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Editor's Note: On Thursday, Amazon re-posted what appears to be a similar or same product as the Humble's Mineral Solution that was taken down earlier this week after The Daily Beast reached out to the company for comment. (Autism expert Steve Silberman says the new product appears to be “the same s**t” as the old one.) The new product appears to have different packaging and is bigger than the original post with slightly less sodium chloride, but still contains the "Humble's Mineral Solution" label. The new product does not promise to be a potential autism cure. The Daily Beast has reached out to Amazon again for comment on its new posting.

Just a few weeks ago, Humble’s Mineral Solution (also known as Miracle Mineral Solution, or MMS) was adorned with the prized “Amazon’s Choice” label on the e-commerce site, promising “highly rated, well-priced products available to ship immediately.”

Although the product was marketed on Amazon as a water purifier, Humble’s Mineral Solution has long been promoted by creator Jim Humble as a treatment for conditions including autism, AIDS, diabetes, the flu, and more. Although Humble is careful to say that the product is not a “cure” on his website, he promises it will help treat these conditions by wiping alleged “pathogens” and “poisons” from the body, a claim that has caught on in private Facebook groups and online forums for parents of autistic children who believe that autism—a primarily genetic neurological disorder for which there is currently no cure—is caused by parasites.

But the FDA says otherwise. In 2010, it warned consumers that when used as directed, MMS becomes “an industrial bleach that can cause serious harm to health,” including nausea, vomiting, and severe dehydration, The Guardian reported at the time. Canadian health officials found the product so abhorrent that they prohibited the sale of MMS entirely.

The label drew public attention after it was spotted by Philippe Chouinard, a Canadian family physician who specializes in treating children with autism and ADHD. The product boasted the “Amazon’s Choice” designation at least until late November, when Chouinard tweeted a screenshot of the product’s page and condemned the retail giant.

“Amazon’s Choice??? Unf*ckingbelievable,” Chouinard wrote on Nov. 29. “Making money off of the suffering of autistic children who are being given Miracle Mineral Solution.”