had experienced radiation therapy.

The parallels between this "alternative" and the mainstream are difficult to miss. This methodology of poisoning the whole body is identical to that of orthodox medicine, and it is why the long term cure rates are so low for both. Poisoning the body into good health will someday be described as insanity by future generations, and rightly so. It will be mocked alongside other former 'miracles' of orthodox medicine, such as blood letting.

The trend of killing by medicine follows historical precedent. For example, while orthodox doctors of the not-so-distant past were using blood letting to kill people such as George Washington, natural physicians were prescribing herbal compounds, such as white willow bark extract that contained the active ingredient of aspirin. Eventually, the establishment "discovered" aspirin.

When people read about alternative treatments, they generally assume that they are natural and safer. In the majority of cases, these assumptions are well founded. However, it is important to be watchful for alternatives which are actually dangerous pharmaceutical imitators. DCA is officially a part of conventional medicine, but it has not yet become a standard treatment. Doctors provide it off-label, which is never the case for effective, natural, and safe alternative treatments. Allopathic doctors can be disbarred from practicing medicine if they recommend the Budwig Protocol, Gerson therapy, Hoxsey therapy, vitamin B17, or mega-doses of vitamin C, as utilized by Linus Pauling. Yet they routinely prescribe dangerous and less effective chemicals, such as DCA, with no repercussions.

We were unable to find any dichloroacetate that is manufactured in the U.S.. The majority of DCA is produced in China, with a few other countries around the world joining in. This means that there is a strong likelihood of it containing lead, cadmium and even worse.

Give this information to anyone who is considering using this chemical to treat themselves. Remind him that there are safer, natural ways to cure cancer and eliminate arthritis pain. There are proven methods that yield life-long cures (not just intermittent 'remissions'). Real medicine is cheap, painless, and without risk. It is not medicine if it kills people. Fortunately, DCA does not have the same popularity as its weaker cousin M.M.S.. However, if DCA becomes popular, not only will more people be harmed (and killed) by this treatment, but alternative medicine will be wrongfully blamed for their deaths. We, as a community, have a responsibility to both ourselves and the prospective victims of DCA, to detach all associations between us and it. We must speak against it at every opportunity, or the gains that we have made in evangelizing safer and better medicine will be lost. We need your help in spreading this. We can provide our readers leadership from time to time, but you are the foot soldiers who will make the difference. We know that we can count on you.

Another Fraud Of Alternative Medicine: M.M.S.

The Effect of Acetic Acid on Cytoplasmic Inclusions, Quarterly Journal of Microscopial Science

Dichloroacetic acid in drinking water, W.H.O.

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Cancer Revisited: The Industry Suppressed Budwig Regimen or How To Cure Cancer With Cottage Cheese

The Relationship Between Body pH and Disease (and other facts you're not supposed to know)

Lead In Fruit Juices, Fruit Snacks, and Children's Drinks

Reminder: Christmas Lights, Artificial Trees, and China-Made Christmas Toys Are Poisoned With Lead

Injuring and Making American's Dumberer Through the Water