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Nerve Gas from Catalytic Converters Nerve Gas from Catalytic Converters by Dr Hans A. Nieper Department of Medicine The Paracelsus Silbersee Hospital Hannover, Germany Fax: +49 (511) 31 8417 — Part 2— Practically, only the abovementioned toxic clearly. Then, in 1987, Amat, the Spanish by Dr Hans A. Nieper gases from cat. cars come into considera- biochemist and neurologist, issued a 1,000- tion—no alternative is in sight. page monograph on the biochemical impor- Department of Medicine In fact, this phenomenon does not occur tance of urea. This study only exists in The Paracelsus Silbersee Hospital in inhabitants of the North Sea islands Spanish, but it is, however, indispensable Hannover, Germany (where the wind blows from the seaside). for every oncologist and immunologist. Fax: +49 (511) 31 8417 Furthermore, we did not observe this phe- Amat was able to show that urea in the nomenon in rechecked patients from large blood serum is not only a substance that is — Part 2— agricultural regions in midwestern US; _ present as a catabolite of the protein metab- however, we did find it in patients living in olism for output through the kidneys, but the east and north-west of the US and, in that urea in the blood creates a large pool ! ! Since the end of '92, beginning '93, 1993, in persons living in California. with automatic control functions of funda- we are constantly having increased Why weren't we able to observe this phe- mental importance. Ureal metabolism has haemoglobin [Hb] levels in many of nomenon to such a noticeable degree in a regulative function for at least seven fur- our patients. Where the level used to 1991 or in 1992? Well, 1993 was a very ther metabolitic pools, or vice versa. Amat be 13 or 13.5, we now have 16, sometimes humid year, the previous years had very described this system as being a commu- 17 and more. Please check the measuring dry weather. Phosphoric esters (nerve gas), nicative machinery which includes the methods." minor traces of which are capable, like pyruvate and glutamate cycles, as well as Mrs Rau, a medical technologist in my _ enols, of restricting the oxygen absorption elements of the lipido metabolism. laboratory, responded, however, that all of cells, are likely to adhere to tiny drops of Experience has taught us that the urea values had been checked but that the Hb water and thus are readily absorbed by the level in blood serum should be approx. 37 levels have constantly risen since about mg%. [In the US, BUN ranges from 10 to March 1993, namely in steadily rising 25 —TLfD Ed.] If it rises much higher, increments over a period of several months, First of all, all catalytic | there can be kidney damage. This is a I had this phenomenon of the steady . es ? | known fact. If the level, however, is lower, increase in haemoglobin levels checked | converters should be the organism is at great risk in the long run. again in our independent hospital laborato- removed from cars as The frequency of cancer increases. At lev- ry, with the same results. This Hb-level | els of less than approx. 17 mg%, multiple increase was mainly observed in patients |, soon as possible. A eee ae par dun ain, This who were not seriously sick and, thus, parallel measure should connection is very probable in cases of pre- whose bone marrow was capable of regula- ; disposition for melanomatosis in patients tion in a normal manner. Then Nurse be the removal of MTBE normally having a clean skin. Very often, Monika told me: "The leucocyte count also and, to the extent | there is a correlation between multiple scle- _ increased last year on average." This #1 = ‘| rosis, osteoporosis, as well as illness of the observation, too, proved to be correct. possible, of benzene, too, 5 inatiiaiiigne! system and very low urea Hundreds of patients which I was able to | from gasoline. levels. Over the last 15 years, we have check again in '93 to compare the levels |. : attempted to explore the phenomenon of with previous years, showed this phenome- |. PUREE NEE EP REDE ec low urea levels. However, this is quite non of a rather drastic Hb increase. Some impossible without having read Amat's ‘fat of my colleagues noted similar observa- biosystem. In times of dryness, these sub- volume’. Obviously, the cellular biologic tions. On the occasion of a lecture at stances degrade faster and are scarcely — structure has been linked to urea for mil- Langenhagen, where I talked about this inhaled. In ‘93, it was raining almost all the _ lions of years as an indispensable factor for increase of Hb levels, laymen also reported time in Germany, and in California there the stability of membrane and gene struc- that they had been informed by their physi- were steaming and heavy cyclical showers. tures. Or, the functions of the abovemen- cians in this respect. Such increases of Hb An increased susceptibility to infections tioned metabolic machinery have to be levels are, to a broad extent, typical for an and irritations of the bronchial passages adjusted so that a ‘complete’ urea pool oxygen deficiency; for example, in persons _ was observed in all patients. would be the result. If this is not the case, who constantly live at high altitudes. This This was not a particularly pleasant for whatever reason, the cell membranes is a normal adaptation of the blood forma- observation, but another serious discovery and the gene systems tend to show instabil- tion to oxygen deficiency. Actually, the was added in the fall of ‘93. For about 18 ity. And this has serious consequences for Hb-level increase in many controlled _ years, clinical oncologists have noticed that keeping an organism healthy. patients is very much associated with a _ patients having cancer, a predisposition for We have observed in many patients decrease of PQ: in the blood, thus with a cancer, osteoporosis or an illness of the whose haemoglobin levels increased in reduction of the oxygen partial pressure in immunological system such as multiple 1993 that they had reduced urea levels also. blood, even if this reduction is only slight. sclerosis, very often showed rather low This was particularly the case in patients Which factor is responsible for this urea levels in the blood serum, while the who had relatively low levels and low impediment to oxygen absorption? creatinine levels did not show this drop so blood pressure previously. Also, the — Part 2— biosystem. In times of dryness, these sub- stances degrade faster and are scarcely inhaled. In '93, it was raining almost all the time in Germany, and in California there were steaming and heavy cyclical showers. An increased susceptibility to infections and irritations of the bronchial passages was observed in all patients. This was not a particularly pleasant observation, but another serious discovery was added in the fall of '93. For about 18 years, clinical oncologists have noticed that patients having cancer, a predisposition for cancer, osteoporosis or an illness of the immunological system such as multiple sclerosis, very often showed rather low urea levels in the blood serum, while the creatinine levels did not show this drop so NEXUS ¢ 21 by Dr Hans A. Nieper AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 1995