Diabetes

The Diabetes Epidemic "We now see an alarming number of children and teens with Type II diabetes" Dr Mirkin

... even as young as 2 years old Larry King-Diabetes Panel - May 20, 2005

Maybe certain groups of people are considered at high risk for diabetes because they have typically done cleaning * and menial tasks through the decades that would expose them more to this chemical, 2-butoxyethanol

Lou Gehrig was a 14 lb baby & 3 other siblings died in infancy. His mother cleaned laundry & cooked to make ends meet. They lived in a poor area of New York. What odd jobs did he have?

In Valdez, Alaska since the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup, doctors have seen a lot of high blood sugar leading to kidney failure. My doctor said that they didn't understand why there was such a complication from 'diabetes' (I would call it endocrine disruption from 2-butoxyethanol exposure). I suspect they are dealing with an effect from a chemical which also targets the kidneys and liver. (Autoimmune liver). Still haven't heard that the underlying fatigue is being found, though, not unlike the rest of the nation these past 70 years

Consider:

Diabetes may be from a chemical exposure?

What about high blood sugar (or low)? Maybe diabetes type 2 is part of what this chemical causes, as a late appearing 'birth defect' OR with sudden onset after flu-like symptoms - after one's own direct exposure to 2-butoxyethanol. Maybe that is why overweight and Syndrome X (metabolic problems, too?) and kidney failures eventually ... are part of what a chemical exposure does? Maybe we are dealing with a chemical which is targeting the kidneys directly? * That causes many autoimmune problems?

Type 2 diabetes first 'classified' in 1959?

CDC started keeping track of brain tumors in 1977

I suspect mass exposure to 2-butoxyethanol in the rocket propellants and industrialization jobs of America during WWII (even for Pres FDR and the primary cause of his death 4-12-45) ... and for the Vietnam vet, the gulf war vet ... painters, those who clean ... even for housewives

2-butoxyethanol P o i s o n !

Margaret - email

Blood sugar high? and starting when?

Metabolic problems show up first as blood sugar abnormalities, &/or early on as gallstones (related to liver) and later kidney stones (related to thyroid metabolic issues &/or damaged pituitary) Is Autism a metabolic problem? .. a birth defect?

drMirkin-diabetes & on weight Syndrome X doesn't believe in autoimmune?

Glucophage? Not if glyconutrients will regulate autoimmune immune system

Exercising is good for your health - Dr. Mirkin

Some Diabetes Helps?

Good tips - Drink more water, etc

Upsets Endocrine System - What is the endocrine system?

Change in blood pressure - too high or too low?

Heart

This chemical may cause congenitally deformed hearts -a teratogen effect?

valdezlink.com/pages/heart_info.htm

valdezlink.com/pages/hearthealth.htm

valdezlink.com/evos/heart_rate.htm

Health - Diet

It may be a fallacy to think there is a cure-all pill out there

Weight? Some thoughts shared by Dr Mirkin on weight

Food is the BEST Medicine

Eat well - Help Your Immune System

No more Junk Food joke

Avoid Chemicals

Especially these More info What does 2-butoxyethanol do? SIDS?

What about paint fumes?

People think that it has to be oil based paint to be health hazardous. Not true.

But warnings on that paint (then) and many other products … are woefully inadequate; so how would you know? Now they disclose that it contains ethylene glycol (but not which ethylene glycol) and when I inquired of the company, they refused to tell me which one. I suspect ethylene glycol monobutyl ether. This is also the harmful chemical of the Exxon Valdez oil spill CLEAN UP and I suspect it for the cause of Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome and 'gulf war syndrome' too. I believe it harmed many people in WWII whose children could some day have effects show up; and I believe it is harming our military & civilians even today.

RCAC does not believe Dispersants should be used in oil cleanup - My public input 10-03

What did we learn about 2-butoxyethanol in 1989? Much is known about this harmful chemical. It never should have been brought in to the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup Everyone should WATCH OUT for it! - Yes, a poison!

Wonder what they found out for the auto workers?

