The lack of specific clinical symptoms of arsenicosis such as Mees’ lines, hyperkeratosis and raindrop pigmentation indicates that arsenic poisoning was not to blame for the illness of Srila Prabhupada. Rather, his condition was symptomatic of type 2 diabetes mellitus, causing high blood pressure, peripheral neuropathy and heart problems, including myocardial infarction and stroke. In
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In chapter 32 of ‘Someone Has Poisoned Me,’ Nityananda Das has summarized his medical ‘evidence’ under the heading “Health Biography Analysis”. There he tries to link all of Srila Prabhupada’s symptoms to arsenic poisoning. We will show that most of this chapter is total misinformation, and is not supported by any available scientific literature. Text
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Among those who feel there may be some truth to the poison rumors, much of their concern relates to the words spoken by Srila Prabhupada and those around him, in his final days. Poison theorists like to repeat Prabhupada’s words like, “Someone says that someone has given poison, it’s possible”, and other such equivocal statements.
Not That I Am Poisoned… Quote! Read More »
One of the leading advocates for the poison theory, Dhanesvara Das s released a number of papers reporting on his reverse speech investigations. There he repeatedly refers the reader to the work of David John Oates, who founded the technique, and cites him as the authority on reverse speech. Dhanesvara also tacitly implies that he
Reverse Speech: Bogus Dhanesvara! Read More »
After being encouraged to further investigate the allegations of arsenic poisoning made by Nityananda Das and others, it was decided that we should try to contact the doctor who performed the operation on Srila Prabhupada in England, just over two months before his passing. As one of the only Western health professionals to treat Prabhupada
Prabhupada’s Surgeon Confirms: Diabetes to Blame Read More »
The now infamous “poison whispers” make up a large part of the so-called evidence in support of the conspiracy theory. These are found primarily on the conversation tapes of the 10th November, 1977. In fact, the whole poison controversy began when some devotees heard whispers on these tapes that sounded like references to poison. We
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This chapter will document important scientific facts regarding analysis of hair arsenic levels in Srila Prabhupada’s hair relics. Nityananda Das has claimed that Prabhupada’s hair levels were recorded at 3ppm and that this represents solid evidence that “undoubtedly Srila Prabhupada was maliciously poisoned.” We will show that this assertion is untrue, with reference to various
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In his book “Someone Has Poisoned Me“, Nityananda Das has spent a whole chapter trying to establish a link between an Indian man called Chandra Swami and the alleged poisoning of Srila Prabhupada. Although he is unable to provide any real evidence of this, Nityananda Das attempts to persuade the reader through various drawn out
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For the full analysis along with supporting links and testimonies, please view this report on the ISKCON website: https://www.iskcon.org.au/notpoisoned
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