FRANCE – SERIOUS ILLNESS INCLUDING THAT DUE TO DRUG, CHEMICAL AND RADIATION EXPOSURE.  (updated at May 2005)

I was diagnosed as suffering severe aplastic anaemia in April, 1986 following exposure to toxic chemicals at my place of work and since then have investigated many cases of blood disorders due to bone marrow damage resulting from exposure to drugs, chemicals and  radiation. In every case I found there had been a substantial exposure to known causatives agents, which were never investigated by the medical profession or anyone.

In the most of cases I found that 2 to 7 months was the latent period, for the blood disorders, between a substantial exposure to the known causative agent and diagnosis. A course of drugs, or substantial chemical exposure  was often  for the weeks leading up to diagnosis followed by symptoms known to be caused by the agent, nausea, memory loss, confusion, rashes, severe bruising, out of breath etc, eventually the victim being forced to seek medical help because they were so ill. Re-exposure in an existing condition is often followed by a sudden dramatic deterioration where the connection between exposure and effect is so marked the cause is impossible to overlook.

Since moving to France some 13 years ago I have continued my research and although I have not looked for any victims of bone marrow disorders I have come across several and give brief details of a few plus a few other interesting cases.

Case 1.

 A male epilepsy patient who suffered from only very occasional mild fits. He had been on several drugs for some years including phenobarbitone and phenytoin. These drugs are documented to cause bone marrow conditions like aplastic anaemia. On his death age 42, his sister reported to me that the family had been told the cause of death was “a very severe blood disorder.” He had a fatal haemorrhage due to low platelets.

Case 2. 

 Man serving petrol at a very busy super market, not self  service. I filled up at the petrol station regularly and knew the man quite well. I asked him why recently he had not often been on duty and he told me that he had been feeling quite unwell with symptoms I recognised immediately as being those of benzene exposure. The symptoms had gradually become worse over a year or two and he said his doctors were totally puzzled by the symptoms, rashes, memory loss etc. This was the early 1990’s when 5% benzene was still being added to unleaded petrol (after years of campaigning the level has been reduced to under 1%) so he was in constant contact, breathing the fumes, skin contact  etc.  I gave him medical and scientific papers on benzene showing the cause of his illness and giving his exact symptoms. He thanked me, said his son spoke English and was doing chemistry so would understand. He showed his hospital doctors the papers who said it was rubbish and  benzene did not cause such illness. The very same night after his hospital visit there was a long French T.V. programme on the dangers of benzene, symptoms, and how it was being added unnecessarily to unleaded petrol at 5%.  His employers immediately paid him a nice cash settlement and he found other employment.  I bumped into him a year or so later and he shook my hand and thanked me for helping him.

Case 3.

 A woman in her 40’s, highly educated in U.K., was having daily injections of antihistamines as she was allergic to wasp stings. I suggested several times that perhaps, as antihistamines have such serious and fatal side-effects including blood disorders she ask her doctor if it would not be wiser to just have an injection if and when she was stung, not every day just in case she got stung. She and her husband said I was talking rubbish and that her doctor would not dream of giving her such a dangerous drug. About 18 months later her husband rang me from the haematology department of the teaching hospital in Limoges. He said his wife had been admitted with a very serious blood disorder and doctors were asking if she had  been exposed to any drugs, chemicals or radiation. She was diagnosed with leukaemia and is at present still alive but has been very ill over the last few years.

Case 4.

A local farmers wife who had been helping with sheep dipping for many years using lindane diagnosed with leukaemia. Lindane is documented to cause leukaemia and blood disorders like aplastic anaemia. There was also a reported case of leukaemia in a young local girl living on a farm where lindane was used for sheep dipping.

Case 5.

A local English woman on 2 prescribed drugs documented to cause blood disorders, one arthritic drug, the other a diuretic. I, and a pharmacist friend of mine, who agrees with me there is about 80% over prescribing of drugs, warned her of the dangers. She said we knew nothing as her doctor was trained at the Sorbonne and would not put her in any such danger.  A few months later she died of overwhelming infection due to “a serious blood disorder a bit like leukaemia” her sister was told.

Case 6.

A man I met at a meeting against the proposed dumping of high level nuclear waste coming from Germany and Japan to France (for profit of course as the Germans have passed laws making it illegal for them to dump their own waste in Germany!). He had aplastic anaemia and had received very shabby treatment by the medical profession. He was a uranium miner when he became ill. Marie Currie died of aplastic anaemia caused by her exposures to radium, her books and papers are still so radioactive they are locked in lead lined boxes.

