<p><img src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5f522216e6ff30001d4e70c3-2000/2020-07-22T014451Z_746653703_RC21YH9NIAYD_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-BOLIVIA-CHLORINE-DIOXIDE.JPG" alt="Bolivia, chlorine dioxide" data-mce-source="REUTERS/Danilo Balderrama" data-mce-caption="Medicine containing chlorine dioxide is seen at the Farmacia Boliviana, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Cochabamba, Bolivia, July 21, 2020." border="0"></p><p></p><bi-shortcode id="summary-shortcode" data-type="summary-shortcode" class="mceNonEditable" contenteditable="false">Summary List Placement</bi-shortcode><p>Facebook has removed pages and groups associated with a controversial group of medics promoting chlorine dioxide, a type of toxic bleach, as a COVID-19 treatment, following <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/patients-fed-toxic-bleach-in-facebook-group-pictures-2021-1">an Insider investigation</a>. </p><p>Insider found that a large network of groups associated with Comusav (Coalicin Mundial Salud y Vida) were promoting the bleach on the platform to tens of thousands of followers in countries including Argentina, Bolivia, and Colombia.</p><p>Facebook said the group violated its policies against spreading medical misinformation.</p><p><em><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-closes-pages-hyping-bleach-cure-after-insider-query-2021-2">Click here to read the full-length investigation.</a></em></p><p>A spokesperson for the site told Insider: "We have removed accounts, Pages, and Groups related to an organization called Comusav for violating our regulated goods and harmful misinformation policies. We have over 35,000 people dedicated to keep our community safe, a task particularly important during the COVID19 pandemic" a spokesperson told Insider.</p><p>The action came after Insider flagged the pages to Facebook as part of an investigation into the surge in popularity of chlorine dioxide in South America.</p><p>Advocates have managed to promote the subtance on social media despite warnings from public health bodies including the US Food and Drug Administration.</p><h2><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/patients-fed-toxic-bleach-in-facebook-group-pictures-2021-1">You can read the full investigation here.</a></h2><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-closes-pages-hyping-bleach-cure-after-insider-query-2021-2#comments">Join the conversation about this story »</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-its-like-make-beer-with-picobrew-c-home-brew-2020-3">We tested a machine that brews beer at the push of a button</a></p>
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