looking for vets with sick family members

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November 04, 2003
Both 2-butoxyethanol and ethylene oxide could have been introduced into military 'ok to use' products (mostly cleaners/degreasers) in stronger amounts than before July, 1989... starting with the Navy & then filtering to other branches of the service to this very day. Someone said they could find out; and I'm hoping they are successful. Everyone can help, such as Froggy did. These chemicals are both teratogens. Basically, birth defects. But it could appear that children are healthy and then later there are concerns. This is true for lots of others, like those who spray paint cars; dry cleaning and plastics businesses, too. We had a new family move to town this summer whose dad had been in the auto body business (they paint cars there) She was having a hard time caring the baby to term and was very concerned as to whether or not the baby would be born healthy. One person exposed to these chemicals has multiple health concerns, but is most saddened by the fact that he cannot father children - Zero sperm & doctors have no explanation. Everything else is OK. Check this NJ Hazard sheet & you see that 2-butoxyethanol may cause harm to male testes. Be an educated consumer; there are products you could be using every day that expose you to too much of this chemical. If you have had too much already, you are really stressing your body. Everyone needs to have a healthy respect for 2-butoxyethanol and be very careful - always! ------------------------- I'm just a mother - homemaker- By now, computer nerd! Would be pretty hard not to find one of my web pages on any search engine. I am self-employed working in rentals and we have a B&B in Valdez, Alaska. If anyone wants to tell their story, e-mail me what you want to say, and I'll make you a web page for free.

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To Oct 5, 2002
So sorry to hear about your son; high blood sugar is one thing that often happens with exposure to 2-butoxythanol. I have been saying repeatedly that the Dept of Defense has inadvertently gotten ahold of products too strong in it; I hope they start checking, as I believe it is a match for all the symptoms I've heard so far.

To Oct 15, 2003
Suicidal tendencies and severe depression are part of the central nervous system damage that 2-butoxyethanol causes.... also extreme irritability; the exhaustion is what they notice a lot of, too;
with 2-butoxyethanol that is hemolytic anemia. How EVOS workers feel. Do yours feel the same?

To Oct 29, 2002

I am so sorry about your daughter's health. I have heard of these symptoms with those exposed to 2-butoxyethanol: hair loss, glandular problems, etc such as you mention. So, if it is correct that it too much of whatever chemical, then usually the less chemicals you use in treatment the better. There is such a thing as a toxic overdose of her medications, per MAYO clinic who evaluated one of the 1989 EVOS workers. This is a sad story that began July, 1989

Best Helps I know of are things such as offered here.

There is such a thing as second hand solvent exposure, so spouses are probably affected by the chemical in that fashion. I'm just sharing what I have learned about 2-butoxyethanol I must have hundreds of web pages, so I just picked a couple and hope they help.

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