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But it didn't used to be? When
you see a personality change in someone, it could be that they are
reacting to a chemical overexposure. There is one very common
chemical, 2-butoxyethanol, more commonly known as ethylene
glycol monobutyl ether that is in lots and lots of things.
Many in the country are at risk for too much exposure to it.
It damages the central nervous system causing all-the-time
depression, memory loss, suicidal tenancies, even a change in
personality: to hostile, aggressive, really hard to live with
or work around. It damages your skin, defatting it (leathery
skin); it damages the eyes (holes in retina); it causes endocrine
disruption: abnormal blood sugar, abnormal blood pressure,
abnormal thyroid; searing headaches in the back of the head
(pituitary?); reproductive harm; damages male
testes.
It is known to cause liver and kidney problems and BLOOD
damage.
It also damages the bone marrow, so bones don't heal.
Sadly, doctors think it is safe; so if you ask them to check more
in your blood (which is the key to knowing whether or not you have
been harmed by this chemical) or you even ask them to look at info
on the chemical; they will not.
It has been used in abundance in the USA for the last 50 years in
hundreds of products. Learn to read the warnings given on products
you use in automotive & household cleaners, too; EPA doesn't
require consumers to be notified of 2-butoyxethanol which is also
known as ethylene glycol monobutyl ether. Now if you have 2
employees who use products containing such, you are required to
give them MSDS information on such; but if you are a sole US
citizen - you have to fend for yourself.
This chemical basically causes all the symptoms of Gulf War
Syndrome; and it was the chemical which harmed many who worked on
the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup.
Diethylene glycol monobutyl ether and 2-butoxyethanol are both
listed as solvents the Gulf War troops were exposed to. Troops
then and now may be exposed to too much of this chemical in
cleaning weapons, in areas where pesticides are sprayed with this
as a component, and in jet fuel sometimes used to 'burn up' the
out house stuff.
However, with all the tests that have been done on the Gulf War
vets of 1990-1991, these chemicals have not been looked into. Why
not? Oh, they're safe, you know. Are we poisoning our own troops?
It was a surprise to learn that EPA has tested both of these
chemicals for endocrine disruption, because besides being
solvents, they are also considered to be pesticides AND they are
poisons.
It is interesting to note that solvents have been known to affect
people - second handedly. In other words there is such a thing as
second hand solvent exposure: through breath and skin contact of
those who are recently exposed and expelling what they can of it.
The major chemical companies are asking EPA to lift the air
quality controls of this chemical ... oh, it doesn't cause cancer
or reproductive harm in the studies we've done the past 20 years,
it's safe, you know.
Well, it is not safe. When those who have lost a child or a
sibling to premature death from this chemical realize what the
real source of harm is, the public will arise with such a
vengeance that the Legislature of the United States will have to
BAN them from use in any products!
In the Interim,
What to Do?
All City Employees
Shall be Chemically Safe!
Everyone should
become an educated consumer.
If you have in
your employ people
who paint or
clean,
or do mechanical
work,
- be sure they sign off on
having read the MSDS on each product they use (Most will
contain 2-buotyxethanol)
- AND that they are aware of the
proper protective equipment and AGREE to use such
- Same goes for police dept with
weapon cleaning
- Get
involved. Share with your Legislators that air quality
controls should NOT be lifted by EPA on ethylene glycol ethers
- Once you see the harm they do;
you will want them banned, too!
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