Case  7

Teenage son of a member of the local committee against the dumping of high level nuclear waste died of leukaemia. At the time leading up to his death they had lived near a  nuclear waste site near Bessines sur Gartempe. He was advised by doctors not to investigate into the causes of his sons’ death.  I, and several other cases I investigated in the U.K., were told the same, do not investigate, you will not like what you find etc. Whilst collecting signatures for a petition against dumping the high level nuclear waste a neighbour said he used to work at the plant mentioned above in Case No. 7 but left when his friend aged 30 died of cancer. One case investigated often turns up several more, none of which have been investigated at all by anyone.

Case 8.

Not a blood disorder but I also investigate other chemicals exposures so this case is important as it is very common. An English sheep farming neighbour here in France using organophosphate (O.P.) insecticides for sheep dipping. O.P. were at that time in France being substituted for the organochlorine insecticides like lindane  because the organochlorines had killed and injured so many people with blood disorders, cancers etc. The French were, as they often are slow to recognise dangers of toxic chemicals, asbestos etc. I warned him to take extreme care with the insecticide and gave him a paper I had written on the subject. The Dutch salesman who sold him the insecticide, who was at the house on one occasion when I called, also agreed with me warning him to take all precautions. The French Government, unlike the English Government, do now give out clear  instructions on the dangers with large displays at the sheep farm auctions etc.

The farmer took no notice and, according to his son, was covered in the insecticide with no protective clothing. The inevitable happened, he became very ill, hospitalised for weeks, with the symptoms documents to be caused by the O.P.’s. His doctors told him not to go anywhere near farm animals or equipment but did not tell him why. He was declared an invalid by his doctors at age 42 and forced to sell the farm. He is still alive and a little better but will never fully recover.

Case  9

O.P. victim no. 2.  A man in  his 40’s ill for about 10 years after sheep dipping with O.P. insecticides in Scotland and now living in France. Has many of the symptoms documented in medical textbooks of O.P. poisoning, chronic fatigue, muscle weakness etc. Has spent years trying to get acknowledgement of the cause of his illness in the U.K.to no avail but is accepted as disabled here in France and receives a pension.

Case 10

Man of about 30 ill after sheep dipping in U.K. now living in France. He had all the documented symptoms of The O.P.’s. I gave him  the paper I had written on the subject giving quotes from medical textbooks etc and also where to have tests done (Biolab of London) to find out if the exposure chemical still showed up and also if he had any knock on effects of mineral and vitamin deficiencies. I warned him of possible delayed neuropathies and paralysis if he did not act. I found that Vitamin E and selenium seem to be deficient in O.P. exposed people. He took no notice, carried on smoking and drinking heavily and died aged 36 about 5 years later of M.S. Note the O.P. cholinesterase inhibitor drugs, insecticides and nerve war chemicals are documented to cause delayed neuropathies with dieback of long nerves etc.

Case 11

English woman prescribed Prozac after a heart operation!! When we met her she said she had strange urges to kill her husband and could not understand why. I asked her to give me the paper enclosed with her drug, which she had not read no one ever does, which showed her suicide and aggression listed clearly as side effects. She was astounded, changed doctor who refused her Prozac, “you are not depressed why do you need Prozac for a heart operation” said the doctor. On stopping the drug the  urges to kill her husband slowly subsided.  She related that several times she found herself waking up from what she described as a trance like state with a carving knife in her hand thinking of killing her husband. They had a very lucky escape she did not realise just how many people have committed murders and suicide induced by drugs like Prozac. Prozac is documented to cause blood disorders with cases of aplastic anaemia noted in medical papers and in drug books doctors prescribe from. There are reports that Prozac is now being tried as a chemotherapy drug for cancer. All the drugs used to treat cancer can cause aplastic anaemia and cancers. Interesting research on the SSRI drugs like Prozac was done in the early 1990’s by the French microbiologist Rennie Hen. He zapped the serotonin receptors in the brains (what with I am not sure but possibly an O.P. – a cholinesterase inhibitor drug or chemical) in one group of mice and left another group alone. He gave both groups the drug and observed that the ones with the impaired serotonin receptors became very aggressive, attacking and killing each other, the other group were very happy and calm. We are a little nearer to understanding why some people become commit suicide and murders on these drugs but of course no one is interested, particularly the medical profession and drug industry In the USA there are many cases where out-of-court payments have been made to those committing murders and to the families of those committing suicide after being prescribes the SSRI drugs.

