'sverdlovsk Syndrome' Studied Doc 0005517548 Text

UNCLASSIFIED ConcatenatedJPRS Reports,1992 Classification: UNCLASSIFIED DocumentDate: ReportReport ReportNumber: JPRS-ULS-92-003 UDCNumber: Author(s):A.Tarasov, correspondent IZVESTIYA, Yekaterinburg:"The WithVictims:OnceMore AbouttheMystery Fields";first introduction] 'SverdlovskSyndrome' [ArticlebyA.Tarasov,special correspondent IZVESTIYA, Yekaterinburg: HarvestInEnded Victims:Once theMystery Fields";firstparagraph introduction] TEXTOFARTICLE: [ArticlebyA.Tarasov, specialcorrespondentfor IZVESTIYA, Yekaterinburg: theHarvest theMysteryof theUralFields" introduction] Afteranother ofstudents Krasnoufimskiy (seedetailsin IZVESTIYA,No contingents University abandonedthefields. thechainof tragicandasyet unexplained wasnotbroken: soonafter,nevvictimsof potatofieldsverehospitalized. themverestudentsfrom SverdlovskInstitute NationalEconomy.They beengathering potatoesat Chatlykovskiy kilometers thefieldsin thephenomenonof thepoisonousphantom officially recordedandaboutthe samedistance hadhappened theuniversity stricken-studentsfromUral PolytechnicalInstitute. semester"in theoblast, BeloyarskiyRayon. Casesofthe beennotedintheSysertskiyandPolevskiyrayons. greatmultitude versionsof thecauseofthe Amongthemarethese: violations procedures useofpesticides; ofchemicalcompounds;acidrain;technogenic thedecompositionand interaction UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Concatenated toscience.Andthentherearethese: ofgeologicalstructure territories; composition mafiablocking tospiraluptheprices mosquitoes. suggestions hasbeenproven, beenrefuted. remarkableinand them,exceptfor perhapsonlythe allfar-fetched, andthere'ssome ofthesuggestions. ridiculous,ofcourse, blameweakened avitaminosis theperipheralnervous commission, investigatingthe circumstancesof incidents,could notetheacutedeficiencyof vitaminsBand andtheweakened ofthebodiesofthose specialists indicatethat isolatedincidentsof strangeailmentwere longbefore maybetheworsened supplyoffruits andvegetables oftheillness. theentirely improbable"hypotheses"voiced"in delirium," whichbring themilitary, radiation,or anomalies?Verethose rsionsbornonarid facilities,where keptorethatcontain thorium-andtheunusualincidents kilometers fromthosefacilities. aboutthemilitary?The ofanthraxinSverdlovsk notforgotten, particularly suspicious. the"postalbox" fencesisknown wasn'tuntil thisyearthatthe executivecommitteeallowedtheoblasthealth-epidemiological tovisit,for ofenvironmental protection," thefacilities oftheMinistry Naturalanomalies?They too.Abovethe ofthevillage Pridannikovo, studentssufferedtheparalysis, peopleobserved "tipsy"rainbow thearrival people-theends theground, Butthemost mysterious thepositiontaken thepeopleinpower. unchanged, eventhough formulated havechanged Thepeopleinpowercontinue ofthosesent newharvest contingents unknownillness. today-theplace UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Concatenated JPRSReports, takenanduniversity weredemoralized Krasnoufimskiy persistence studentsfrom ofRailroadEngineers, schoolchildren, Volga-Ural Twoyearsago,theUralenergochermetenterprise thesickleave Uralenergochermet engineervho Khramtsovo sovkhoz,despitethe her-thesameone madeforall Uralfields,toxic polyneuropathy.Despitethe notemadeon ("production accident") thepapervork,signed thesovkhoz ascombined pesticides. facility,butvhen weretalking vithheraboutmeeting nevspaper-" neededinthevorkplace,especially thestateisstilldoingvhatit feelguiltyforthe unusualincidentofthisyearhappened health-epidemiological substances. That'svhy, neuropathologistof oblast,Prof difficultstruggle theattempt aren'tdragging outofcapriciousness. Sverdlovsksyndrome," besidesvhat's alsosomething evenhateful. vhohasseen mysterious advancedhis ownversionforthe theillness:the mysterylies incomprehensible generation ofimported pesticides-pyrethroids. professor's losttheirability farmsinthe oblastthat toxins-particularly neurotropic sumicidin. Indirectly supporting thisfact:in thetoxicfields, somereaders thesymptoms aftervorking notevorthy addressesonthe letters-Belarus, Ukraine,the pyrethroidshas beensanctioned this:thereareinfluential UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Concatenated Reports,1992 obstructing thetragedy,and exertedfor pesticides pyrethroids. thesametime,people exactlyhow fieldmanagers suchpowerfultoxins.(InKhramtsov,forexample, pesticidesolutions.) 14.Obviously, chosenbythevisitors fromMoscow problem-in eachunusualincident-is ineffective. systematic,comprehensive studyisabsolutely necessary. specialists involved.Theyhave equipment. Butwhatarethe peoplesupposed alltodayto protectagainst misfortune. versionaboutthecause poisonings correct,this two-yeardrama Sovietstate'sstubbornneglect theindividual. POSTSCRIPT: thisarticlewasin commission ontheresults SverdlovskOblast. causeofthe thecombined factors.Theprincipal workingconditions. immvinity^and adverseweather conditions.The pesticides wereacquitted. Meanwhile, theconclusionsof themedical agroindustrial organization, andtheyare gettingready commission's matter-itfailed "Sverdlovsk syndrome"made IZVESTIYA, StateCommitteefor andEpidemiological Inspection inspection formed.... temporaryscience isbeingformedfor study....a arequestthat aninternational Sverdlovsk toxicological equippedwithmodern equipment..." makepeople enterprises supposedto instruments toxicological arespending thetimebeing primarilyfor Couldthisreally importance allmankind? UNCLASSIFIED