Nexus - 0305 - New Times Magazine-pages

Page Content (OCR)

... GLPBAL NEWS. ... NEWS EXPERIMENTAL VACCINES USED WITHOUT CONSENT ON KIDS Taking these additional uses into consider- ation, the total US pesticide use in 1994- 1995 is estimated at 998 million to 1,043 million kg per year. One of the reasons given for this increase was that many pests are becoming resistant to pesticides and require further treatment. (Source: Green Left Weekly, 19 June 1996) We also lear that a growing number of farmers are zapping themselves to cure ill- nesses such as Ross River virus, by using their electric fences! It all started when a farmer in Bunbury, in southwest Western Australia, was accidentally pinned by a young bull against a 7,500-volt electric fence. The farmer had contracted Ross River virus several months earlier, as con- firmed by blood tests, but his symptoms have disappeared since his encounter with the fence. Two weeks later, a workmate, also diag- nosed with Ross River virus, decided to try the same treatment. His symptoms have also disappeared! (Source: The West, 6 June 1996) Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, was forced to apologise to parents who, in 1989, were not informed that their children were given an experimental measies vaccine, known as the Edmonston- Zagreb (EZ) vaccine. About 900 children were injected with the vaccine, which was not approved for use in the USA. Although the EZ vaccine is licensed for use in other countries, trials for its use in the USA were stopped in 1991 when it was found that a link existed between EZ and an increased death rate in baby girls. (Source: New Scientist, 29 June 1996) IT STARTS AT BIRTH... The UK Ministry of Agriculture caused an outrage in May this year when it refused to name nine brands of baby milk found to contain chemicals linked with declining sperm-levels and testicular abnormalities. The row was sparked by a Ministry state- ment saying scientists had found phtha- lates—chemicals used to soften plastics— in certain brands of baby formula milk. The Ministry refused to name the brands on the grounds that there was no proven risk of harm and that the information was “commercially sensitive". (Source: The Daily Telegraph [UK], 27 May 1996) CYBER-SQUAD VERSUS THE CYBER-TERRORISTS Rumours are growing about gangs of cyber-criminals who are using computer networks worldwide to commit unspeak- able deeds. For instance, a special report by The Sunday Times (UK) reveals that major financial institutions in the City of London have paid huge sums to sophisticated "cyber-terrorists" who have threatened to wipe out their computer systems. The report also indicates that banks, broking firms and investment houses in the USA have secretly paid ransoms to prevent costly computer meltdowns and a collapse in confidence among their customers. The Sunday Times article claims that British and US agencies are examining more than 40 "attacks" on financial institu- tions in New York, London and other European banking centres since 1993. These victims have paid up to £13 mil- lion a time, after the blackmailers demon- strated their ability to bring trading to a halt using advanced "information warfare" tech- PESTICIDE USE AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH Recent US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data document that US pes- ticide use reached an all-time high of 567 million kilograms in 1995. This is over twice as much as was used 30 years ago when Rachel Carson's Silent Spring was published (245 million kilograms in 1964). The data were obtained and analysed by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and US Public Interest Research Group (US PIRG). The EPA draft document includes 1994 and 1995 figures for 30 chemicals, includ- ing acute toxins, suspected carcinogens and chemicals thought to disrupt the human hormone system. The data show that 557.9 million kilograms of pesticides were applied in 1994, representing a jump of more than 45 million kg from the previous year, with 567 million kg in 1995. According to NRDC and PIRG, EPA draft data likely understate the true level of pesticides in the environment for several reasons. EPA figures include only ‘active’ ingredi- ents, and do not include so- called ‘inert’ ingredients such as petroleum, benzene and other toxic compounds. These ‘inert’ chemicals can make up over SO per cent of the volume of formulated pesticides. In addition, EPA figures exclude non-conventional pesticide uses, such as wood preservatives and disinfec- tants, which the EPA has previously estimated at more than 450 million kg per year. ELECTRO-ZAPPING FOR HEALTH? More and more people are ‘zapping’ themselves to get healthy. Whether it is one of the 'zappers’ that comes in a neat case or whether it is a home-made ‘zapper’, people are swearing by them. Zappers first came to the attention of NEXUS when we discovered them men- tioned favourably in Dr Hulda Clark's most recent book (see NEXUS 3/1 Reviews; also 2/22 and 2/23). Most zappers seem to operate with a square-wave output at a fre- quency around 29kHz and an amplitude of 9V. They are usually powered by a 9V DC battery. We notice that people with colds and flu, parasites and Candida, to name but a few, are all reporting amazing results. NEXUS ¢ 7 nD Se AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1996