The
average car mechanic IS at risk, as are painters & those who
clean up oil spills around the country; even housewives.
The most important protective equipment is the airtight goggles - cost about $15 at the auto parts store
OSHA
did reopen this issue for the benefit of 46,000 auto workers. I
have wondered what brought this to their attention and what they found
out? (I suspect it is from the painting of cars, the mechanical work,
and the cleaning products used)
What I'm talking about is in break
fluid, break free; its antifreeze with butyl ether in it
Dow Chemical calls it by their trade name, butyl cellusolve: <6%
strong in
Simple
Green
What
happened to Audrey's husband is scary; plus I've heard some others
just with that 'non toxic' cleanup product (based on dilution of 30
times or a capful in 1/2 gallon of water.
CD2
Engine Tuneup has up to 20% 2-butoxyethanol (5% is not safe for
ordinary use)
What is the civilian name for
'gulf war syndrome?' and is there a cure?
Get
the big picture ... Ask more questions
Other products:
Carpet
Stain Remover Home inside aerosol <17 2-butoxyethanol
Whether or not the warnings indicate so
Break Up Floor Stripper 10-50% 2-butoxyethanol
Westleys Glass Cleaner 5-50%
this is an example of the compounded version of 2-butoxyethanol:
2-2-butoxyethanol or diethylene glycol monobutyl ether
Wagner
Premium Brake Fluid which has 10-20% strength (probably 2% is the
OK concentration) so don't get vapors of that in your eyes if you
value your quality of life
Check other products Put CAS no 112-34-5 into this data base
http://hpd.nlm.nih.gov/ingredients.htm
or CAS no 111-76-2
Don't want any one else harmed by this chemical family
The Harm of 2-butoxyethanol
often goes unrecognized
Some of the things
2-butoxyethanol can do
More
things I've learned
Why I looked into the harm of
2-butoxyethanol in the first place
This is the 'package' of 2-butoxyethanol's harm:
(thankfully not everyone gets everything)
You may know people harmed by 2-butoxyethanol - ask these questions:
http://www.valdezlink.com/pages/health_survey_for_doctor.htm
For anyone who worked on the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup!
For any with CFIDS & for 'gulf war syndrome' vets
Any of these symptoms of hemolytic anemia
Chills
Fatigue
Pale color
Shortness of breath
Rapid heart rate
Yellow skin color (jaundice)
Dark urine (indicative of blood in urine - never dismiss this! Stop
exposure immediately!)
Enlarged spleen
Unrefreshed Sleep
If too many immature red blood cells, other tests may be off
This chemical also causes: Narcosis
Damage to the kidney
Damage to the liver
Present an abnormal blood picture showing: Erythropenia
Present an abnormal blood picture showing: Reticulocytosis
Present an abnormal blood picture showing: Granulocytosis
Present an abnormal blood picture showing: Leukocytosis
Likely to Cause Fragility of Erythrocytes
Likely to Cause Hematuria
from Hemat = blood and
uria = of urine
· Hematuria simply means blood in the urine
Causes Central Nervous System (CNS) DEPRESSION
Difficulty concentrating
Short term memory loss
Very irritable ‘fly off the handle all the time over nothing’
Difficulty sleeping
Suicidal Tendencies
Central Nervous System DEPRESSION
Loss of taste
Headaches and Stupor.
Causes skin irritation: rashes; 'defatted skin; leathery skin'
Causes severe eye irritation - damage to tissue possible
Irritating to mucous membranes and upper respiratory tract
2-butoxyethanol and
CHRONIC EFFECTS - TARGET ORGANS:
Sense Organs & Special Senses (OTHER OLFACTION EFFECTS)
Sense Organs & Special Senses (OTHER EYE EFFECTS)
Behavioral (GENERAL ANESTHETIC)
Behavioral (ALTERED SLEEP TIME)
Behavioral (SOMNOLENCE)
Behavioral (EXCITEMENT)
Behavioral (ATAXIA)
Behavioral (COMA)
Behavioral (ANALGESIA) LUNGS, THORAX OR RESPIRATION (DYSPNAE)
LUNGS, THORAX OR RESPIRATION (OTHER CHANGES)
Gastrointestinal (NAUSEA OR VOMITING)
Gastrointestinal (OTHER CHANGES)
LIVER (TUMORS)
KIDNEY, URETER, BLADDER (HEMATURIA)
KIDNEY, URETER, BLADDER (OTHER CHANGES)
Endocrine (Tumors)
Skin and Appendages (Hair)
Maternal Effects (UTERUS, CERVIX, VAGINA)
Maternal Effects (OTHER EFFECTS ON FEMALE)
Effects on Fertility (PRE-IMPLANTATION MORTALITY)
Effects on Fertility (POST-IMPLANTATION MORTALITY)
Effects on Fertility (LITTER SIZE)
Specific Developmental Abnormalities (MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM)
Specific Developmental Abnormalities (CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM)
Nutritional and Gross Metabolic (WEIGHT LOSS OR DECREASED WEIGHT GAIN)
Nutritional and Gross Metabolic (CHANGES IN: METABOLIC ACIDOSIS)
Tumorigenic (CARCINOGENIC BY RTECS CRITERIA)
Tumorigenic (EQUIVOCAL TUMORIGENIC AGENT BY RTECS CRITERIA)
Chills?
Military since the
late 1930's could have
the
'gulf war syndrome' CFS or CFIDS symptoms
We can lobby
Congress to ban
2-butoxyethanol
& diethylene glycol monobutyl ether chemicals
It is a chemical of harm to the gulf
war syndrome vets ... but it has not been studied. They say that no 2
gulf war vets 'look the same' and doctors are very frustrated ... some
don't even believe there is such a thing as 'gulf war illness'
Well, I say to you, that the fatigue
will all look the same; if there is enough in the medical records,
even if dead ... the harm of this chemical can be pinpointed: there
will be blood in urine early on & for many years later ... and
there will be a drop in the red blood cell counts over time: the red
blood cells will also be immature red blood cells. Those harmed will
be found to have acquired autoimmune
hemolytic anemia. Doctors don't check for it, because the
hemoglobin and the hematocrit don't drop until years later; they don't
expect it to be there; and therefore they don't check for it.
Studies
do need to be done
A
good article
Why 2-butoxyethanol needs to be considered
along with other sources of harm for the 'gulf war syndrome' troops
(then & now) ... and the public, too,
of course
We
can thank the 'gulf war syndrome' troops for bringing this to our
attention