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Re: Unleaded Petrol May I congratulate you on your hard-bitting, timely, appropriate af!d infonnative article ,in the June Jllly [995 issue of NEXUS. There are several Australian mis understandings about the 'toxicity' of petrols and any long-tenn effects to the general population; some result partly from the difficulty of getting information from ·oi~ com panies. The general public does not seem to realise that there is only about 2-3% of benzene in petrol, whereas the content of total aromat ics is, as stated, much greatcr; and that, combined, both cause a med ically significant amount of ben zene in ambicnt air. The estimated 'tonnage of aromat ics I!Ised in Italy to makc petrol (and thus benzene in air) has been referred to by a reputable Italian environmental organisation (Federnatura) in a 1994 submission to thc Commission of the European Communities; its 40-page "cem plaint" report discusses the "scien tific danger of aromatics" and requests the IEC to take action against Italy lbecause of tile latter's "faHore to comply with Article 6 of Directive 85I2WIEEC". The 6th Report of the UK House of Commons, on transport-related air pollution in London (Session 1993-9a) states that, over the period 1986-1993, petrol usage increased from aro.und 20 to 24 million tonnes annually. This mcans that aromatic usuage rose by more than 2 million tonnes ... " (p. 43). It would be interesting to know the Australian tonnage. You may be interested in my let ter to ,~he removal of my stomach or at the least oversewing the ulcer. Tne moment I read your great article I went out and bought the version of Essiac powder from NSW. After one month, symptoms disappeared and I actualty gained weight and energy. Because of supply problems I switched to the WA lliquid form. However, this poor cousin failed to maintain my health and was dis carded. A local herbalist then made mY next powder batch and my health returned quickly. For you~ editor of the Public Health Bulletin (March 1995 issue). This was sent soon after Corbett and Cowie's article in the November 1993 issue of the NSW Health Department Joumal. Yours faithfully, Dr Alan Bell, M.B., B.S, D.l.H., F.A.C.O.M., M.F.O.M., C.M.A.A.O.M., F.S.I.A.(Hons), Consultant, Occupational and Environmental Health, Mosman, NSW, Australia. Re: Essiac Success Dear Duncan: First let me thank you for the great service you have rendered me and thousands of my fellow cancer sufferers. I first read of Essiac in your magazine about two years ago. I had been suffering from a large pre-malignant gastric ulcer which had so far resisted modern medi cine. My doctor was already talk ing about the possibility of sub-total 4 • NEXUS readers' benefit, I ilake 3 5 grams daily on cerea~ With the explosion occurring on the anniversary of the fiery confla gration of the Branch Davidian complex near Waco, Texas, the most obvious effect of ihe destruc tion of the Oklahoma fed.eral botld ing is to further the estrangement that has been growing between the US Government and its citizens. Sincerely, 'Paul S., Kansas City, MO, USA. Re: S.uppressed P,rehistory Dear Sir: Re "Forbidden Archaeology" (NEXUS June-July, vot 2#26), .the shoeprirrt made before land animals were extant, but I must plus other shod and unshod human emphasise the powdered raw herb like tracks in Palaeozoic and is by far superior to tinctllre or tea. Mesozoic rocks, are bad news from T,he benefits far exceed those of h.ome for scientists. Zantac or Tagamet. Essiac cleanses the tissues while soothing and The Smithsonian Institution is oft imparting its anti-cancer actions accused of destroying artefacts to (use in conjunction with Zantac for maintain science's status quo, and it best results). was more charlatanry when scien tists suppressed Ilmmanuel Obtaining a regular suppty bas Velikov.sky's worl< in the '40s-'50s been a problem since our corrupt to defend their royalty-earning text medico-Icgal system and its strong books. anm TGA continues to fine and gaoU anyone who does not wish to limit Time keeps validating his work, themselves to itneir particular fonn so now Ithey claim that they knew it of medicine. a~1 I believe the WA chemist was himself arrested last year for sup plying Essiac. I now have regular 3> supp'lier in the company Rare Herbs and Vegetables from the Mildura region. I hope ,that my experience