Experience_with_simple_green We are a chemically poisoned people

(This chemical & it's double strength tested by EPA as an endocrine disruptor chemical)

EGBE - EGBE Exposure Example What else does 2-butoxyeathanol do?

What should 2-Butoxyethanol Product Warnings be? Why not Corexit?

EPA has delisted_2-Butoxyethanol as a chemical of Concern? Does EPA think EGBE is no big deal? * My letter to EPA

What exposures to chemicals may you have had? Even some household cleaners?

How does your body 'complain' about too much of some chemical?

Doctors - Who Believe in the Basics

Robert J. Rowen MD & his wife, Terri Su, MD - California

Dr. Ben Carson - brain surgeon How to contact?

Dr. Patrick Garrett - Kansas Dialog

Dr. William Rea - Texas

Dr Rea's Clinic comments, "We feel ozone therapy is very risky as it produces free radicals which can cause cellular damage. We use nutrients, CoQ10, B vitamins and Taurine. We also add Phosphatidyl Choline and Serine to IV therapy." We are willing to do a trial with 2-butoxyethanol exposures

H. Reginald McDaniel, M.D. Biography Short Biography

Medical Director of MannaRelief Ministries Glyconutrient Molecular Bio info 7-26-05

Dr Michael Ussery Comments Would he be interested in this AIDS help

Gulf war vets - How to find a doctor

What does your lab recommend to doctors ... to test for anemia? Anchorage - This

How about these?

chills, rapid heart rate, pale color, dark urine, shortness of breath, yellow skin color, enlarged spleen?

How do you feel?

Small Red Blood Cells?

AIHA Fatigue & CFIDS and 'gulf war syndrome' -

all the same thing?

From American Cancer Society -

Suggestions for Research on 2-butoxyethanol

We are not without research on 2-butoxyethanol -

Some research * and * and * and * and *

The missing link - is for doctors to recognize it -

I believe many, many people are harmed by this chemical

Since this chemical is a teratogen we are now dealing with several generations of 'birth defects' along with 2nd hand exposure and direct exposures & harm to people from WWII & before ... to the present day.

Research - Detailed MSDS - Retic info for Doctors

How does the body 'complain' about too much of a chemical exposure? AND

Look for this pattern Check for some of these extra things to rule this chemical exposure in or out

What 2-butoxyethanol causes & Solvent Induced Headaches

Some of these signs of hemolytic anemia should be present from time to time

Many times there are concerns with Gall Bladder

Swollen glands/testes?

Liver? What is the function of the liver?

Are these things relevant for the 'gulf war syndrome' vet? Those with CFIDS?

http://www.valdezlink.com/pages/ask.htm

A provable theory

Hemoglobinuria

http://www.valdezlink.com/pages/iron.htm

http://www.valdezlink.com/pages/bloodtumors.htm

But, the CBC Looks Good!

A Gulf War Vet asks about Bladder Problems

A question on blood in urine and headaches 1st reply

Arthritis, Meds, Liver

Ovaries? Liver?

Painting & your joints hurt? Rheumatoid Arthritis

high glutamate

(This chemical & it's double strength tested by EPA as an endocrine disruptor chemical)

Why Fatigue - Gulf war vets & others Some research references

What are some of the gulf war vets ailments?

Vietnam vet, too?

Not the same hazardous job for brothers The Potter Brothers of Haines

Robin - Other Health Concerns

Research on blood - Blood - ME (CFS or CFIDS in USA)

What about Thelma?

From WHO World Health Organization (via Toxins Awareness Group): paint solvents (such as 2-butoxyethanol) are carcinogenic, painters having a 40% higher chance of lung cancer and 20% higher of stomach, bladder, larynx, etc cancers, while their children are at increased risk of leukaemia and brain tumours.

What does it look like - When 2 things are going on at the same time?

An Autoimmune Issue?

Ask you doctor to test for immune globulins & more in the blood

What things could be considered autoimmune?

And These Crohn's - IBS? Gulf war vet - MS

National Institutes of Health Autoimmune Diseases Research Plan. (pdf)

Is Lou Gehrig's or ALS Autoimmune? Lou Gehrig - Famous Baseball player

In autoimmune hemolytic anemia, the body produces autoantibodies to red blood cell membrane proteins. (size? shape RBCs?)

