Testimonies

Those who were there share their observations and conclusions

Dr. Pillay, Hair Studies

Hair Study Limitations

0:01…with some heavy metal or the other.  So to make that the causal actor in somebody’s ailment or death, we need to be very careful.  Because the mere presence of a heavy metal even if it is unexpected concentrations  we need to be very sure that there is not some other factor that has come

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Introduction Devamrita Swami

You shouldn’t need to read this book. In 1977 the resplendent truth shone with blazing clarity. Now, more than two decades later, the same priceless treasure still radiates its perfection. We have read and reread the Lilamrita, meditated upon the diaries, studied the folio, and dabbled in the video-taped memoirs. Film captured “The Final Lesson”

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ISKCON Public Relations 2025

“In addition to the GBC-commissioned studies, Mayesvara Dasa, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada spent five years investigating the allegations, resulting in his book DECEPTION (2020). This study surveys all the available information and provides compelling alternate explanations for the ‘evidence’ cited by the proponents of the poison theory.  Mayesvara’s study explains how Srila Prabhupada used

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Johns Hopkins 2013

Here we have a statement from the research scientists at the Johns Hopkins University published in 2014 where they clearly admit they didn’t know much about how cadmium affected the body.  How do those who claim cadmium was used to poison Srila Prabhupada explain how isolated monks could do that? Here the experts admit they

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Dr. Pillay, Hair Studies

What Are The Odds?

5:36  That is one aspect I am not very sure about, to be honest, and again animal experimentation, you know, sometimes we got problems, when you try and bring it to human beings, so since that has not been shown to happen in human beings, I would say that let us leave that aside, possible…

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Dr. Pillay, Hair Studies

Student Clinician Would Know

5:48 He died at the age of 81, before that  he had medical problems, diabetes blood pressure, cardiac problems and kidney problems at a later age.  So this can be considered from the medical point of view as part of the normal aging process, aging of the body organs. 6:15  If suppose cadmium was used

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Dr. Pillay, Hair Studies

Toxicology Reports

…are too numerous to enumerate. 0:04 In your book you also mentioned that consumption of acid  food juices eroding cadmium plated metals and pots and pans with cadmium plating can also cause poisoning in people.  In 1970’s peoples did not have so much awareness of cadmium, could this also be a reason for exposure at

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Dr. Pillay, Hair Studies

Symptoms of Cadmium Poisoning

6:00  in previous century where the contamination of some water body occurs because of cadmium and the local population use that water for patty fields and they started developing a lot of problems like bone pain especially, It came to be known as the iti, iti disease, or the Ouch Ouch disease.   Over a period

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Dr. Pillay, Hair Studies

Premature Conclusions

0.01 Based on the hair samples we are seeing…constituting proof if deliberate homicidal intent.  Over and above there are  forensic specialists whose expert opinion they have taken, and they also said such high levels of cadmium in the hair.. that the person may die within two days, this is clearly a case of manage hair

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Dr. Pillay, Hair Studies

NAA Not Best Tool

7:00 he is a very good analysist, but I don’t think he has got a medical background to interpret what he has found in biological samples like hair.   I think the proper thing, even if you wanted to do NAA for a heavy metal analysis… the interpretation of the report should not have been done

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Dr. Pillay, Hair Studies

Hair Contamination

2:00 you could not get the ideal biological samples like what you mentioned blood or urine, even the other tissues were not accessible, therefore hair which was accessible has been done… I accept all that..  Now my questions are this.  No 1. The hair sample that was done has come down I think from hand

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Dr. Pillay, Hair Studies

Exogenous Contamination

In the book you have written in medical toxicology where you have written foreign issue regarding cadmium and no where is chronic poisoning party stated   Where as environmental heavy metal is routinely found in soil, air vegetables  milk, water and even (basen?)  Can the high readings of cadmium in the hair be due to environmental

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Dr. Pillay, Hair Studies

Double Blind Testing

0:21 …As to why ICPMS I am sure must be very easily available in the west… like a country like the US I am sure almost every university will have it why not do it there?  And if you did get something abnormal will NAA why did you not get it retested with ICPMS or

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Dr. Pillay, Hair Studies

Conclusive Summary

0:35 I would like to conclude by saying that ah, what I have done here I think is just my duty.  I am not here to take any sides,  in fact I know that you had approached me several months ago with this case and I thought like maybe convinced when I say something I

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Dr. Pillay, Hair Studies

Cadmium IS Bad Choice

Was cadmium an ideal homicidal agent in the late 70’s? 0:30  I have already stated:  No1: cadmium is difficult to obtain Arsinic is more easily available, but cadmium is difficult to obtain and even if somebody says it is available in nickel cadmium batteries it’s difficult to extract it unless you have knowledge of chemistry… 

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Dr. Pillay, Hair Studies

Collaborative Effort?

5:00 So an isolated people giving an opinion, even if they are expert is not the right thing. 5:05 Not at all, There should be a board who are specialized and who can come up with a consensus. Yes, They should be talking to each other, they should be addressing all of this. That’s what

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Dr. Pillay, Hair Studies

Cadmium False Positives

0:21 …As to why ICPMS I am sure must be very easily available in the west… like a country like the US I am sure almost every university will have it why not do it there?  And if you did get something abnormal will NAA why did you not get it retested with ICPMS or

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Tamal Krishna Goswami Testimony

Dear Readers,Please accept my most humble obeisance’s. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. For quite some time rumors have been circulating that Srila Prabhupada was poisoned, murdered by his own disciples. I as his secretary have been the chief accused. Many of you might have wondered why I have not denied this charge if there is

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Bhakti Caru Swami

Recently one of our god-brothers, Nityananda das adhikari, wrote a book called, “Someone has Poisoned Me” and alleged that the cause of Srila Prabhupada’s disappearance from this planet is arsenic poisoning, and the ones who were serving HisDivine Grace at that time administered him that poison. Since I was one of Srila Prabhupada’s personal servants

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Giriraja Swami

 (4:05) “There is no question in my mind that any of Prabhupada care givers deliberately poisoned him not at all and to suggest that they did is highly offensive.  We are suffering in Srila Prabhupada’s separation but when we commit offenses like that to his dear disciples who were serving him in heart and soul, 

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