Case 12

A man from the Channel Islands got in touch with me after reading a paper I had written about O.P. chemicals used in prescribed drugs, sheep dipping insecticides and  nerve war chemicals. He had served in the first Gulf War and was suffering the “Gulf War Syndrome”. I wrote back asking him for details of his symptoms, any drugs he was on or had taken since the war etc. He had been given the drug pyridostigme bromide (called “NAPS” in the media) along with many others serving in the Gulf War. It  is a cholinesterase inhibitor drug similar to the O.P. insecticides and nerve war chemicals and prescribed for the condition myesthenia gravis. It was supposed to protect against possible nerve chemical attack but could never have done this, atropine being the antidote to the effects of exposures to these chemicals. His list of symptoms was exactly those listed in the BNF drug book used by doctors in the U.K for prescribing. He had some severe additional symptoms which were listed as side effects of the 3 anti-depressant drugs his doctor was prescribing him. On return from the Gulf being ill with the symptoms of the side-effects of the pyridostigmine bromine and other exposures he went to his doctor for help. He had no idea at that time the cause of his illness. His doctor immediately said he was depressed and prescribed him several anti-depressants drugs which of course made his condition much worse. Last report was that he was much improved, off the anti-depressants and looking for compensation. A possible breakthrough in another case I have been involved with the Health & Safety Executive in the U.K. admitting O.P. was the cause of illness in one O.P. insecticide poisoning case I was helping with. Note in  2004 the Lord Lloyd of Berwick public enquiry into the Gulf War Syndrome in the U.K, which I was requested to supply information (see my paper on this subject) we won the long bitter battle when it was found the Ministry of Defence had covered up and lied about the effects of the drugs and chemicals they had exposed the troops to and were ordered to pay them compensation.  A rare triumph of truth and justice prevailing over years of Government lies and cover-ups.

Case 13.

July, 2003 I received an e-mail “intercept” (everyone tells me this is impossible) from a Janet Kaufman in Ohio  USA saying she had intercepted my e-mail to someone I was helping recover from aplastic anaemia. She said her son had a mild case of aplastic anaemia after working as a petrol pump attendant. This was when 5% benzene was added to unleaded petrol so was not surprising. He had been stable with no treatment necessary for 6 years when suddenly his condition deteriorated, he had a transplant from someone in the U.K. and has recovered. She gave me an address and I sent her about 15 pages of medical evidence of benzene causing aplastic anaemia. I was very interested in what had suddenly made her son’s condition worse, there is always another exposure to a known causative agent in these cases which are never investigated by the medical profession.  I have had many people posing as genuinely interested  asking me for help and information but some turned out to be working for the drug and chemical industries who were fishing to see what I was up to. Was Janet Kaufman genuine or not?

Case  14.

A very interesting warning by a doctor of possible drug induced aplastic anaemia, the first time ever I have known a doctor warn of this possible danger. A relative of my wife in the U.K. was diagnosed epileptic. We do not think he is epileptic at all as I have investigated so called epileptic cases in the past that turned out to be no more than a young girl fainting at her first period. In this case the doctor did warn my wife’s relative that they needed to be very careful he did not develop aplastic anaemia with the drugs.

Discussion

What is plain from these and very many more cases I investigated in the U.K. is that in blood disorders due to drug, chemical and radiation exposure it is easy to show a cause. Every case has a history of substantial exposure to a known causative agent never investigated by the medical profession. The conditions are easy to predict in those exposing themselves and rapid deterioration of conditions are easy to see and often predict in those who re-expose themselves because they are unaware of the causative agents. Is it ignorance on the part of the medical profession or a reluctance to admit causes, especially in the case of drugs?

What is also clear is that the medical profession has done nothing on prevention, no warnings on solvent abuse causing blood disorders being just one example, do they want more patients to keep themselves in jobs?  In her book “Silent Spring” 1965 Rachel Carson during her investigations into blood disorders caused by chemicals and radiation noted that the world famous Mayo Clinic in the USA found that in most cases of aplastic anaemia and related disorders, excepting those caused by drugs, they had found substantial exposure to known causative agents, DDT, benzene, lindane etc.

