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i just got this in my email and thought i'd share it wit y'all
i don't know what y'all think. it's a book but i thought i'd share the idea with you guys:
"New U.S. Novel Reveals Environmental Cause of Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, and Diabetes --- The Poisoned Planet
From The Author, Timothy R. Oesch:
In 1981 a news furor erupted over the discovery of cyanide poisoning among citizens of Houston, Texas. I was the young physician who identified this problem and determined that significant illness results from breathing cyanide-laden air. In 1982 the United States Navy called me to active duty in Philadelphia, and there I discovered the same problem---the city air contained sufficient levels of cyanide to cause illness. Later I would discover that airborne cyanide is indigenous to industrialized society, wreaking havoc on the health of myriads of individuals. My unique knowledge and my efforts to help afflicted patients wrought legal and political reactions in both Houston and Philadelphia. I was informed that trillion-dollar industry was associated with cyanide polluting, and threats were made against my future medical practice, my life, and my freedom. A military captain at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard informed me that arrangements were in place to have me confined to a mental institution if I became motivated---a threat reminiscent of the Soviet treatment of political dissidents---and he ordered me to stop testing patients for exposure to airborne cyanide. Several laboratory tests that were positive for exposure to cyanide were withheld from patient records and stashed in an officers desk.
I refused to let human beings suffer from an unrecognized toxin and do nothing. Consequentially the captain who threatened me directed my military dismissal with a trumped up diagnosis of chronic, severe paranoia; existed prior to entry. I fought to prevent such military expulsion but to no avail. After being involuntarily discharged from the military and labeled as insane, I attempted to acquire a license to practice medicine in Tennessee. Because the Navy disseminated the diagnosis of insanity to the medical licensing board, I had to obtain psychological testing and prove my sanity in order to obtain approval for a medical license. I further pled my case by providing laboratory proof that I was exposed to environmental cyanide both in Houston and Philadelphia, and that I personally suffered from environmental cyanide intoxication. My license to practice medicine in Tennessee was granted. Less than a year later, I presented the same evidence with hopes of receiving Q clearance through the United States Department of Energy. Again, I was successful---high level government clearance was granted.
In 1995 I gave an oral presentation entitled Airborne Cyanide Pollution at the INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON HAZARDOUS WASTE: IMPACT ON HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL HEALTH, a meeting sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Sadly, my presentation did little to help millions who suffer from breathing airborne cyanide. The Poisoned Planet clarifies airborne cyanide as a causative factor for depression, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and diabetes; and presents unique treatment for these illnesses. The novel also discusses political and social issues that have delayed public awareness of a serious and widespread cause of human suffering for more than twenty-five years.
The Poisoned Planet incorporates scientific and medical data within the pages of a fictional plot---a plot evolved from the factual experiences of persons who strove to bring the insidious consequences of inhaling airborne cyanide to the attention of fellow human beings. Local bookstores may order copies of The Poisoned Planet through Spring Arbor Distributors or Ingram Book Company; and individuals may order the book online through Amazon or Barnes & Noble."
so.... whaddya think?
i don't know what y'all think. it's a book but i thought i'd share the idea with you guys:
"New U.S. Novel Reveals Environmental Cause of Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, and Diabetes --- The Poisoned Planet
From The Author, Timothy R. Oesch:
In 1981 a news furor erupted over the discovery of cyanide poisoning among citizens of Houston, Texas. I was the young physician who identified this problem and determined that significant illness results from breathing cyanide-laden air. In 1982 the United States Navy called me to active duty in Philadelphia, and there I discovered the same problem---the city air contained sufficient levels of cyanide to cause illness. Later I would discover that airborne cyanide is indigenous to industrialized society, wreaking havoc on the health of myriads of individuals. My unique knowledge and my efforts to help afflicted patients wrought legal and political reactions in both Houston and Philadelphia. I was informed that trillion-dollar industry was associated with cyanide polluting, and threats were made against my future medical practice, my life, and my freedom. A military captain at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard informed me that arrangements were in place to have me confined to a mental institution if I became motivated---a threat reminiscent of the Soviet treatment of political dissidents---and he ordered me to stop testing patients for exposure to airborne cyanide. Several laboratory tests that were positive for exposure to cyanide were withheld from patient records and stashed in an officers desk.
