What do we need to Learn?

C6H14O2/CH3(CH2)2CH2OCH2CH2OH 

is a harmful chemical 

 

"The human toll alone is not worth it!" 

Dr. John Middaugh, 

Alaska State Dept of Epidemiology  

 

The Exxon Valdez ship just outside of Valdez, Alaska, 1989

What can we learn from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill cleanup?

Patient Intake Chart

AND

We need to learn what the Symptoms of Too much Chemical Exposures Are

Indicates Kidney Damage

Blood in Urine -At Onset?  STOP!

What is happening to the red blood cells?  Why is it so difficult to diagnose?

Learn that Life is in the BLOOD - Check Workers' Blood

 then and now

pdf  -  AND

Learn what the MSDS says

Too much time exposure, not adequate protective gear - for workers of the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup

Learn How Workers Feel?

Is it 38% 2-butoxyethanol?

Corexit 9527

Need personal protective equipment level IV - not class B - rain gear

We Need to Learn what Appropriate Personal Protective Equipment is

PPE Level IV

Scenario

Learn to Recognize the 'Package' of Symptoms of

 2-butoxyethanol poisoning

No Fear

Learn to Help Your Doctors

Seeking

Learn to Seek a 2nd Opinion

What is the key to understanding the effect of 2-butoxyethanol on the red blood cells?

Learn What Has Changed in your Blood

Is  your Immune System Compromised?

What is the Immune System?

Learn to Eat Whole Foods -

Learn a Healthy Lifestyle is better than more chemicals

Open Letter

Learn to Ask Your Doctor Questions

Winter Storms do more

Learn Dispersants Don't Do any Good ANYWAY 

Experiment

Learn that the EVOS cleanup was an Experiment 

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Learn that Just Because a Lot of People Are Harmed by

 2-butoxyethanol

 - Doesn't Mean it is OK to use when it's too Strong in Products

household

Learn that 5% or more is too hazardous for home use

label all areas where 2-butoxyethanol compounds are stored... with POISON cautions

Learn that

 2-butoxyethanol is classified by UN Hazard Code as a Poison - and Label all products as such

2-butoxyethanol is a 'poison' per UN Hazard Code

Learn to Keep out of Waterways

2-butoxyethanol is a poison - very hazardous to health

Learn How

2-butoxyethanol Affects People- these plus central nervous system damage, immune system compromised, and endocrine disruption

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Learn to Recognize Effects on Marine Life

The "Joe Hazelwood Mask"  One of a Kind by Carver, Jerry Laktonen, used with permission

"Scientists are now realizing that ecosystems do not necessarily 'recover' from certain types of degradation."  Thomas Okey

Chemical Industry

Learn that you are up against the Chemical Industry -Many products are not properly tested

Blood Damage is Different

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Learn the Difference Between Oil and

2-butoxyethanol Harm

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I know a homemaker who was very diligent about cleaning throughout her life.  At retirement age she came down with low red blood cell anemia and kidney problems, and high blood pressure and high blood sugar and agravated arthritis;  Do you also have the CNS, personality changes, etc.?  That is part of the package of 2-butoxyethanol poisoning.  What was her favorite cleaning product?  Lysol Tub 'n Tile

Those who clean are at risk - Exposure is cumulative 

Moms should use goggles & gloves -this contains a complex type of 2-butoxyethanol

409 Cleaner contains 2-butoxyethanol AND ethylene oxide - It is most like Corexit, the Exxon dispersant

EYES: IRRITATION. SKIN: ABSORBED. EXPOSURE
TO ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOBUTYL ETHER WILL CAUSE BLOOD & BONE MARROW DAMAGE.

Carcinogenicity - NTP: YES
Carcinogenicity - IARC: YES   OSHA: NO

 Learn that Corexit is  most like 409 Cleaner which was Banned by BP at North Slope site. Sadly, just learned that the Equipment Dept of Alyeska uses it by the 'bucketful' NOT other depts, thankfully.  11-1-03

Do not wear contacts.  Wear indirect-vent, impact and splash resistant goggles - also wear a face shield.

Gloves are important protective gear!

Janitorial Project Logo

EPA & CA did a study

Janitorial Products Pollution Prevention Project - Sponsored by US EPA, State of California, Santa Clara County, the City of Richmond, and the Local Government Commission. Written by Thomas Barron, Carol Berg, and Linda Bookman. 6/99.  *6% of professional janitors are harmed each year from cleaning compounds.

2-butoxyethanol is a 'poison' per UN Hazard Code Keep out of water!

Dumping more of this 2-butoxyethanol into Arctic waters,

would be a crime against our environment and our people

Harm from 2-butoxyethanol is rampant in our society - from many sources. Become educated about what to avoid.

In fact, many medical scientific studies are skewed, because they are looking at secondary symptoms.

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PRAY

 

 

Immune hemolytic anemia is a disorder characterized by anemia 

due to premature destruction of red blood cells by the immune system.

Acquired hemolytic anemia is most uncommon ... per Walter Reid Army Hospital

How to tell?  *  *  & *

More definitions  *

 

Your Opinion Matters!

9-18-03

 

EGBE causes lots of Harm

7-31-05