February
17, 2004
So, for the list of solvents/pesticides troops were exposed to,
can we find out the expected sources of exposure? On line
source: http://books.nap.edu/books/030908458X/html/569.html#pagetop
Back up pdf
copy of Solvents/Pesticides Gulf War Troops were exposed to
per [u]Gulf War and Health[/u], Vol 2 Insecticides and
Solvents, Feb, 2003, p. 612
Surprisingly many ethylene
glycol ethers are also listed as pesticides; and they are
poisons; Not just solvents. (So if thyroid, blood pressure,
blood sugar, etc are out of normal range - these could be the
culprit. And those horrible
headaches at the back of the head and down the neck - Is
this in the area of the pituitary gland?)
Then troops can check out which ones they likely had exposure
to and start finding out what those solvents do. If they
bothered to put them on a list as an exposure; then they
expected that you were at risk for enough exposure to be
significant?
I had a young man contact me yesterday from the general
public, who was concerned about similar harm from CAS No
2807-30-9 ethylene glycol monopropyl ether. It was in the siding
he had been putting on his house for the past 3 years. This
is information I shared with him; and I learned some things,
too, like how many SOLVENTS cause birth defects.
If you have been able to have children ... thank God; there
are some with zero
sperm count and they will not be able to have children; this
chemical (2-butoxyethanol aka ethylene glycol monobutyl ether)
damages the testes besides causing reproductive damage or birth
defects. (Even true for the general population)
