They can try a class action suit against the company if enough cancer shows up to be over the national averages

"That spill was too immense to totally clean it up and the currents will get it to our beaches or what chemicals were in it sooner or later but the chances of getting anything done about it or any kind of compensation or free medical care or even an acknowledgement or warning are zero to nothing. Maybe through the PETA people but they're for animals so you'd have to be able to show them some affected animals or birds then they'd raise Holy Hell. They like animals better then people and most of the time I can't say that I blame them. Besides if they can save the animals they'll inadvertently save people." Sue - Military Nurse

They say that the winter storms did more to break up the oil than the cleanup chemicals (they, in my opinion, did much more harm than good & were worse than the oil spill itself)

One worker was diagnosed with leukemia in about 1996, and he died end of 1997. They didn't put leukemia as a cause of death but:

cardiac arrest/asystole,
e-coli sepsis,
neutropenia,
B-cell lymphoma, S/P chemo
with acute Renal failure; liver failure...

So why wasn't leukemia on the death certificate? Was it NOT a cause of death or a wrong diagnosis ... or did they just not put everything down?

In Howard's case, he had very good medical tests in 1987 & had some gallstones, but comments that the liver, kidneys pancreas was good. Looked like there was blood sugar of 135 in the 97 blood test, too He was 55 & a Native man

Usually leukemia is never on a death certificate because the illnesses that you get from no immune system kill you before the leukemia does. I did a year's training in a cancer hospital and not one death certificate listed leukemia or even cancer or sarcoma's. They listed the secondary diseases like pneumonia or liver failure, I don't see why they don't list bleed out due to lymphatic carcinoma but you won't ever see it. I can only guess they want to keep the cancer statistics down so they can continue to poison the environment ergo the people. Love, Sue

Actually I'm surprised they listed B Cell Lymphoma because that is a form of leukemia in the lymph nodes. Love, Sue

The wife also shared with me that he had swollen organs / glands in his chest ... & the testes

These are all things that I suspect for 2-butoxyethanol. His co-worker said they had a chemical like Corexit sloshing around in the area where they were storing the bagged oil rags/debris (& Slim himself said it melted his gloves/boots when he tried to triple bag the chemical - he has the headaches, the bad temperament, 3 of his heart chambers double their normal size ... the fatigue; going blind)

Brain tumors might be there, too, but I suppose they don't have to find everything.

There was a jr high girl who was operated on for brain tumor about 2 days ago

It was misdiagnosed in Valdez as 'lazy eye' and when she was sent to Anchorage for care in a group home (because of misbehavior) they found the tumor

Friend of the family said it was 5.2 centimeters by 9 centimeters It was an 8 hour surgery & many in our town are angry about the inaccurate diagnosis

By the way there is a 100 million dollar reopener being requested -A charge by June 1, 2006 to Exxon for extended harm. Any proof that the oil is causing problems on the West coast?

A Look at Some Workers

http://groups.yahoo.com/group /EVOS/ a group discussion

They can try a class action suit against the company if enough cancer shows up to be over the national averages. Someone would have to document all the cancers then compare them with the national figures. Try contacting the National Cancer Society, they just might step in and do that for these people.

Absolutely.

Add on that anyone with an ounce of common sense should know this.

Hugs, Sue

No, I just looked through the tests that were taken 2 weeks before his death ... and he was admitted for acute flu-like symptoms. He had markedly swollen liver and spleen which did not show up in the tests 3 months prior. Also, his heart checked out fine. He must have had a recent & serious exposure to 2-butoxyethanol and there must be autoimmune hemolytic anemia there. What tests would show it?

I suspect he had some exposure to this chemical before he worked on the oil spill, as in 1987 he had gallstones (one of the first things that seems to show up with exposure to 2-butoxyethanol ... but not always ... later on kidney stones from thyroid imbalance)

The kidneys produce hormones that

help build strong bones

and

help form red blood cells.

Just as the 'gulf war syndrome' vets were told they were no more harmed than the general population (with the exception of ALS), I suspect that is what the EVOS workers & surrounding community would be told. (Maybe more diabetes, kidney/liver failures, cancers, birth defects than was normal, compared to them ... 10 years prior, though ... especially BRAIN tumors)

Howard's doctor noted that the ketones were small. Would that mean they are immature or dying off and being replaced so quickly that they never get to be mature? or full sized?

I think something like that is happened with the red blood cells. People report they are small-sized

There was a note that there were 19 nucleated red blood cells (What does that mean?)

These are immature red blood cells and without further testing it's impossible to know why they aren't maturing. Keutones are made when fat cells breakdown and often are found in diabetes II. They can also be beneficial by helping to make blood and work in the chemistry of carbohydrates. Everything you've sent is in one way or another related to what's known as the Endocrine System *, which is a system of organs that secret substances to keep the body running right. These secretions are often following the lymph nodes or it appears that war because that's where major veins and arteries are too. If one part of the endocrine system malfunctions it throws the whole system out of whack for instance many diabetics die of heart attacks. Our hearts are regulated by adrenolin another part of the endocrine system. Without tests done by hematologists it's impossible to tell why the endocrine system isn't balanced. Hugs, Sue

Thanks. I also suspect 2-butoxyethanol of being the primary cause of diabetes ... either sudden onset (after 'flu symptoms') or as a metabolic birth defect when a parent was strongly exposed. Blood sugar was 125 & 135 for Howard, but with a new exposure, may have been higher in Dec, 1997. Maybe his medical info will state such a 'spike"

I also suspect 2-butoxyethanol affects THE glands, especially the pituitary, pancreas, adrenal & thyroid, but even the sweat glands

Now I wonder (in this context) what the small-sized red blood cells (& in an acute exposure to 2-butoxyethanol - when autoimmune hemolytic anemia is going on)

... what the small sized ketones & a larger than normal number ... as in Cisero's case .. 40+ would mean (long term effect of exposure, most likely for him)

December, 1997 the doctor also noted that his body temp was 95.6 several times ... and that he had DAILY headaches ... Previously gout was noted (which is an autoimmune arthritis) & as late as 3 months before his death his heart was OK.

Gall Bladder Concerns?

*Note: The primary glands that make up the human endocrine system are the hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pineal body, and reproductive glands—the ovary and testis. The pancreas, an organ often associated with the digestive system, is also considered part of the endocrine system. In addition, some nonendocrine organs are known to actively secrete hormones. These include the brain, heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, thymus, skin, and placenta

Click on photo for enlarged diagram showing the pituitary, hypothalamus, thalamus, cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem.

"Called the master gland, the pituitary secretes hormones that control the activity of other endocrine glands and regulate various biological processes. Its secretions include growth hormone (which stimulates cellular activity in bone, cartilage, and other structural tissue); thyroid stimulating hormone (which causes the thyroid to release metabolism-regulating hormones); antidiuretic hormone (which causes the kidney to excrete less water in the urine); and prolactin (which stimulates milk production and breast development in females). The pituitary gland is influenced both neurally and hormonally by the hypothalamus." Fair Use