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Not good - but is this
worse?
These are some of the
chemicals the 'gulf war syndrome' vets
were exposed to (of which 2-butoxyethanol is a known
exposure for the
Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup workers,
too):
BENZENE
TOLUENE
METHYL ETHYL KETONE
I think anything with the n-butyl ethers is the primary
suspect for the cause of 'gulf war syndrome'
Such as 2-butoxyethanol and diethylene glycol monobutyl
ether: also teratogens, neurotoxins, pesticides, solvents
and poisons.
Anyone is at risk from harm from
babies to seniors, from military since the 1930s when
invented by the chemical companies to mom, too
C6H14O2/CH3(CH2)2CH2OCH2CH2
OH
2-butoxyethanol
MSDS info
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What does
it do? Causes eye irritation. Affects
Central Nervous System, Blood and
Blood-forming Organs; Kidneys, Liver &
Lymphoid System Defats the skin
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EFFECTS OF
SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE:
The substance irritates the eyes, the skin, and
the respiratory tract
Exposure 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.
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Medical Surveillance:
Consider the points of attack (liver, kidneys,
lymphoid system, skin, blood, eyes, respiratory
system) in placement and periodic physical
examinations.
[Sittig, M.
Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and
Carcinogens, 1985. 2nd ed. Park Ridge, NJ: Noyes
Data Corporation, 1985. 155]**PEER REVIEWED**
2-
Butoxyethanol causes acute
hemolytic anemia in rats
In F344 male
rats, 2-butoxyethanol
causes severe acute hemolytic anemia resulting in
significant increase in the concentration of free
plasma hemoglobin. Secondary to the hemolytic
effects, 2-butoxyethanol
also caused hemoglobinuria as well as
histopathologic changes in the liver and kidney.
*Notes to Physician
: Administration of Sodium bicarbonate may be of
value to treat acidosis.
Monitor kidney and liver function and arterial blood
gases closely.
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How would you feel, if you were affected?
Tired and grouchy and
So you tell me, if this is the cause of CFS, CFIDS & 'gulf war
syndrome' from the 1930's to now ... do you think we could get
Congress to ban it? Personally, I don't think that
chemical companies are more powerful than the American People.
It is a matter of education and then, maybe the real 'sleeping
giant' will arise ?
(Most of the web pages
here are ones I wrote from a study I've been doing - no cost to
anyone. But doctors need this info to find the fatigue that's been
hard to find) Please pass it on
Why did I study 2-butoxyethanol?
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DU Poster, 4MY: I am of the mindset,
(because of what I have seen)
that many if not all of the conditions associated with chemical
exposure can be either partially or totally reversed. Your body is
always regenerating at a particular rate. It is now known that nerve
cells regenerate (brain cells) something that was long thought
impossible.
You body can regenerate and heal at a much faster rate, and it isn't
done with drugs, white lab coats, hospital charts or magic wands.
http://forum.lef.org/?f=39&m=17545
'There is a book out of the title:
"Sugars That Heal: The New Healing
Science of Glyconutrients"
I would like to know if LEF has an opinion on or will be
offering products containing essential glyconutrients,
as defined below.
from the excerpt:
Chapter 1
Coley's Saccharides
Though he didn't know why they worked, more than a
hundred years ago a Harvard-educated physician named
William Coley figured out that saccharides could cure
certain cancers.
{I have deleted most of the excerpt, which I found at
www.bn.com }
Essential saccharides have also been shown in
clinical trials to reduce allergies and to allay
symptoms in such chronic diseases as arthritis,
diabetes, lupus, and kidney disease. They accelerate
the healing of burns and wounds and help heal skin
conditions from poison ivy to psoriasis. They increase
the body s resistance to viruses, including those that
cause the common cold, influenza, herpes, and hepatitis.
They quell the recurrent bacterial ear infections that
plague toddlers and children. Some people with
fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, Gulf War
syndrome, and HIV have reported improvement in their
symptoms when they supplement their diet with these
simple sugars.
The Eight Essential Saccharides
When most of us think of sugar, we think only of table
sugar from sugarcane, which consists of two saccharides,
glucose and fructose. The eight essential saccharides
our bodies need are mannose, glucose, galactose, xylose,
fucose (not to be confused with fructose),
N-acetylglucosamine, N-acetylgalactosamine, and
N-acetylneuraminic acid. These eight essential
saccharides compose the main focus of Sugars That Heal.
Only two of these essential sugars, glucose (found in
plants and table sugar) and galactose (found in milk
products and certain pectins), are common in our diets.
Although fructose, found in fruits and table sugar, is
also a part of most diets, it s not an essential
saccharide.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Copyright 2001 by Emil
I. Mondoa, M.D., and Mindy Kitei
Regards,
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Essential saccharides have also been shown in clinical trials to
reduce allergies and to allay symptoms in such chronic diseases as
arthritis, diabetes, lupus, and kidney disease. They accelerate the
healing of burns and wounds and help heal skin conditions from
poison ivy to psoriasis. They increase the body's resistance to
viruses, including those that cause the common cold, influenza,
herpes, and hepatitis. They quell the recurrent bacterial ear
infections that plague toddlers and children. Some people with
fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, Gulf War syndrome, and HIV
have reported improvement in their symptoms when they supplement
their diet with these simple sugars . 4MY - DU Poster
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This is Good News
But whatever the cure is for this chemical poisoning,
if known
Is not being shared
I'm working on the accurate diagnosis part
So far, the doctors say they do not know what the FATIGUE is in CFS,
CFIDS & gulf war syndrome
So, many expensive, and painful and unnecessary tests are being
done.
