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Another cause of
lung cancer * Who has lung cancer who's lived in Valdez?
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Who has died of lung cancer who lived in Valdez? Before AND after 1989? Bonnie Neilsen died March 10, 2006. When on vacation she was having trouble breathing and her husband insisted that she go to the ER. Her lung cancer was diagnosed in August, 2005. I spoke with her in December and she said that she had non small cell carcinoma. (I'll double check that, but I think that's what she said) She said she did not smoke. I asked her what she did in 1989. She said that at first she worked in the sea otter recovery in Valdez and then ended up working in an Exxon office. Last month she was medivaced to Anchorage with fluid building up in her lungs. Bonnie has 2 children, Jay Quinlan and Jennifer (who is married to Scott Benda). Bonnie was a very sweet woman not yet 50 most likely. Our town and our world is diminished by loosing her.
Howard Chaffin
(& had tumors throughout his body) Je even had brain tumors. Howard and his wife owned the
Chevron in Valdez. He could have worked with this chemical in
auto mechanics; it is in brake fluid, etc. But also, everyone
came there to buy their gas. Maybe second hand solvent exposure
to EGBE?
Shellie Moehler
Thought for a long time to just have a cold or the flu? Lung
cancer was not diagnosed until late stage
Ed Irish?
(1989 he worked the big fork lift on the docks.)
I heard they thought he was OK, and then he hemorrhaged to
death.
I heard he worked the big
fork lift on the docks ... with the big kettle type of buckets
- he most likely came into contact with the Corexit and Inipol
(38% and 12% 2-butoxyethanol)
From the day I attended his
memorial service I suspected he came into contact with this
chemical in 1989. It can take a long time for lung
cancer to show up, they say
Del Welch (& he
also had liver, lymph & bone cancers)& he did work on the oil
spill cleanup - Provided landing craft to a
bioremediation site - Knight Island
And? Lee Oljker - 1992 Melanoma Eye cancer. He was a chiropractor and a valued City Council member. Died of hard to diagnose liver cancer, Jan, 2005. I suspect second hand solvent exposure to 2-butoxyethanol in 1989.
March 9 Jack Johnson died of
cancer. I don't know what kind; however, he drove Taxi cab in
recent years. I don't know what he did in 1989 ... in the 40s
his folks worked in a mill. Several came down with colon cancer.
I've been wondering whether those in the Weather Office had a lot of people in 1989 come into their office ... Jeff Bailey has had a lot of health concerns in recent years. A woman who worked at the Clinic in 1989 died last month of ALS - Although his family doesn't suspect so, I believe Slim Blood who did live in Valdez in 1989 and before ... with serious kidney & liver concerns should be counted among the victims of 2-butoxyethanol poisoning. Died before he should have; suffered in a way he should not have. I would also like to know whether or not there was a serious flu for Clyde Ruhl whose diabetes was so severe he died after an operation for cutting off his second leg. He was healthy before 1989 wasn't he? Diabetes is one of the primary side effects of 2-butoxyethanol poisoning. Clyde was a surveyor. Maybe he ran across some of the spilled chemical - or maybe second hand solvent exposure, again. Jaw Cancer for Tom Van Brocklin (died early 1990s) and for JD our electrician (died January, 2006). Is there the same chemical exposure? I suspect so. After Cheryl Jacob's husband, Don, shared what her health concerns were ... I strongly suspect, as a tax professional, she could also have had second hand solvent exposure and that her death is more related to that than anything else. (gastrointestinal issues & more) They say our barber died of a heart attack - maybe so - maybe collapse from the advance fatigue. But on the other hand, 2-butoxyethanol exposure should be suspect for causing heart damage, too. We're also seeing a lot of brain tumors in recent years; diabetes, too Help for anyone with tumors & autoimmune issues - Check into glyconutrient food supplements and emphasis on good nutrition. 3-11-06 |
I'd like to know what Dr. Gerard thinks about these things