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The Lies of Unleaded Petrol — Part 2 ntinued from page this topic published in Townsend Letter for Doctors in July 1991. Due to the extreme explosiveness of this subject, TL{D pub- lished my information in the most expedi- ent way. And, of course, all Raum & Zeit readers are aware of the problem. No action, however, has been taken by Topfer, the Minister for the Environment, who is responsible—as was the case after 1987 concerning the benzene problem. In the meantime, the occurrence of CFS has increased in Germany, but life goes on in the same old way. I also believed that everything had been said concerning the subject of catalytic converters and nerve gas—until, in 1993, a cruel discovery was made... (To be continued in the next issue of NEXUS...) cat. assembly, and other measures which were supposed to be kept secret according to Mercedes-Benz and which were related to the platinum problems. In 1991, this gentlemen called me once more: "Doctor, please help us! The exhaust of the cat. gasoline cars (not the cat. diesel cars) releases toxic gas, and this to a very high degree. The problem is especially critical after the car has been dri- ven for about 15,000 kilometres [approx. 9,400 miles}, when the gaskets are no longer in peak condition." About three days after this late evening call, I heard a report on my car radio, according to which Mercedes-Benz had given out a warning concerning the "toxic side-effects” of the catalytic converter tech- nology which could become “important after the car had been driven for about 15,000 kilometres." As far as I know, diesel fuel does not contain any MTBE, so that the production of nerve gas is not to be expected with a diesel car. This was about the state of our knowl- edge concerning the problem associated with nerve gas—except for the enol aspect —until the end of 1992. I had a report on enols which block vital enzymes more than hydrogen sulphide (H2S) does, also coming out of the car cat. in huge quantities. 3. Shortly after Mr K.'s visit, Mr v.W. of Hannover, unfortunately also deceased in the meantime, turned to me: "My little son caught a large number of houseflies alive. We held one half of these flies in a net approximately 50 centimetres [approx. 20 inches] behind the exhaust of quite an old car. The flies were rather groggy, but they survived. The other half was held behind a cat. exhaust. All of them were dead after 110 seconds, it being noticeable that they died virtually all at once.” This was Mr v.W.'s description. The occurrence of death “ail at once", i-e., with- out a broader statistical distribution over a certain period of time, is typical of the effects of phosphoric esters and/or enols— that is, of substances that can block the cel- lular respiratory chains. 4. Since 1986, an assembly foreman or engineer working for Mercedes-Benz in Sindelfingen has contacted me several times by telephone. He reported a sudden introduction of protective measures for the CORRESPONDENCE: Dr Hans A. Nieper Department of Medicine The Paracelsus Silbersee Hospital Hannover Germany Fax: +46 (511) 31 8417. (Reprinted from Townsend Letter for Doctors, December 1994) JUNE - JULY 1995 76 * NEXUS — Cee