"''From the desk of Peter J. VanDerSchaar, president IBCMT<br>Our co-worker Eleonore Blaurock has put forward in several media that she does not want to be associated with IBCMT anymore. I regret this decision, because we all have cooperated many years in good harmony.<br>Mrs. Blaurock does not want to take part in an organization that discusses the [[OligoScan|Oligoscan]] in our Textbook. She comes to that verdict on the basis that she is a scientist and has many years experience with spectrophotometry. Mrs Blaurock does not have any experience with the [[OligoScan|Oligoscan]] and did not want to investigate it.<br>Mrs Blaurock considered the [[Oligoscan|Oligoscan as a scam]], but without detailed argumentation. Our argumentation, based on intensive utilization of the instrumentation (more than 500 tests by Dr. Raymond Pahlplatz) was not paid attention to.<br>Initially I was very sceptic about the [[OligoScan|Oligoscan]], but my curiosity prevailed over my scepticism. My conception is that curiosity is the basis for a scientific approach.<br>In our opinion the [[OligoScan|Oligoscan]] is not a stand-alone instrument but should always be combined with a Provocation test on toxic metals.''" | "''From the desk of Peter J. VanDerSchaar, president IBCMT<br>Our co-worker Eleonore Blaurock has put forward in several media that she does not want to be associated with IBCMT anymore. I regret this decision, because we all have cooperated many years in good harmony.<br>Mrs. Blaurock does not want to take part in an organization that discusses the [[OligoScan|Oligoscan]] in our Textbook. She comes to that verdict on the basis that she is a scientist and has many years experience with spectrophotometry. Mrs Blaurock does not have any experience with the [[OligoScan|Oligoscan]] and did not want to investigate it.<br>Mrs Blaurock considered the [[Oligoscan|Oligoscan as a scam]], but without detailed argumentation. Our argumentation, based on intensive utilization of the instrumentation (more than 500 tests by Dr. Raymond Pahlplatz) was not paid attention to.<br>Initially I was very sceptic about the [[OligoScan|Oligoscan]], but my curiosity prevailed over my scepticism. My conception is that curiosity is the basis for a scientific approach.<br>In our opinion the [[OligoScan|Oligoscan]] is not a stand-alone instrument but should always be combined with a Provocation test on toxic metals.''" |