I would like to share this list of how we respond to too much chemical exposure. *  By reflecting back to what you were doing then, maybe you can help pinpoint what you were exposed to.

Do any of the vets have hemolytic anemia? Symptoms are  *

These are the chemicals that I believe your group, today's military, and also the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup workers were/are exposed to too much of.   I just learned that they are considered pesticides and are thought to cause endocrine disruption.

...maybe most easily understood if you look up this information:  *   and   *  There is some good research on the latter page.

The key will be to find out what happened to your blood.  *  

I am so sorry that this happened to anyone. 

I hope and pray that you get well 

and that first of all you get an accurate diagnosis. 

That is what everyone deserves: 

an accurate diagnosis and an effective treatment.

My focus beyond that is to urge the Legislature to ban these chemicals. 

They are not safe at home, at work, or in the military, either. 

May no one else be harmed 

by 2-butoxyethanol &/or 

Diethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether.

By the way, 2-butoxyethanol poisoning creates a very odd assortment of ailments. * So unless someone has a good assortment of these, I wouldn't consider that this chemical caused you harm; if you do, I wouldn't discount it, either. It causes birth defects; sometimes sterility; and there is such a thing as second hand solvent exposure - these are also termed solvents, and for a time can be expelled through the breath.

(Yesterday on MSNBC TV I saw a new machine that can diagnosis what you have by taking a sample of your breath. Boy that would be great!)

 

Thank you, President Bush, for speaking in person to the Troops in Baghdad Thanksgiving Day, 11-27-03!

God Bless our Military who are

protecting our Country,

   our freedom, 

& that of others!

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