It was in the paint when all vehicles were repainted; some co used it as an experiment at end of war when oil spill cleanup was tried there; it is in gun cleaners, I think; and what they use to 'decontaminate' equipment; it is in many cleaning products ... like Simple Green, etc, etc, etc

Some comments on e-bay discussion forum and some examples in thread on 'second hand solvent exposure:'

"You have a nice way of putting things. Yes, looking at the BIG picture is essential if doctors want to find the root cause of harm. I wrote 'the big picture' web page when gathering information from gulf war vets with 'the syndrome' back in 2003. I strongly suspect this chemical to be the chemical that harmed them most. And since the researchers as recently as last year say they are no more harmed than the general public ... same percentage of the health ailments they have ... are there, too, for the general public. So 28% of the population ... would correlate to the same as 28% of the 'gulf war vets' or 195,000 of the 700,000 force.

(Doctors who examined the 'gulf war syndrome' vets were coming down with 'the syndrome' too... and this is an example of Second Hand Solvent Exposure)

That means the govt spent $300 million on research looking in the wrong direction. I think it is 2-butoxyethanol that causes CFIDS and that that is the civilian name for 'gulf war syndrome'

Do an 'experiment' Did those who came down ill this past Jan also have elevated blood sugar, blood pressure, body temp? (Hypothalamus autoimmune is something I suspect this chemical does with those items becoming abnormal ... either high or low)

Did they have 'blood in urine?' That is a sign of the autoimmune hemolytic anemia that 2-butoxyethanol would cause.

I suspect you are at risk in your profession, just as the chiropractor was in our town from 1989. He came down with melanoma eye cancer in 1992. Then he died a couple of years ago from hard to find liver cancer. It was not benzene that causes these things ... it is 2-butoxyethanol.

So check these things, and get a checklist for CFS, FM, or CFIDS ... and check and see whether headaches & other issues like anger outbursts, depression, sleep issues also show up. The fatigue is hard to find, and the way doctors have been looking at the world of health needs an adjustment. Check the same info in a 'new framework' THIS chemical exposure looks like 'the flu' and unless and until we blame it for something that it does ... we are going to see things get worse and worse. WE are at epidemic levels of CFIDS I image ... brain tumors .... cancers of all kinds and autoimmune issues in general

Our Presidents' doctors don't find it (Suspect this chemical to have harmed Pres FDR ... & be the primary cause of his autoimmune issue & subsequent death; so why should we expect anything differently for our local GP?

I wonder about the 'shortness of breath' for VP Dick Cheney. He doesn't have heart issues. I suspect 'the hard to find' anemia."