Otmar Wassermann

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Otmar Wassermann (born October 28, 1934 in Unterschwaningen ) is a German toxicologist .

biography

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Wassermann received his doctorate from the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel in 1963 and qualified as a professor in 1970. In 1974 he received an unscheduled professorship at the university and shortly afterwards became head of the toxicology department at the university hospital. In 1980 Wassermann became the head of the Environmental Toxicology Research Center of the Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of Social Affairs, where he was released in 1984. In 1987 he received the Federal Nature Conservation Prize and the Bodo Manstein Medal of the BUND .

Otmar Wassermann became known nationwide for his critical statements based on his toxicological studies. He accused polluters of environmental damage, criticized the dovetailing of politics and economy, which prevents pollutant emissions and the use of chemicals from being greatly reduced. In his opinion, he called for necessary environmental policy action, such as a drastic lowering of limit values ​​in all areas, which should no longer be "exhausted", but must be continuously undercut. In this context, he also criticized the Federal Health Office and “industry-related” toxicologists, who would defend the highest possible “acceptable” dioxin exposure for the population instead of protecting it with the lowest possible. In some cases Wassermann appeared as an expert in high-profile court cases.

In 1992 Wassermann, who considers nuclear energy to be "absolutely irresponsible and unmanageable", headed the Schleswig-Holstein Leukemia Expert Commission , which dealt with leukemia cases at the Krümmel NPP .

Aquarius is also a critic of waste incineration . In 1992 he carried out analyzes of the exhaust gases from such systems and stated that he had found a large number of highly toxic substances such as PCBs , phosphoric acid esters , plasticizers and dioxins. Seven adsorbents for the emissions test would have produced seven different results. The official measurement methods for waste gases from waste incineration are unsuitable. The operation of waste incineration plants is said to be toxic gas war against its own population. Otmar Wassermann supports citizens 'initiatives against waste incineration and is a member of the citizens' movement for cryo-recycling and circular economy.

He also criticizes the use of amalgam fillings containing mercury . Together with other toxicologists, he wrote the 1997 amalgam report published in Kiel.

Aquarius retired in 2000. On August 9, 2002 he was one of the first signatories of the Freiburg appeal, which u. a. for stricter limit values ​​for the radiation intensity of cell phone systems .

Keywords for Aquarius' activities are:

Publications

  • Otmar Wassermann, among others: The social relevance of environmental toxicology. Science Center Berlin, 1986.
  • This state tolerates the creeping poisoning. In: stern. No. 11. March 9, 1989.
  • Otmar Wassermann, Andrejyus Korolkovas: Basics of molecular pharmacology and drug development. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 1988.
  • Otmar Wassermann, among others: Environmental toxicology: tasks and requirements. Berlin 1988.
  • Otmar Wassermann, among others: The creeping poisoning: The limits of resilience have been reached - the need for an independent environmental toxicology. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1990.
  • Forgery and corruption in science. In: Antje Bultmann, Friedemann Schmithals (Ed.): Commercial science. Droemer Knaur , Munich 1994, ISBN 3-426-77115-2 , pp. 196-268.
  • Poison over the country: 77 arguments against waste incineration . AV publishing house. Augsburg 1991.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Otmar Wassermann: This state tolerates creeping poisoning. In: stern. No. 11. March 9, 1989.
  2. ↑ Gero von Randow, Hans Schuh: There grows anger. In: THE TIME. No. 48, November 25, 1994.
  3. ↑ http://www.castor.de/presse/sonst/2004/wasserm.html
  4. ^ O. Wassermann, N. Weitz, C. Alsen-Hinrichs: Kieler Amalgam-Gutachten 1997. Medical, especially toxic findings in connection with a legal assessment of the manufacture and sale of amalgam as a material for dental fillings. Institute for Toxicology in the Clinic of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, ISBN 3-00-002089-6 , pp. 93-105.
  5. ↑ http://www.vitalation.de/pdfs/Freiburger_Appell.pdf
  6. ↑ BIPS - Institute for Epidemiology and Prevention Research : Chronological outline of the research project on the Hoechst incident from 1993. ( Memento from November 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Aquarius, Otmar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German toxicologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Unterschwaningen