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Chlorine Dioxide: A Molecule That Could Change Everything, Even Cancer Treatment

Published on March 11, 2026


Book cover “The War on Chlorine Dioxide” beside a chlorine molecule illustration and a figure examining it with a magnifier.

The War on Chlorine Dioxide is, hands-down, the most comprehensive review of the history of chlorine dioxide ever written. From the discoveries of Howard Alliger (I know his daughter), to sabotage and intrigue in foreign lands involving US intelligence, to the involvement of Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and NASA, this book covers all of the fascinating history of this most amazing and controversial substance. My book, Forbidden Cures, is more clinical, speaking more about how to integrate Chlorine Dioxide into a full protocol for health recovery.

I am so happy to see a mainstream doctor put his neck out over one of the most important molecules in the world of medicine, dentistry, public water treatment, and even cancer treatment. One of the most original contributions of his book is what Dr. Kory calls the “Kory Scale,” a proposed metric to judge the safety and efficacy of therapies based on the intensity of suppression they receive from the medical establishment. The concept is elegantly simple: the more viciously a cheap, unpatentable therapy is attacked by the FDA, NIH, AMA, media, and government agencies, the more likely it actually works. He calculates the Kory Scale score for ivermectin at roughly 100 to 150 points, while chlorine dioxide scores over 500 points, a staggering indictment of the coordinated persecution this compound and its advocates have endured.

Medical War Against Chlorine Dioxide

Professor Enno Freye completed a 500-patient malaria trial in Cameroon, with all 500 patients recovering, only to have narcotics planted on him, be imprisoned in Italy for three years, and have his published study retracted and erased from the record. An unnamed missionary treating malaria in Africa had his legs blown off by an incendiary device planted in his hotel room. These accounts are not hyperbole. They are the kind of documented human cost that makes this book genuinely difficult to put down.

Chlorine Dioxide has been systematically buried, retracted, or ignored. In vitro studies have demonstrated efficacy against typhoid, hepatitis A/B/C, HIV, HPV, herpes, measles, influenza A, E. coli, Listeria, MRSA, Ebola, and dozens of other pathogens. One 2010 study found that trace amounts of chlorine dioxide inactivated more than 99.9% of eight different viruses in just 15 seconds. Meaning there has to be a war against chlorine dioxide because it would break the vaccine paradigm and bankrupt many pharmaceutical companies.

The FDA continues to call it “industrial bleach” while simultaneously approving it for use in mouthwashes, toothpastes, food service sanitation, and municipal drinking water. Chlorine dioxide is not bleach, and only stupid media talking heads and ridiculous medical experts would say so. Bleach is sodium hypochlorite, a chlorinating agent that leaves behind carcinogenic trihalomethane byproducts and damages surrounding tissue indiscriminately.

Chlorine dioxide works through selective oxidation, targeting pathogenic organisms while leaving healthy tissue intact, producing no toxic byproducts, and remaining effective across a wide pH range. Dr. Kory quips, calling them the same substance is like saying vodka and windshield wiper fluid are identical because they both come in bottles. Also, one might as well call NaCl (salt) bleach just because it has Cl in it, like ClO2, which is chlorine dioxide.

Dr. Kory has done what few are willing to do: tell the truth, consequences be damned. You can purchase the hardback book or digital book at the following website: https://waronchlorinedioxide.com


Cover of Dr. Mark Sircus’ book “Forbidden Cures” showing laboratory glassware and a microscope, emphasizing alternative medicine and scientific exploration.

My book on Chlorine Dioxide is more clinical in nature and is about integrating it into a full protocol. In the simplest terms, chlorine dioxide allows one to clean one’s inner house. Our bodies need to be cleaned regularly for the best performance and longevity. The first thing chlorine dioxide will do as it surges into the blood is do a fantastic job of rejuvenating red blood cells. Almost instantly, more oxygen will flow through the blood, especially if magnesium and bicarbonate are included. As we can see from the chart below, the changes in blood composition are profound, which is good news for those with diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease.