will bring Comfort and healing to a few more people. Once again, a big thank-you to you and your staff. Yours faithfully, F. W., Australia. Re: Oklahoma [Blast Dear Editor: The explosion in Oklahoma City reminded me of "Nuclcar Bombs in a Briefcase?" published by NEXUS in August Septe.mber of 1993 (vol. 2#15). The bUast cTeated a significant crater while expanding to engulf a section of the federal building, as if it was similar to the open area where detonation occurred. In the Kansas City Star of April 21, Joe Todd, a major in Oklahoma's National Guard, said that he had been in Kuwait City and VIetnam but had never seen destruction on the level that had occurred at ,the federal building all at one ,point. The same newspaper quoted Mark Millinix, a branch manager of tbe federal Rese.rve Bank in Okl'lboma City, .as observ in.g a fireball go up 15 or 16 storeys before hearing an explosion and having debris rain down on his office. along, and eager!ysteal the cred it for his ideas. They'll still circle t~eir wagons against any truth that menaces their vested interests. If saucer jockeys are now truly lurking about, then perhaps their ancestors were here in archaic ages plunking their brogues (and drop ping artefacts) ,into sand's ,that time has hardened into rock. We may arrogantly call U.FOnauts "aliens", but guess who might own th_e deed to "our" world and who might even have belatedly engi neered our very evolution, making us genetic experiments and mere Johnny-Come-Latelies. Yours truly, George L., Redfern, NSW, Australia. Re: Covt Horror Actions Dear Editor: Enclosed is a sub for six ,issues of NEXUS. l used to buy NEXUS but I actu ally became bit scared and felt 3> intimidated by the contents, espe cially having no like-minded per sons to discuss articles with. The last NEXUS I bought was vol. 2 no. ~I never had very many anyway). I see you have informal discus sion groups in Brisbane for NEXUS readers. I will get in touch With Tony and find out details. Yours faithfully, Liliane T., Currumbin, Qld, Australia. PS: In the current issue I am find ing it very difficult to read "Gulf War Guinea Pigs". Horrified beyond behef by government actions aU over o\!r planet, 'tis no wonder people are rebelling. I am always asking why is it,tbatour people, especially the young, are prosecutedl and! hounded for wanti ng to protect our planet's forests and seas. As for th.e recent Oklahoma inci dent, though I may sympathise with the perceived! victims, images of Vietnam and children in Beirut and other, especially South American countries bleeding and starving, persist and I wonder how many 'cuddly' toys were sent to the sur vivors and what counselling their surviving relatives were offered and sent from USofA. PPS: As soon as I saw the first pics of McVeigh I thought, ah ah, ,be will be 'Oswalded' for sure. But I hope I am wrong. Keep the info c'oming. LT. Re: Lead Toxicity Dear EdiWr: You must be really short of decent conspiracy theories if you reckon that the campaign to get lead out of petrol was one. Lead is a brain toxin, and its effect upon the nervous system of grow ing children occors in the range of 0.2 to 0.3 parts per million in the bloodstream. It remains to this day the one toxin in the general envi ronment whose ambient level ovcr laps with, its otoxic threshold. Your correspondent rightly observes that thc US decision to remove lead from petrol was taken to facilitate introduction of catalytic converters; however, in most other nations it was the health risk that was decisive. lim amazed you are quoting my old boss Prof. Lawther, to the effect that the thousands of tons of lead pumped out of car exhausts simply have no effect on body.lead as it ! isn't ingested. His views never did But everything is changing so differ appreciably from that of the rapidly I no longer feel that way; petrochemical industries. and when I saw on the cover of vol. The level of lead dust in schooll 2 no. 25, "The Dangers of playground's is extremely critkal MiQrowaved food", I just bad to for the well-being and mental send a sub to get the mag regularly health of schoolchildren. and certainly, because sometimes in We do in fact have a generation of the past ,I would miss out, the local 'heavy metal kids' in the cities with shop having sold out (and they a witches' brew of toxic heavy met- AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 1995