Case 15

 A very important case as there are vast numbers of them, some almost identical cases to this one documented in medical papers. A French woman  about 50 years who had most of her thyroid removed about 25 years previously as she was suffering from hyperthyroidism.  She reported to her doctor feeling extremely tired and lethargic, had put on a lot of weight and was found to have low blood pressure. The doctor wrongly, with no reference to her past medical history, said that she was depressed (always the easy way out) and prescribed her Prozac. As doctors know little or no pharmacology he would not realise why she quickly became very much worse, he told her to keep on taking the Prozac it would eventually work. She reports back to him some time later feeling even worse. In the meantime she is acting most strangely, accusing a friend of trying to defraud her and upsetting just about everyone, she did not realise she was acting in this way. Eventually the doctor refers her to the hospital where she is diagnosed as hypothyroidism which is hardly surprising with her past history of removal of most the thyroid. She recovered immediately on right diagnosis and thyroxine to replace the deficient iodine in her thyroid.  What the doctors still will not have realised is that Prozac contains 3 Fluorine as well as 2 benzene molecules the effect of the fluorine would have been to displace even more iodine from her thyroid when she already very deficient. (The displacement law of halogens, fluorine, which is the most reactive displaces all the other halogens including iodine). In the 1920’s & 30’s fluoride was used to treat hyperthyroidism by reducing iodine in the thyroid.

Case 16

A French builder who had been exposed to lindane over a period of many years used for wood treatment. Discussing the effects radiation with this man in connection with the proposed high level nuclear waste dump in this area I pointed out that  lindane had exactly the same effects as ionising radiation and had killed millions worldwide.  I pointed out to him that in addition to aplastic anaemia and  leukaemia  lindane also caused other cancers including brain tumours.  My medical dictionary, Mosby’s notes that “among the most serious adverse reactions of lindane are neurological damage and aplastic anaemia”.  Rachel Carson in her book “Silent Spring” notes in Chapter 12 on “The Human Cost” of chemical exposures that lindane is stored in body fat and the brain, the brain is about 60% fat and the bone marrow contains fats hence causing leukaemias. Another place that lindane causes  a high incidence of cancers in fatty tissues is in breast cancers in women, the incidence of which dramatically dropped in Israel when it was banned. About 6 months after this discussion the builder was diagnosed with a brain tumour and shortly afterwards he died.  In the past I came across other cases of brain tumours following large exposure to lindane.

Case 17

My  next door neighbour here in France committed suicide with his shotgun. On investigation his wife showed me two carrier bags full of eleven different drugs he had been prescribed in the period leading up to his suicide.  The sequence of drugs prescribed and side effects, more drugs to treat the side effects of other drugs is not unusual. He had been prescribed the non-steroidal anti-inflamatory drug VIOXX , now banned internationally as it caused countless 1000’s of deaths due to effects on the heart, and some other drugs for mild arthritis for a few years and then not surprisingly suffered some heart problems including hypotension which were side-effects of all his arthritic drugs. Some of the drugs also have depression listed as a side effects.  He was then prescribed drug Sotalol for the hypotension and other heart drugs which have depression as side–effects. He was also prescribed the drug Zolpidem for the insomnia, which is a side effect of some of the other drugs. He, not surprisingly then developed depression and was prescribed several drugs for this including an SSRI drug, fluoxetine, a Prozac copy.   Insomnia, aggression, confusion, hallucinations, depression suicide ideation and addiction are all listed as side effects of these drugs on the paper enclosed with the drug and in books like the Vidal used in France when prescribing. Although I spoken to him of the dangerous possible side effects of the arthritic drugs and told him I would not take them for my own muscle, tendon and joint problems as they cause aplastic anaemia and cancers I no idea of the large number of prescribed drugs he was on. His wife also told me that she asked him  if he should be taking all these drugs. The confusion and dependence side effects of many of the drugs would probably have meant he would not have taken the information in as in his last few weeks everyone noticed he was like a drugged up zombie. One the morning he was found dead in his garden hut the nurse called to take a blood sample from him to measure his platelets to see how much the drugs were damaging his bone marrow. He would have had to have a lot of platelets to stop the bleeding when he blew his brains out. Excuse the black humour but what can you say about such a catalogue of medical incompetence,  ignoring all the listed side-effects of the drugs he was on and prescribing more and more drugs to treat the side-effects. Drugged to death you could say.