Lipid panel results chart showing cholesterol measurements and notes referencing MMS drops

CDS is an atomic bomb in the hands of ordinary citizens; with it, you can
control your health responsibly and independently of the control of doctors,
who intern are all under the control of those who cause us diseases.” We
have patients who have been cancer-free for 3-5 years. All their scans are clear.
They get that booster, and now they have stage 4 disease again. It is happening.
Dietrich Klinghardt, MD, PhD

If chlorine dioxide were ever systematically studied for its metabolic modulation, immune support, and microbial remodeling potential, the entire architecture of chronic‑disease management — including infectious disease prevention — would be shaken to its core, because it’s cheap, unpatentable, broad-spectrum, and doesn’t rely on antigen-specific mechanisms the way vaccines do.

Chlorine Dioxide, Lactic Acid, and Cancer

The connection between lactic acid, cancer, and chronic inflammation goes all the way back to Otto Warburg’s observation in the 1920s that cancer cells rely on glycolysis even in oxygenated environments (the Warburg effect)—result: accumulation of lactic acid and acidic microenvironment around tumors — immunosuppressive, pro-angiogenic, and metastasis-promoting.

How ClO₂ fits in chemically

  • Redox potential: ClO₂ undergoes one-electron transfer reactions, oxidizing organic electron donors such as lactate (C₃H₅O₃⁻) to CO₂ and simpler intermediates.
  • Effect: It can theoretically neutralize lactic acid locally by converting lactate → pyruvate → CO₂ + H₂O in oxidative steps, thereby alkalinizing the local tissue microenvironment.

Microalkalinization that chlorine dioxide provokes could:

  • Weaken cancer‑cell metabolism;
  • restore surrounding immune‑cell activity (NK and T‑cell function increase sharply in neutral pH);
  • decrease pain and inflammation in the tumor stroma.

Mitochondria burn oxygen and provide energy for the body. Cells lacking oxygen or nutrients have to change their energy supply quickly in order to keep growing. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing have now shown that mitochondria are reprogrammed under depleted oxygen and nutrients. Tumours use this reprogramming mechanism to keep growing despite reduced nutrient and oxygen levels.

  • Cancer Support with Chlorine Dioxide:
    • reduction in lactic acidosis,
    • normalization of tumor pH,
    • and potential synergy with metabolic reprogramming diets (ketogenic, low‑glucose protocols).
  • Chronic infection control
    • Elimination of low-grade bacterial and fungal biofilms (which many integrative oncologists believe sustain tumor inflammation).
  • Immunologic recalibration
    • Removing infectious or endotoxin load allows the innate immune system to resume surveillance; this indirectly assists in cancer containment.

Cells adapt to oxygen deficiency by switching their energy supply to glycolysis, in which sugar is fermented without oxygen. “It has been known for some time that cells reduce the number of mitochondria when they lack oxygen and switch to glycolysis.

Consequently, pyruvic acid, the product of glycolysis, which generally would enter the mitochondria for its total combustion into energy, is converted to lactic acid. It is reported that cancer cells can produce 40 times more lactic acid than normal cells. As a result, their metabolism is dirty and poisons the cells around them with increasing acidity.

Chlorine dioxide possesses anticancer and antiviral activities, probably due to its inducing activity of ROS production. Chlorine dioxide exhibited significant cytotoxicity against two breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7, MDA-MB-231) and three colorectal cancer cell lines (LoVo, HCT-116, SW-480). This cytotoxicity appeared to be associated with the capacity of chlorine dioxide to induce the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS).[i]

As CO2 is a hallmark of health, lactic acid is the hallmark of cancer. When we flood the body with magnesium, bicarbonates, and chlorine dioxide, they inhibit lactic acid production, reverse acidification, and rescue circadian oscillation in cancer cells. Carbon dioxide protects the Mitochondria and, importantly, is the hallmark of healthy mitochondria.

