The Potent organic Solvents - Glycol Ethers cause FLU symptoms

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Global Warming - getting hotter & hotter every year since early 70s; 2010 expected to be the hottest year ever! http://www.globalchange.gov/

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Margaret Diann Hursh There are two major misconceptions in medical science. One is that flu symptoms are caused by a virus. No, flu symptoms are caused from exposure to glycol ether. Look for blood in urine. Another is that very high white blood cell counts is a sign of an infection. It can also be a sign of the advanced anemia of CFIDS... not found by doctors: AIHA or IMHA. http://www.valdezlink.com/re/health/comment.htm

7-15-10 BP has sprayed 1.8 million gallons of dispersants in the Gulf, the largest amount in U. S. History

The Federal Govt asked for limited dispersant use. US Coast Guard gave BP 74 exemptions for continued use in the first 50 days or so.

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They 'look like' vets of other war eras * marine corps hymn, etc

Can harm civilians & pets, too Suspect for 'the cause of Autism' *

treatments of gamma globulin help autoimmune issues Help!

Military suicides from 2005 - 2009: 1100 mostly Army & Marines

WHY?

At a Congressional hearing, Representative Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat, said that the use of dispersants “could result in thousands and thousands of people getting sick or dying as a result of the cleanup, not of the original disaster.”

True

"Dispersants have not been the first line of defense for oil spill cleanup in the U.S.

because dispersants present toxicity threats and health threats to those applying the products." uspoly.com/dispersit

* LA Times

"Hundreds of Thousands of gallons of dispersants have been used in gulf oil spill cleanup"

5-14-2010 noon Pres Obama speech

Methane adds Carbons to water * limits oxygen available to marine life / So do other glycol ethers

Workers have 'flu-like symptoms?' * Glycol ether exposure 'looks like the flu'

The biggest mistake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill cleanup was using dispersants with 2-butoxyethanol. The Exxon formulations of Inipol had 12% 2-butoxyethanol; the Corexit 9500 had trace ethylene oxide with 38% 2-butoxyethanol. Corexit 9527 (also an Exxon formulation) has an MSDS that states 30% - 60% 2-butoxyethanol. Lobby EPA and the US Coast Guard to removed these from the approved list of what can be used for oil spill remediation. Epidemiologists should see an increase in fatigue (blood in urine, etc) and an increase in autoimmune issues, cancers, birth defects, vision loss, memory loss, CFIDS, CFS, FM. Exposure to this glycol ether 'looks like' the flu. A new formulation of dispersant is now being used. Anyone know what that is? ... or is is proprietary? (Should not be so) Per report to Valdez by a local who returned from work there briefly, there is now at least 851,000 gallons of dispersant that have been used. 6-24-10 valdezlink.com/re/health/oilspill/help.htm

EGBE MSDS

Decline of Herring?

Sadly, sometimes you can't fix everything; and the cure is worse than the problem valdezlink.com/evos/learned.htm

1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill cleanup? * *

Are dispersants carbon based? *

. . . adds more carbon to the system

and requires even more oxygen for complete degradation.

"More than 1.3 million gallons of dispersants have been sprayed into the Gulf since April 20, according to the Deepwater Horizon Unified Command linking companies and government agencies responding to the spill." Source

Parker v. Nalco Co., 2:10-cv-01749, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana (New Orleans)

What Denny Kelso said in 1989 about use of dispersants

www.valdezlink.com/re/gulf/dennykelso.htm

Some think it is methane that is causing dead zones with depleted oxygen in water. Methane is a minor concern compared to the glycol ether in Corexit. "Madsen reports, Corexit 9500, the oil dispersant used by BP, is viewed by FEMA sources as mixing with evaporated water from the Gulf. This deadly mixture is then absorbed by rain clouds and produces toxic precipitation that threatens to continue killing marine and land animals, plant life, and humans within a 200-mile radius of the Deepwater Horizon disaster site in the Gulf." Source

The “dead zone” created by a combination of methane gas and Corexit toxic rain, Madsen continues, will ultimately result in the evacuation and long-term abandonment of cities and towns within the 200-mile radius of the oil gusher

So why don't we lobby EPA and US Coast Guard

to remove any dispersants with 2-butoxyethanol from the 'ok to use list?'

And cease all use of dispersants from airplanes and at the source of the oil leak!

