What Exposures to Chemicals May You have had?

Type of work or 

Possible Exposure to Chemicals

especially 2-butoxyethanol family

Any symptoms?

 No Yes Explain

Have you worked in the dry cleaning or Plastics business?

      
Have you spray painted cars?      
Have you cleaned your home with household cleaning products for a number of years?  Which ones?  409 Cleaner?  Be Careful      

Regular 409 Cleaner

? Have you noticed there is a new grease cutting version?  More 2-buotoxyethanol? - but at what cost?

      
Have you washed a boat with Lysol Tub 'n Tile?  has a pesticide *      

Did you work on the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup?  How do you feel?

Anchorage Daily News

LA Times 11-07-01 

No Good came out of this Experiment

1989 Exxon Valdez Oil spill cleanup Photo Story

 

First Gulf War Syndrome 'victims'?   

Share what you did

      
Were you on one of the Navy ships that helped with the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup?       
Were you a Gulf War Vet, 1991 GWV syndrome symptoms      
Were you in the military since July, 1989? 

The military bought Corexit 9527? Corexit 9527 has 38% 2-butoxyethanol and some ethylene oxide (causes pulmonary edema) ... lungs fill up with fluid. perpetual GWS?  beginning of GWS?

      
Were you a spouse of a Gulf War Vet or Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup worker?

Theory on Second Hand Exposure to Solvents

      
Have you worked with glues and varnishes when building or maintaining your home?      
Are you a mechanic?  What do you use to 'clean' your hands?      
What about those who build and maintain airplanes - commercial & private?  They work with paint - grease - cleaners, too      
Maybe it's the benzene in the oil you were exposed to?      
Have you taken Accutane for acne?      
What were you doing before you started sniffling?      
Have you taken chemo therapy?      
Simple Green - work exposure      
Karachi oil spill - 2003      
1993 Prince William Sound Herring Run - 80% lost      
Our Oceans' Marine Mammals?      
What exposures to mosquito spray and chlorine have the young & the elderly been exposed to?      
Other      

How to request information using the Freedom of Information Act

 

 

 

Miscellaneous Health Tips

Many people have been chemically poisoned and are unaware of it.

Description & Synonyms for this chemical

Symptoms of too much chemical exposure, plus more info on 2-butoxyethanol in general * 

Check list - to find hemolytic anemia 

- those exposed to too much 2-butoxyethanol 

will have acquired hemolytic anemia 

(very uncommon in the general population)

Hoping to find an accurate diagnosis - More things to check & helps

& an effective treatment (which may mean NO medications)

Open Letter to doctors

July 25, 2003   

                More Helps - 8-23-03   Wear Appropriate protective gear 

2-butoxyethanol MSDS states:

Effects of Short term Exposure:  The Substance Irritates the Eyes, the Skin and the Respiratory Tract.  The substance could cause Central Nervous System depression and Liver and Kidney damage.

Effects of Long term or Repeated Exposure:  The liquid defats the skin.  The substance may have effects on the haematopoietic system, resulting in blood disorders.
Peace

From the victim's perspective - what might you notice?

Isn't 38% 2-butoxyethanol too much,

 even for industrial-use products such as Corexit 9527?

 

Is the consumer unaware of the hazards of products strong in 2-butoxyethanol?

 

Is this a 'political' issue? 

No - Issues of Human Life Transcend Politics

 

These are Life and Death issues

relating to 2-butoxyethanol poisoning...

It is found in many products

& some may need to be expunged from the military

 - It is NO help - It is like a 'land mine' in your camp