The screenshot of an article unsettled many people in 2020: In Germany, are sedatives poured into the water of the waterworks in the event of a crisis?
A screenshot without any further source information showed a newspaper article. In this article, certain passages are marked with a pen. It's about sedatives and that worried many users.
These sedatives are said to be stored in a waterworks in one of Germany's largest cities. These are supposed to be chemicals that are used in the event of a crisis.
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These sedatives are intended to prevent people from taking to the streets or even from defending themselves. You can read in the marked area:
The head of a waterworks in one of the largest German cities reported during a confidential chat […] that her waterworks had many barrels of sedatives and special chemical additives. These would immediately be dumped into the drinking water if things became “unrest” in this city.”
According to the information provider, who was not named, this should also apply to other major cities in Germany.
Fact check sedatives: origin and age
Even if the words “WELT ONLINE” can be read in the article, the text has nothing to do WELT According to initial research, this article appears to have appeared in an issue of GELDBRIEF. At least that is what is stated on the website Marketlettercorp.com ( compare ).
The GELDBRIEF Verlagsanstalt, based in Liechtenstein, is now in its 48th year (as of 2020) publishing stock market and economic information. There is no publicly viewable online offering; the content can only be read after a subscription has been completed.
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The article with the information about the sedatives probably comes from a spring 2012 issue. In this respect, there is historically no connection between the publication and the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 .
Update: Why the WORLD?
The article to the left of the passages about the waterworks is ultimately a text that was originally published by WELT, but this text has no connection with the information about the waterworks. The contents did not originally belong together ( see here ).
It is therefore possible that there are two different contents in the image.
The approach
There is hardly any evidence for a fact check from the article. The only tangible information is:
- A waterworks manager says something behind closed doors
- It's about waterworks
- According to her statement, this applies to Germany
Since there is unfortunately no more information from the text, we sought contact with those responsible at waterworks and water associations. We have confronted them with the marked part of the article and are currently waiting for answers. We will insert these HERE.
In addition, we also sent a request to GELDBRIEF and politely asked for further information about the article (whether it appeared there, etc.) and, while maintaining anonymity and confidentiality, asked for contact with the informant in order to be able to verify the statement. Unfortunately, we have not received any information about this yet. If we receive an answer from the editorial team, we will of course publish it.
Plausibility?
In the end, of course, the question of plausibility arises: If there are barrels of sedatives in the water supply plants in Germany, why has no one commented on it yet?
We are not talking about a statement that was made just yesterday, but over 8 years ago. Why hasn't anyone noticed these chemicals yet?
Furthermore, there are no solid sources for the statements. They would also be very ineffective, as not many people only drink tap water, but only use it to brush their teeth or cook with it. Therefore, with great effort, at most a small part of the population could be calmed down.
At the same time, the question of the concentration of the sedatives and the duration in the drinking water would also arise. Overall, the conclusion must be noted:
The statements about sedatives from the publication cannot be confirmed in more detail, as the claims of an unnamed person cannot currently be verified.
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