Case 18

A  retired biologist who had worked for at a research institute on nature conservation in the U.K., testing pesticides for  The Ministry of Agriculture etc.

He is actually puzzled why today pesticides he could not find dangerous in the past are all banned but admits dangers of DDT, lindane etc. I showed him a letter addressed to me from Min. of Agriculture, 1989 which says “all pesticides by their very nature are a danger to both the environment and humans” The letter also admits MAFF did not actually test any pesticides for safety but asked the manufactures for data on how safe they were before they passed them as safe. No wonder they all get banned later.

A few years ago he had had a pituitary tumour removed. He had it nine years before it was correctly diagnosed, the doctors saying he had depression and anything except the correct diagnosis of a pituitary tumour. It is a classic tale of wrong diagnosis too long to relate here. 

I gave him medical papers and textbook references to pituitary tumours caused by the herbicides he had been exposed to which are also prescribed as anti-depressants (these are the Phenothiazine chemicals used as drugs and herbicides which are document to cause blood disorders, cancers, Parkinson’s etc.). There is, believe it or not, a Pituitary Tumour Association in the U.K. and he sent copies of the papers I gave him to them to comment on  the causes of pituitary tumours.  I pointed out that they would not reply  as the Association would be controlled by doctors and the drug industry.  I explained I had sent the same papers to the Parkinson’s disease Society as the same herbicides and drugs were documented to cause that illness as well. In addition they are documented to cause blood disorders like aplastic anaemia which are precursor conditions to cancers. I told him I did receive a reply from the Parkinson’s Society who said that they made it obvious they were not interested in causes or prevention just in more treatment research (more profits for drug industry ).  He still seemed surprised when the papers were not returned and he received no reply.

He then related to me how so many of his work colleges had, now I had pointed out the causes, died or suffered from conditions documented to be caused by the pesticides or other chemicals they used at work, Parkinson’s disease, leukaemia and other cancers etc. These are highly qualified scientists who because of lack of accurate easily accessible  information on effects of the chemicals they used were themselves adversely affected.

Case 19

The wife of Case 18 above.   Was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, has had a mastectomy and is at the point ( April 2005 ) where her courses of planned chemotherapy has had to be delayed waiting for the destruction of her bone marrow caused by the chemotherapy drugs to recover enough to continue the treatment. She is puzzled why she got breast cancer as she led a life avoiding toxic chemicals etc. She went for regular breast cancer screening the X-rays involved can cause breast cancer  can increase thr risk of developing breast cancer by 2 to 3 times according to much research carried out in Germany.  Another major cause of breast cancer internationally  is the organochlorine pesticide lindane, found in every mammal in the world, which is stored in body fat and hard to excrete except in mothers milk and the placenta – no wonder so many babies have cancer. In Israel the incidence of breast cancer dropped dramatically when lindane was banned. The regular screenings did not pick up her cancer as she found it herself after being given the all clear in the last recent tests!!

Causes of her breast cancer could have been her exposure to the X-rays plus taking several drugs including a NSAID for arthritis which is documented to cause blood disorders and therefore can cause cancers in any part of the body by the genetic effect on stem cells in the bone marrow which then are circulated in blood.

Case 20

Another antihistamine patient. This is an Englishman in his 50’s recently coming to live in France who lived very near a cement works in the UK.  Cement works discharge all manner of very toxic chemicals and the man had allergies not helped by the brick works discharges and for which he was prescribed antihistamines. He previously worked for some years in a car body repair shop with all the solvent paints and thinners associated with bone marrow and immune system damage which can cause long term allergies. When I met him some time after he moved to France he was still suffering many symptoms and was taking up to 8 antihistamine tablets a day.  He told me he took the antihistamines for his allergies wghich he did realise were caused by his exposures in the past and made worst living near the cement works. I let him read through all the international medical textbooks and information I had on antihistamine drugs and he soon found they can cause destruction of the bone marrow and cancers, particularly leukaemia and as well as treating allergies they also have side-effects he was suffering from which can be mistaken for allergies. I told him I never tell anyone not to take a prescribed drug but at least he now had the information with which to make and informed choice. I saw him about 10 days later and he said he had immediately stopped his drug after reading all the information  and he felt much better but still had some allergies. This showed that he was actually having early symptoms of what could have been a serious and fatal condition to the side effects of the drug. The man still suffers some allergies and fatigue but has reduced  symptoms after stopping the antihistamine.