One man shared with me that the tests were worse than the ailment
itself.
But, if there is a cure out there.
BRING IT ON!
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One of the most important
discoveries in health and
disease of the last 10 years or so, may be that the production of
the sugars that the body requires to form glycoproteins
(cellular messenger molecules) is quite ATP intensive, ADP
intensive, vitamin/mineral dependant, and enzyme dependant.
When an individual is perfectly healthy, all this goes according to
plan. When a body is toxic, has a persistent virus, is
bacteriologically challenged (Mycoplasma), stressed, genetically
imperfect (most of us) etc, these sugars may not be produced in
sufficient quantities.
When this occurs, glycoproteins may become (must become)
malformed/incomplete. All cellular interactions within the body
including the recognition of cancer cells, hormonal signaling, a
cells need for cleansing, feeding, defending and its need to "die",
(apoptosis) are dependant upon these sugars and properly completely
formed glycoproteins.
Wouldn't it be nice if a human body could recruit its own stem
cells?
Accelerate the removal of toxins?
Fight more hardily against virus and bacteria?
Well guess what. It can. Here are two examples for you, the rest you
can search out on your own.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/cgi-bin/printable.cgi?/lvrj_home/2001/Apr-22-Sun-2001/living/15843088.html
Conventional wisdom -- and many mothers -- would say Letourneau's
health is at risk because of his all-too-human love of sugar.
But not Letourneau, 44, or his sister, Jeanie Stenberg, 40. No, they
both believe Letourneau owes his life to the granulated white stuff.
"It saved his life," Stenberg said. "He's my living proof."
The substance Stenberg credits with saving her brother's life isn't
the kind of sugar that comes in cubes or 5-pound bags. It's actually
in the form of glyconutritional supplements, a combination of sugars
that are said to help cells communicate, leading to better health.
Letourneau has taken the capsules dutifully every day since
November. However, his introduction to glyconutrition came the first
week in October, when he received about one year's supply of the
supplement intravenously while he lay in a local hospital, dying,
his organs failing one by one.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/034544107...
Sugars That Heal offers a revolutionary new health plan based on the
science of glyconutrients--foods that contain saccharides. It gives
authoritative guidance for getting all eight saccharides
conveniently into your diet through supplements and readily
available foods, as well as detailed information on correct dosages.
Here, too, are chapters dealing with the special nutritional needs
of people suffering from cancer, heart disease, asthma, and
neurological disorders, and methods for using glyconutrients to
treat depression, obesity, and ADHD.
The more doctors learn about glyconutrients, the more excited they
become about their long-term fundamental health benefits. Now, with
this new book, the breakthroughs in the study of glyconutrients are
available to everyone. Whether your goal is to prevent disease, live
longer and better, or treat a serious illness that has eluded
conventional medicine, Sugars That Heal is your essential guide to
complete health.
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Scientific
American, July 2002,
pages 40-47
"Sugars modify many
proteins and fats on cell surfaces and participate in
such biological processes as immunity and cell-to-cell
communication.
They also play a part
in a range of diseases, from viral infections to
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FEATURE
ARTICLES
http://www.scientificamerican.com
July 2002 issue
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Sweet Medicines |
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Sugars play critical roles in many
cellular functions and in disease. Study
of those activities lags behind research
into genes and proteins but is beginning
to heat up. The
discoveries promise to yield a
new generation of drug therapies
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By Thomas
Maeder |
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Now that
the human genome has been deciphered,
much of the fanfare surrounding it has
transferred to the proteome, the full
complement of proteins made from the
genetic "blueprints" stored in our
cells. Proteins, after all, carry out
most of the work in the body, and an
understanding of how they behave, the
press releases say, should translate
into a font of ideas for curing all
manner of ills. Yet living cells are
more than genes and proteins. Two other
major classes of
molecules--carbohydrates (simple and
complex sugars) and lipids (fats)--play
profound roles in the body as well.
These substances, too, need to be
considered if scientists are to truly
understand how the human machine
operates and how to correct its
maladies.
Sugars
in particular perform an astonishing
range of jobs. Once regarded mainly as
energy-yielding molecules (glucose and
glycogen) and as structural elements,
they are now known to combine with
proteins and fats on cell surfaces and,
so situated, to influence cell-to-cell
communication, the functioning of the
immune system, the ability of various
infectious agents to make us sick, and
the progression of cancer. They also
help to distinguish one cell from
another and to direct the trafficking of
mobile cells throughout the body, among
other tasks. So ubiquitous are these
molecules that cells appear to other
cells and to the immune system as
sugarcoated.... continued at
Scientific American Digital |
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Statements regarding
glyconutrients have not been evaluated by the FDA.
These products are not
intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
I, and others, believe in
them; you and your doctor ... make up your own minds
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Not good - but is this worse?
- 'Dear Maggie' 