Pseudoscientific Cancer ‘Treatment’ Involves Gassing Naked People in Plastic Bags With Bleach
Jessel is administering a different, little-used “protocol” first posited by Andreas Kalcker, a German man who has been one of the main boosters of the bleach-like solution in recent decades. So I don't know whether I'm the first person in the UK to do it, but I'm definitely a rarity.”Writing about Protocol G’s uses on his website, Kalcker does not mention cancer treatment. “Properly applied, with the straightforward precaution of avoiding vapor inhalation, it is a well-tolerated procedure,” Kalcker tells WIRED, dismissing Jessel’s description of the treatment as dangerous.
- ▪Jessel is administering a different, little-used “protocol” first posited by Andreas Kalcker, a German man who has been one of the main boosters of the bleach-like solution in recent decades.
- ▪So I don't know whether I'm the first person in the UK to do it, but I'm definitely a rarity.”Writing about Protocol G’s uses on his website, Kalcker does not mention cancer treatment.
- ▪“Properly applied, with the straightforward precaution of avoiding vapor inhalation, it is a well-tolerated procedure,” Kalcker tells WIRED, dismissing Jessel’s description of the treatment as dangerous.
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David GilbertScienceJun 19, 2026 3:00 AMPseudoscientific Cancer ‘Treatment’ Involves Gassing Naked People in Plastic Bags With BleachA London clinic owner has claimed he is treating people with stage 4 cancer by sealing them into a plastic bag while they're naked from the neck down and gassing them with chlorine dioxide.PHOTO-ILLUSTRATION: WIRED STAFF; GETTY IMAGESCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyA 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.”Alastair Jessel,…
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