U. S. Coast Guard discuss

Comment to U.S. Coast Guard

And why don't we lobby Congress to require glycol ether to be disclosed in ALL products?*

* A BIG Mistake Casi Callaway <Callaway@mobilebaywatch.org>

Gulf War Syndrome Symptoms

... and how many glycol ethers were the gulf war vets exposed to? *

Is Pepper Spray unnecessarily used in training Police & Troopers & Military Boot Camps in our Nation? * *

Hazardous Decomposition Products of Glycol Ethers: Carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide - Source

Will we have more of these 'in the air?' *

There is a lot of this chemical expelled into the air, and when it breaks down, it produces CO and CO2 *

Contact Congress: Glycol Ethers cause FLU + climate warming

"...to care for him who shall have borne the battle,"

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Investigation Raises Questions About WHO's Handling of Pandemic
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Glycol Ether Exposure 'looks like' the flu
http://www.valdezlink.com/re/flu/swine/glycolether.htm

Most of the time, flu is caused by a chemical exposure NOT a virus *

. . and anemia Caused by

Most probable cause of 'the flu' * HELLP Syndrome & Autism:

... exposure to glycol butyl ether * *

ALL glycol ether in any products should be disclosed * Tell Congress!

I suspect Scott Hamilton (Champion Figure skater) had birth defects similar to that of 2-butoxyethanol poisoning for either or both of his parents: etc
digestion problems; growth abnormality; pituitary brain tumor and testicular cancer

Skating at 4pm Eastern time on Thanksgiving day Cancer fund raiser

Belly fat is a sign of the autoimmune metabolic issues that accompany what glycol ether exposure does.

owed

What about President Obama's family HEALTH heritage ? *

* I notice the teratogen effects of glycol ether in Pres Obama's white heritage;

+ he has exposure to cleaning products; second hand from the generals, etc

Byrd was elected for a ninth term in 2006 and is the longest serving senator in history, having served more than 50 years.

I hope US Senator Robert Byrd's doctors would consider another cause of high white blood cell counts. * * Instead of being indicative of an infection, as is generally thought, it might also be a sign of the advanced anemia that leads to seizures (that being from lack of oxygen red blood cells can deliver). I suspect the anemia of CFIDS, CFS, FM, 'gulf war syndrome' is AIHA or IMHA. Body turns autoimmune due to exposure to GLYCOL ETHER. Exposure 'looks like the flu' and may actually be the more probable cause of flu symptoms than any virus. Although unrelated to the autoimmune action on red blood cells in which red blood cells die off prematurely ... the production of white blood cells is stimulated. I have no medical background, but think that gamma globulin, Rituxan, glyconutrients, & whole blood cell transfusions are a great help for people who fall into this category ... and that medications for someone chemically poisoned are not the answer to good health. Many people die of this anemia & signs are rapid heart beat, shortness of breath, "the chills." Blood in urine. Is his body temperature less than 98.6?Cancer and multiple autoimmune issues are side effects. * * *

"Byrd was taken to the hospital 9-22-09 as a precautionary measure following a fall at his home which was likely caused by standing up too quickly. While having no broken bones or bruises, upon examination, doctors found an elevated white-blood cell count which can be an early sign of an infection," the statement said.

Most probably an ANEMIA issue.

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized (after experiencing extreme drowsiness that caused her to fall from her seat on a plane before departing for London) on @ 9/23/09 after receiving a medical treatment was released a day later. And again mid October (had a cold). The Court said in a statement. Ginsburg, 76, received an intravenous infusion to treat anemia and subsequently “felt faint, developed light headedness and fatigue,” In February 2009, Ginsburg underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer (which is often fatal) & removal of her spleen. Previously she had colon cancer

July, 2009 she was in completely normal health with the exception of a low red blood cell count (which doctors theorized was caused by deficiency of iron. Intravenous iron therapy was administered in a standard fashion.) I would suspect AIHA that glycol ether exposure would cause. End of Sept, 2009 she had slightly low blood pressure. Is her body temperature less than 98.6? In February, was her spleen enlarged?

To me this looks like "THE ANEMIA" of CFIDS, CFS, FM, 'gulf war syndrome' Does Justice Ginsburg have short term memory loss, personality change (prior to the fatigue & ongoing. Does she recall a serious 'flu?' .... (Which is most probably overexposure to glycol ether.) "The counts" don't tell the whole story. LOOK at the red blood cells. Can they process the hemoglobin that is there? Are they small-sized? What is their shape? ... their age? Iron is needed to make red blood cells: Is body able to utilize iron appropriately?

Red blood cells that are small-sized, Size & Shape & Age of Red Blood Cells misshapen red blood cells, Dizzy? *

CFIDS Pattern * * Exposure to glycol ether 'looks like the flu'
'sniffles' moisture under nose, farting, diarrhea, nausea

Causes an anemia that's hard to find ... CFIDS, CFS, FM, 'gulf war syndrome'
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Why I think Sonia Sotomayor came down with an autoimmune issue: type 1 diabetes, at age 8 http://www.valdezlink.com/re/health/sotomayor.htm

Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Thirty-Second President
1933-1945

"the only thing we have to fear is fear itself!"

