I just clicked on the link in post #1 and there is a very much-edited version of the original article. I gave it just a quick read, it seems that all the false information is now gone. At the end of the article is a list of references including:
Various Abstracts Regarding Molting Inducement in Hens
United States Department of Agriculture
Fact Sheet from Maritime Certified Organic Growers
Also, if you click on the author's name you'll see a photo of her, she's a young woman but not a child or teen. I'm sure she meant well, but either had the wrong facts from which to work or misunderstood the research she read.
It's funny, just the other day I brought several cartons of eggs to my Bible study to give away to the ladies there. One of them looked in the carton & was surprised to see mostly brown & green eggs (I only have a few white egg layers). She asked why they were those colors, and before I could answer another lady said "it's because they bleach the eggs you get in the store". So I guess this is something believed by other folks too.