I refused to let human beings suffer from an unrecognized toxin and do nothing. Consequentially the captain who threatened me directed my military dismissal with a trumped up diagnosis of chronic, severe paranoia; existed prior to entry. I fought to prevent such military expulsion but to no avail. After being involuntarily discharged from the military and labeled as insane, I attempted to acquire a license to practice medicine in Tennessee. Because the Navy disseminated the diagnosis of insanity to the medical licensing board, I had to obtain psychological testing and prove my sanity in order to obtain approval for a medical license. I further pled my case by providing laboratory proof that I was exposed to environmental cyanide both in Houston and Philadelphia, and that I personally suffered from environmental cyanide intoxication. My license to practice medicine in Tennessee was granted. Less than a year later, I presented the same evidence with hopes of receiving Q clearance through the United States Department of Energy. Again, I was successful---high level government clearance was granted.
In 1995 I gave an oral presentation entitled Airborne Cyanide Pollution at the INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON HAZARDOUS WASTE: IMPACT ON HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL HEALTH, a meeting sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Sadly, my presentation did little to help millions who suffer from breathing airborne cyanide. The Poisoned Planet clarifies airborne cyanide as a causative factor for depression, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and diabetes; and presents unique treatment for these illnesses. The novel also discusses political and social issues that have delayed public awareness of a serious and widespread cause of human suffering for more than twenty-five years.
The Poisoned Planet incorporates scientific and medical data within the pages of a fictional plot---a plot evolved from the factual experiences of persons who strove to bring the insidious consequences of inhaling airborne cyanide to the attention of fellow human beings. Local bookstores may order copies of The Poisoned Planet through Spring Arbor Distributors or Ingram Book Company; and individuals may order the book online through Amazon or Barnes & Noble."
so.... whaddya think?
Another great book about industrial pollution and illness is A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr about a cancer cluster in the NE. It's incredibly easy reading and fast paced.
Going to do some research but for now I'm the resident skeptic. Understand I do believe there are things that make us sick that should be avoided like the plague - I was able to give up my steriod-based asthma meds when I "detoxed" my home and starting using all-natural cleaning and household products - but I'm having a hard time with cyanide poisoned air that only makes some people sick and not others.
maybe it is like diabetes,,,not everyone has it....like other diseases, not everyone gets those either,,,so i guess it does make sense,,,scary thought what our world is coming to,,,,,i get scared about the drinking water in our city,,,i wonder everytime i take a drink,,,,,i watched dr. oz yesterday,,,,a show about intuition, if you feel like something is wrong ,,then it probably is,,,,,i think i might stop drink my tap water and switching to bottle water,,,,just not sure if that is any better,,,,,,,i don't know,,,??????????
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=4795&page=312
take care gentle hugs
http://nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309051401&page=312
I'd be more likely to blame it on food additives and the crap our farmers were/are forced to spray on their crops.
Herbicides and pesticides are designed to attack the central nervous system.
But we did clean the yard leading up to the cat tails. And we knew that it was old farm land years before. We were finding old oil cans, old tires, old you name it.
Soon after, people in neighborhood were dropping like flies from cancer. Pretty much every household with in that 3/4 mile stretch all had someone dealing with some form of cancer.
Looking back, no one really did anything about it. And I just learned a few months ago that one of the neighborhood dad's is now battling cancer.
Do I think that there was something seeping into the wells? Absolutely. Water is the only common demoniator amongst everyone. Do I think anyone could 'attack' the city? I don't think so. Unless the city knew about it. But I just don't think the city checked the soil. It was a small town. Old farm land....the people to blame were long gone.