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The lies of Unleaded Petrol - Part 2 - Continued from page 29 frequently accompanied by lymphoma and chronic tonsil enlargements. For this rea son, it is now believed .in Germany that CFS has to be a "virus disease". As long as 10 years ago when CFS was first observed in resorts situated at Lake Tahoe, patients showed a dominant infection with herpes viruses or the presence of very high herpes immune titres (IGG herpes titres). Since that time, many publications have been written on the infection problems of CFS patients, which all come to one conclusion: in the case of CFS, all kinds of infections occur in an accumulated manner, in partic ular through herpes (potentially .carcino genic and! causing leukaemia), with cytomegalic v~ruses of cell membranes. This infectlous, unspe packings which are so tight that you cannot cific mixed evidence is called "occupation think of anything tighter." al" infection, the main cause of which is This has a chemica] background: lowered Iresistance. unleaded cat. gasoline contains high quan Based on the extremely good informa tities of MTBE (methyl-tert-butyl ether), tion provided by the Larry King program which is necessary as an anti-knock sub on CNN, it became evident that CFS is stance (replacing tetraethyl lead [TEL]). In unequivocally connected to the spread of the meantime, the MTBE content has been catalytic converters in automobiles. increased in order to facilitate a higher spe Shortly after my return from the US in cific engine performance. For the same 1991, everything went like clockwork: reason, by the way, the benzene share of 1. A leading American platinum metal 5% has remained unchanged and is 'crimi lurgist pointed! out to me that a catalyst nally' high. (In the US, this share is 1%.) !lli!£l produce phosgene whenever .chlorides Engine oil contains an additive, zinc are present in gasoline. This is virtually dithiophosphate [ZDTP)I, which cannot be a'1ways the case. Not until 1993 did a fuel dispensed with as it guarantees the longevi producer provide the informatlon that a ty of engine oil. "If MTBE and ZDTP certain compound of chlorine was being interact under heat, obviously something (also carcinogenic used as an "additive" in gasoline. catastrophic is going to happen," Mr K. with respect to the kidneys and other Phosgene (Cac,.) is a war gas, used in said. abdominal organs), all kinds of bacterial World War I, with a toxic effect on the If MTBE and ZDTP interact, phosphoric pathogenic organisms, which are, in part, lungs. ester and similar compounds may be creat highly toxic and may lead Ito life-threaten 2. Mr K., who has unfortunately died in ed, which fit into the group of nerve gases ing pneumonia, and, finally, mycosis is fre the meantime, and who had constant access (Tabun, Sarin, E·605, etc.). At the end of quently detected in CFS patients. to all of the new technical developments by 1993, I turned to a highly qualified full pro The conclusion from all these observa Volkswagen at Wolfsburg, came to meet fessor of the Medical School at Hannover tions: In the case of CFS, there is severe me, showing all signs of outright panic: concerning this problem. He asserted that, general lowered resistance, which is mainly "Volkswagen gave me the order to cause besides phosphoric esters and phosphines, found in the cellular areas, i.e. in the area Gotze plant at Burscheid Ito develop piston the MTBE-ZDTP reaction could generate ,. (cid:1) J ....... , 'L.. - )......, .... I I../.,/J(cid:1) NEXUS • 75