Simple Experiment to crudely test whether chlorine dioxide precipitates iron from blood

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Not terribly scientific, but here's a suggestion -

Mix up the solution - use distilled water to dilute - then prick a

finger and get several drops of blood. On a piece of glass (or

translucent plastic) place the blood and about twice as much chlorine

dioxide solution and just wait about five minutes. Observe the color

while your slide is over a light source (maybe take a digital photo) at

the beginning and again after a period of time.

If the chlorine dioxide is stealing iron from the blood, the solution

should change color away from the pink at the beginning. The actual

quantity of precipitated iron salt would be very small - perhaps too low

to visually see.

But, if this is actually happening, the consequence of prolonged

ingestion of this solution would be an anemic condition. This would make

you very tired and wanting to sleep --- exactly what several people have

reported.

Chlorine dioxide is a highly reactive and aggressive molecule, so a side

effect like this might be expected. Generally speaking, an aggressive

molecule attacks first whatever is available and easy which means the

very stuff we want it to attack and remove, but continuous use over a

long period of time could very well lead to an anemic condition.

I am neither chemist or doctor; Levi Philos