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THE USA recognizes that exposure to 2-butoxyethanol causes anemia * <--- link

"Thank you for your comments about exposure to glycol ethers and subsequent anemia. The scientific literature seems to support your concerns. According to the California Department of Health Services' Hazard Evaluation System and Information Service, overexposure to glycol ethers can cause anemia and intoxication similar to the effects of alcohol."

The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has published a good overview of the hazards associated with exposure to ethylene glycol monomethyl ether. According to this document, human exposures to this compound have been associated with hematological and neurological abnormalities. However, a long-term study of employees exposed to ethylene glycol monomethyl ether during manufacturing and packaging revealed no gross abnormalities or clinically meaningful differences in hematological or fertility indices. The website address is
http://oehha.ca.gov/air/chronic_rels/pdf/109864.pdf 7 pages

Finally, our National Toxicology Program has conducted a series of studies on the toxicity of ethylene glycol ethers in laboratory animals. According to the study report, treatment with methoxyethanol for 13 weeks resulted in a progressive anemia associated with a cellular depletion of bone marrow and fibrosis of the splenic capsule. Anemia was also seen with 2-ethoxyethanol, but evidence of an adaptive response was indicated by increased hematopoiesis in the bone marrow, spleen, and liver. The website address for the technical report is http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/index.cfm?objectid=072D03A6-FE70-2A40-A0EF54057840FA83

John Peterson, Office of Communications
NIEHS (NIH/NIEHS) NIEHS Research; Thanks for contacting the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences!

Cancers often show up, too, per United Kingdom research; but people are most at risk for death from the undiagnosed anemia ... symptoms at death: 'shortness of breath' (gasping for breath), rapid heart-beat, 'the chills:' ANEMIA signs, not pancreatic cancer signs. Very high white blood cell counts may also be an advanced anemia sign.

Another cause of very high white blood cell counts is this particular anemia 'side effect'
VERY HIGH WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNTS * * <--- 2 links

LEUKEMOID REACTION

Classically, in IMHA the stimulation of the bone marrow is so strong that even the white blood cells lines (which have very little to do with this disease but which also are born and incubate in the bone marrow along side the red blood cells) are stimulated.

This leads to white blood cell counts that are spectacularly high.