Case 21

In 1994 my wife was stung by a wasp on her eyelid and had a slight reaction which she recovered from in a day or two but  then developed an infection and inflammation around the sting area of her face. The doctor here in France gave her an antihistamine drug for an allergic reaction even though I pointed out that this was a week after the sting so it was now an infection not a reaction. The infection  got  worse and the doctor was called out. He said he thought it might meningitis as a child in a nearby hamlet had it. I told him it was probably septicaemia as she had no symptoms of meningitis but signs and symptoms of septicaemia.  I  had nearly died of hospital induced septicaemia due to negligence of staff a few years earlier so knew it was almost certainly septicaemia. Patricia became so ill I called the doctor out again around midnight as I thought she had only a day or two to live if nothing was done, he rang for an ambulance and I went with her to the hospital in Limoges with the emergency ambulance lights flashing and Patricia almost unconscious. On arrival the first junior doctor was out of his depth but his senior, a young woman, immediately thought I might be right and Patricia had septicaemia. A blood culture was done and Patricia put on 5 powerful antibiotics intravenously in the hope one would be the right one to treat that particular infection. The blood culture showed Patricia had septicaemia and one of the 5 drugs was effective against it, the other 4 drugs were immediately stopped and the effective one increased and she survived a near fatal episode. The outcome unfortunately was she has been somewhat unwell since this time when she was never unwell before and she could now be sensitised to the adverse effects of drugs and chemicals. The drug regime was so aggressive she lost a lot of her hair temporarily. In my case the drugs for my septicaemia caused by medical negligence resulted in very serious muscle and tendon damage and I have been disabled and constantly in great pain since 1987.

In 2005 Patricia was quite suddenly ill with multiple symptoms, liver malfunction, slight thyroid problems weight gain which she was unable to easily lose, flaking fingernails, fatigue, high cholesterol, some blood pressure problems coinciding with some falling blood counts and other symptoms. Many of these problems were confirmed by laboratory tests. This followed extensive dental treatment, some the previous June/July 2004 and another course of fillings, crowns etc in early 2005. and taking an anti-biotic for a nasty flu like infection we returned from the U.K. with. The highly toxic metals and chemicals used in dentistry can contain  antimony, arsenic, mercury, lead etc plus the solvents for glues can cause all these problems. The drugs prescribed to her for the high cholesterol and blood pressure are toxic to the liver. At the time of writing this (May 2005) we are arranging for some toxicology tests to be done at a laboratory in the U.K. as we feel if we can identify why she became so ill so suddenly we may be able to correct the cause of the problem and avoid drugs she has been prescribed which have many serious and fatal side-effects and which she seems to be now so sensitised to. 

I could go on and on listing these cases but the above give a similar pattern to the 100’s of such cases I investigated in much more detail in the U.K. See compensation paid with some of the cases I investigated in the U.K. where there was proof positive of cause and effects with “borrowed” hospital notes etc.

Case 22

One more case I have to relate is in the UK not  France but my mother who is 94 and very fit and well, travels a lot, always goes to college in the winter etc. Her doctor called on her a couple of years ago (she never calls on doctors) and asked why she had not been to the doctors for over 50 years. The doctor then gave her a quick examination and tried to prescribe (sell) her some drugs, diuretics for a small amount of fluid on the ankle etc. documented to case blood disorders, cancers, diabetes, just about every known ill to man. Note she did not have high blood pressure so the drug is contra-indicated. My mothers said she did not take any drugs and did not intend to if she could help it. The doctor surprising did not try to frighten her more into taking drugs and admitted she was the oldest and fittest patient she had. I did ask my mother when we laughed about it afterwards if she had asked the doctor if she could help her with any health matters as she certainly knew more than they did about living to a ripe old age, looking after herself with no drugs etc. The fact is of course my mother has not had her quota of drugs doctors are pressurised into prescribing with bribes etc from the drug industry. Will her doctor now strike her off her list of patients as she has not helped with drug industry profits?  This is now happening to some old people in the U.K. leaving them with no family doctor at all.

The human race has lost its ability to foresee and forestall and will end up destroying itself Albert Schweitzer

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