On August 10, 2011, Joan Valor Butler diluted a solution of 5 percent sodium chlorite in 1 gallon of slightly salted water, and slowly injected 1 liter of the mixture into her 42-year-old son's feeding tube, at his request. Sodium chlorite is a chemical commonly used in low concentrations in camping water-purification kits and for municipal water treatment. Many also believed it to be the active ingredient of a promising drug in clinical trials for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)-a disease Eric Valor has lived with for the better part of the past decade.
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机译：2011年8月10日，琼·瓦勒·巴特勒（Joan Valor Butler）稀释了1加仑微咸水中的5％亚氯酸钠溶液，并根据他的要求将1升混合物缓慢注入她42岁儿子的喂养管中。亚氯酸钠是野营净水工具包和市政水处理中常用的低浓度化学品。许多人还认为，它是肌萎缩性侧索硬化症（ALS）的临床试验中一种有前途的药物的活性成分。肌萎缩性侧索硬化症（ALS）是埃里克·瓦洛（Eric Valor）在过去十年的大部分时间中一直生活的疾病。
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