Magnesium and bicarbonate work to combat the drop in energy within the mitochondria during constant bombardment from toxins. First, magnesium bicarbonate protects the natural organic and inorganic phosphate buffers in the cytoplasm of cells. Second, magnesium bicarbonate neutralizes the acid produced due to metabolic processes and ATP hydrolysis. This allows more ATP to be hydrolyzed or more energy to be made. Third, magnesium bicarbonate buffers the mitochondria in body cells from excess acid concentrations, improving mitochondrial function and increasing ATP.

When we combine chlorine dioxide with the ultimate mitochondrial cocktail, magnesium bicarbonate, expect sparks to fly along these cellular energy fabricators’ inner and outer membranes. You can make magnesium bicarbonate at home by combining magnesium hydroxide and seltzer water to save money.

Chlorine Dioxide – Superior Mitochondrial Stimulator?

Fruits are living biological entities that perform many metabolic functions. Senescence is the period when chemical synthesizing pathways give way to degradative processes, leading to the aging and spoiling of fruits. In experiments, chlorine dioxide was closely associated with a delay in fruit senescence during storage.

ClO2 can restore ATP and the redox balance, reducing and delaying fruit senescence. Higher concentrations of ClO2 (10 and 25mg/L) were more effective than the lower ones (5mg/L) in altering the redox balance and increasing energy production. It seems that what chlorine dioxide can do for plant mitochondria, it can do for human mitochondria, too.

Oxygen is Chlorine Dioxide’s Secret

Oxygen is the final electron acceptor in the electron transport chain. Without oxygen, the electron transport chain becomes jammed with electrons. Thus, the Krebs cycle is heavily dependent on oxygen, deeming it an aerobic process. If we ram enough oxygen into the cells, we can force mitochondria to become active again and use the Krebs Cycle for energy in cancerous cells if they are not too far gone.

There are many ways to ram oxygen down our mitochondria’s throats. One of the best and least expensive ways is with chlorine dioxide. Chlorine dioxide is a substance that provides oxygen to tissues and all body fluids, activating the mitochondria of cells.

Curious Outlier, Producer of The Universal Antidote Documentary, puts it this way: “In a simple explanation that makes it easy to understand, that process of ramming oxygen to the mitochondria would be this. Imagine what happens when you jump-start a car with jumper cables. You are ramming electricity (electrons) into the car and turning the ignition switch on. The ignition switch of your body is always on until you’re dead. So now you need to push the oxygen in, and the mitochondria will do the rest.”

As you age, your mitochondrial function typically
decreases, and this is a hallmark of both the
aging process itself, as well as most chronic diseases.

This is important for cancer patients, but everyone will enjoy the mitochondrial stimulation that chlorine dioxide provides as we age. Mitochondria burn oxygen and provide energy for the body. Cells lacking oxygen or nutrients have to change their energy supply quickly to survive. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing have now shown that mitochondria are reprogrammed under depleted oxygen and nutrients.

Graphic titled “Chlorine Dioxide, Cancer, and Oral Health” with cells, teeth, and molecular imagery.

A month ago, I published an important chlorine dioxide essay. If ever studied under transparent, independent conditions, chlorine dioxide could emerge as a foundational terrain therapy — not a miracle, but a simple, elegant tool for restoring the biochemical order that chronic disease and industrial medicine profit from.

Diagram comparing cancer treatments, highlighting intratumoral chlorine dioxide ablation as a repeatable approach.

I also published an essay recently about injecting chlorine dioxide directly into tumors. It is really too bad that modern medicine rejects so harshly chlorine dioxide; it could save a lot of lives.


[i] Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry. Volume 59 Issue 1 / Pages.31-36 / 2016 / 1976-0442(pISSN) / 2234-7941(eISSN)

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Dr. Mark Sircus AC., OMD, DM (P)

Professor of Natural Oncology, Da Vinci Institute of Holistic Medicine
Doctor of Oriental and Pastoral Medicine
Founder of Natural Allopathic Medicine

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