CIDP?

Itchy Legs *

Pres FDR a victim of glycol ether exposure, too?

It was not polio that Pres FDR had in 1921, but an autoimmune dysfunction: Guillain-Barre syndrome.

Does cousin Daisy Suckley's Diary of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, America's 32nd President, mention a time when he had flu-like symptoms? He did in 1917 and in 1922 when GBS showed up (a flu was going around then; so he was probably exposed to glycol ether of some kind)

and again just before he died, per Michael Moore documentary / film

A cheery fellow - 'Happy Days'

The History Channel Documentary 4-23-05 and 4-24-05,

FDR: A Presidency Revealed talked about things that would be like what overexposure to 2-butoxyethanol would cause: * enlarged heart, many horrible HEADACHES - some at the base of the head, tired, ashen/pale color, difficulty finishing thoughts in sentences (short term memory loss), difficulty concentrating. Also high blood pressure (180/105), rapid weight loss (liver?)

Repeated headaches. Headaches were intensifying

4-11-45 as he went to bed he was 'shivering' (chills?) Chills? Chills?

After an acute headache at the back of his head, he collapsed on 4-12-45 and died a few hours later. It is reported that he died of a cerebral hemorrhage ... was there an autopsy? NO! If it was advanced stages of the fatigue of CFIDS ... the doctors would not have found it. They still don't even now - 60 + years later.

What we would call CFIDS or 'gulf war syndrome' today.

It is now suspected that he didn't have polio, but

Some ways your body might 'complain' about too much of some kind of chemical *

Maybe the Hypothalamus is damaged? *

Global Warming

Comments from US Rep Don Young *

Please regulate glycol ether to help slow global warming

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Consider exposure to a glycol ether for cause of 'the flu' especially glycol ether with BUTYL *

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"Why does this child have to die?" *

Doctors and CDC are missing it - They do not recognize the harm of glycol ether *

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Discuss - Military Health & Civilians with CFIDS, CFS, FM

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Nidal Hasan has disjointed thinking *

What cost, war? *

Vet, Thomas info *

CFIDS, CFS, FM

Why so much Cancer? *

Gary Cooper who died at age 60 in 1960 may have had the effects of glycol ether expsoure

Hamilton Jordan March, 2008 the year he died

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Margaret Diann Hursh I noticed when there was a program on History Channel about Gen Andrew Jackson he was having horrible coughing and dysentery. (I suspect diarrhea can be a sign of exposure to glycol ether such as is in the fumes of explosions. The same for coughing). His wife died about the time he was elected President which he blamed on being caused by the hurt of his opponents. That could have been exposure to glycol ether for her / only second hand solvent exposure. Housewives are exposed to a lot of glycol ether usually undisclosed; and so for the soldiers of wars to today.

Other Presidents affected, in my opinion
http://www.valdezlink.com/re/ourpresidents/44.htm

http://www.valdezlink.com/pages/cfs/becareful.htm

I asked www.google.com 'feeling lucky search' ..... when did Aristotle Onassis have the flu?

and my own web page came up: http://www.valdezlink.com/pages/onassisflu.htm

Any mechanics or painters with unknown fatigue? *

Tylenol Damages liver? *

A dad asks, "What help for my child with a brain tumor?" *

What would be of interest to cardiologists regarding a patient's exposure to glycol ether? *

What are the glycol ethers? * *

Glycol: any of a class of organic chemicals characterized by having separate two hydroxyl (-OH) groups, contribute to high water solubility, hygroscopicity and reactivity with many organic compounds, on usually linear and aliphatic carbon chain. The general formula is C_nH_2n(OH)₂ or (CH₂)_n(OH)₂.

2-Butoxy Ethanol is unquestionably Health Hazardous *

Many kids have too little Vitamin D *

Vitamin D Deficiency and Kids

A new study says seven out of 10 American kids have low levels of vitamin D, which threatens bone and heart health. Dr. Jennifer Ashton reports.

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Is Pepper Spray unnecessarily used in training Police & Troopers in Alaska *

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Suspect 'the anemia' for Brittany Murphy's cause of death 12/21/09 at age 32 *

Compare the chemical formula for glycol ether to medications *

Avandia is: (±)-5-[[4-[2-(methyl-2-pyridinylamino)ethoxy]phenyl]methyl]-2,4-thiazolidinedione, (Z)-2-butenedioate (1:1)

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