Margaret H_____
                                             PO Box 233
                                             Valdez, AK 99686

                                             August 12, 2003


Attorney General
John Ashcroft 
950 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC  20530


Re: Cause of Gulf War Syndrome - Exxon sold Corexit to unsuspecting Dept of Defense


Dear Attorney General John Ashcroft:

I have studied what chemicals were used during the Exxon Valdez oil spill 
cleanup - they harmed way more people that the oil itself did.  It was 
probably one of the biggest mistakes EPA made - to allow use of fully 
experimental chemicals.  It was the first 'Gulf War Syndrome'  

After that, one of the worst chemicals of all, was sold to the Dept of 
Defense by Exxon.  Exxon knew it was a bad product, as they had proof of 
workers having blood in their urine; they had blood work (They were 
looking for acquired hemolytic anemia from 2-buotxyethanol) Last year a 
judge in Louisiana ordered Exxon to produce one man's blood work, as they 
confiscated the worker's log and pictures showing the threads 
disintegrating in his rain-gear.  Exxon could not; or would not produce it.

So, what did Exxon do to 'help' the US military?  They sold a product 3 
times worse than Inipol EAP 22 (Exxon's own invention) to the US Dept of 
Defense:  Corexit.  Corexit has 38% 2-butoxyethanol and some ethylene 
oxide (causes pulmonary edema) ... lungs fill up with fluid.

I believe that this is the cause of Gulf War Syndrome:  2-butoxyethanol poisoning. I 
wonder how much Exxon has earned off the human misery they caused? 
www.valdezlink.com/evos/swallowing.htm 

www.valdezlink.com/1989photos.htm 

www.valdezlink.com/pages/letter_to_editor.htm 

Margaret H_____ PO Box 233 Valdez, Alaska 99686

1-888-853-5333  I'm still looking for the workers of the Exxon Valdez oil 
spill cleanup

Would the US file criminal charges against Exxon? What they did to the 
Exxon Valdez oil spill bioremediation workers was criminal

They didn't tell them what their blood work showed. They had no idea that 
the exhaustion was blood damage/bone marrow damage The medical stuff they 
did on these MEN (all men) was for the company's new product - not the 
men's benefit

                                   Sincerely,



                                   Margaret H_____  realhelp@alaska.com