In diabetes mellitus, autoantibodies are formed against insulin receptors.

Graves 's disease is associated with autoantibodies to thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) receptors.

Pernicious anemia can be caused when autoantibodies are formed against intrinsic factor which is needed for vitamin B12 absorption.

Researchers have proposed that ALS may have an autoimmune basis.

The following are the bases for their hypotheses:

Analyses of ALS patient sera have identified circulating antibodies secreted by denervated muscle. These antibodies inhibit the stimulation of the sprouting of axons, the long arms of neurons which conduct nervous impulses to other neurons throughout the body (Onion 1998).

Researchers have found an immunoglobulin that affects the conductance of neuronal voltage-activated calcium channels which may induce an excessive release of glutamate from nerve endings (Onion 1998).

Several studies of ALS patients found the presence of antibodies that interact with motor neurons (Pestronk et al. 1988a; Pestronk et al. 1988b; Pestronk et al. 1989; Niebroj-Dobosz et al. 1999).
Immune complexes have been found in spinal cords of patients with ALS.

It has been proposed that T cells, activated microglia, and immunoglobulin G (IgG) within the spinal cord lesions may be the primary event that leads to tissue destruction in ALS.

Immunoglobulins high? - low? Some definitions

Maybe the levels are high ...

because you are dealing with an autoimmune issue ...

not a virus? (Well maybe the viruses, too, but not the bacteria)

Maybe the levels drop too low ...

because the immune system is 'wearing out'

due to over activity for 10+ years?

The basics - to find diagnosis for fatigue Autoimmune?

Is gallstone pancreatitis such as John Ashcroft has ... autoimmune?

A good overview on the immune system

Cellular Immune Activation in Gulf War Vets

Trying to Shut Off the Body's Friendly Fire - New York Times

Pappy Ronnie's Immune Info - & - More Blood info Explained

Discussion Forum ideas - Immune System

Trial with Glyconutrients & Lupus - HELP!

Reproductive harm: zero sperm - Men and Women unable to have a child

& a Soldier's Intro to Immunology

Birth Defects? & Babies Lost

Heart Pectus Excavatum (dad had Lou Gehrig's - mom health issues, too)

Gulf War Vets' and Birth Defects - Caused by Ethylene Glycols Also Born with one testicle

One ovary only a tumor -

Shared a friend, "My mom worked in a furniture factory before I was born: lots of paint and varnish fumes there. As I grew up, my dad was in the painting business and taught all my brothers how to paint professionally. (He died of prostate cancer) I was born with only one ovary, the other ovary was a tumor. At age 13 I weighed 79 lbs and the tumor was 9 pounds of that. I looked like one of the starving children but with the tummy bulge on the left side. When I got married, the doctor advised us to have our children early." We did; one daughter died of Lupus after she was grown.

Hemangiomas? Fragile X ALD neuroblastoma - Autism? Cerebral Palsy?

Cancer?

National Cancer Institute researchers have shown that rates of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma have more than doubled in the general population since the last half of the past century. Why? These changes surely have nothing to do with sudden shifts in inherited genetic defects

NHL? Non-Hodgkins' Lymphoma This chemical exposure should strongly be suspected as a primary cause for this cancer

Lymphomas Causes of MCL ? Any help here? 'Pappy Ronnie' had MCL ALL?

What about Senator Arlen Specter's Brain tumor & Hodgkin's * Letter 04

CNS Lymphoma - the kind of thing that 2-butoxyethanol exposures could cause

What types of brain tumors are there?

Are we having more brain tumors now-a-days?

Headaches are the most common presenting symptom for patients with brain tumors. What about pituitary headaches?

What about Chief Justice Wm Rehnquist's Thyroid Cancer? Child Leukemia?

Maybe even breast cancers?

Testicular Seminoma This chemical targets the Testes - Sperm Declining?

Check this NJ Hazard sheet & you see that 2-butoxyethanol may cause harm to male testes.

Neuroblastoma?