That's some damned scary stuff! I use Simple Green like it's water, on the driveway, car, my hands!!
Wasn't bad enough Uncle tired to hide the facts of all the neat stuff we used, now here I go screwing myself up!

Some of these things that 'show up in your blood' can be removed? I would see about what Dr. Rea's clinic has to offer. It's not futile.

Dr. William Rea * Environmental Health Center 8345 Walnut Hill Lane, Suite 220 Dallas, Texas 75231 Tel: (214) 368-4132 Web site is: www.ehcd.com Considered an expert by some; has a detoxification center. Reports one of his admirers who has met him and been to the clinic, "The insurance companies don't approve of Dr. Rea because they are tied in with the chemical industry. Several insurance companies have refused to cover his clients. "Most insurance companies do pay, however." states Dr. Rea. He has healed literally thousands of people. His clinic is like a small UN with people volunteering from around the world. He is a kind, gentle, caring person with an incredible focus on helping chemically injured people. His court testimonies have helped win more cases than have been lost. He is an incredible human being. Dr. Rea also founded the nonprofit American Environmental Health Foundation which has as one of its goals to provide information on environmental medicine. WWW.AEHF.COM has free downloadable articles on various aspects of environmental illness - http://www.aehf.com/chemsens.html.

                Now check into this sooner than later!

But how are you doing health-wise today?

Negligent Failure to Warn is what the paint companies have been sued for on their past manufacture of lead based paint. The paint companies are winning out every time.

We had someone exposed to ethylene glycol ether in paint last June when painting a bathroom ...
& look as hard as I could on the paint can,
& on the internet ... I could not find what was hurting his eyes & the extreme exhaustion the very next morning.



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Next time we went to purchase that same paint it wasn't in a black metal container, but a bright red plastic 5 gallon container with big bold warnings: CAUSES KINDEY DAMAGE ... birth defects in animals (They are definitely on the right track ... except that ingestion is not much of an exposure; vapors in eyes is, though)

They didn't get in trouble last time around, but I bet they 'see the handwriting on the wall'

Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Lower New York State, Way to close to West Point!


 

Thank you for that bit of advice, it will get stored away for further use when my next blood tests are done.
Health wise, I'm in fairly good shape. I worked in a "sick" building (non opening windows, closed air system for both heat and A/C, lots of people) for years that was the cause of URI's and sinus infections. Since I've been out of that building these problems have gone away or at least not reoccurred. I do suffer from what's being called "Sports Asthma." It's not cronic so it's very hard to treat, inhalers don't seem to do the trick. I have done minor damage to my liver from the over use of Tylenol. I was told I could not possibly be having migraine head aches, so I used Tylenol to treat this condition. Problem is Tylenol doesn't do a thing for a migrate, I'd take as many as four in a half hour just to get some relief. Needless to say I abused the stuff and now pay for it.
Imitrex has been a life saver for me, works quickly and the dose is fairly low.
Other then these conditions, physically I'm in good shape.
Mentally, Depression, ADD borderline ADHD, and PTSD cause their own problems. Celexa, Strattra and a few good Gray Matter Doctors are helping me adjust to these problems.

What kind of headache do you have?

This is part of the picture Here I write up what several share about their headaches, both EVOS workers and military. What did you do in the military? Do you have fatigue? You would be better served to see a hematologist/endocrinologist. "Slim" shares

I even wonder if it is in the area of the pituitary gland and not the brain, as people think.

Is it not like a normal migraine headache, but like hot pokers & they come and go over a period of a few years and maybe 2-3 per week?

Safe-building? I think we are going to see things change in our children's school buildings. I saw one school board back east add this to their policy. Just think, our very young and our elderly are most at risk for harm from chemicals. I heard a sad story of a baby whose organs started shutting down at age of 2 weeks, and wondered whether the baby was sleeping in a freshly painted bedroom or something like that. (Too much exposure to 2-butoxyethanol in our oil spill cleanup did cause this 'shutting down' of one's organs; it's not public knowledge, but several died from this - I suspect Corexit that was 38% 2-butoxyethanol) Looks like the military thinks Corexit 9527 is good for something. Pulmonary edema could be misdiagnosed as 'pneumonia' (Maybe there's some non-disclosed ethylene oxide that was in the first version of Corexit)

Everyone needs to learn the signs your body gives when you have had too much exposure to any chemical. But with this chemical in particular, since it is in so many things, you need to be very careful not to continue to harm yourself with repeated exposure in the future. This is very important for EVERYONE

What were you doing when you started 'sniffling'?

You also comment on liver damage? That may or may not be from too much Tylenol. This chemical, 2-butoxyethanol, causes harm to the liver and kidneys. We had 9 of 12 elders in Chenega die of liver/kidney damage in the years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup. Their nearby beaches were sprayed with Inipol EAP 22 - the only component of harm that was mentioned in July 29, 1989 when EXXON's new product came out ... was ... you guessed it:  2-butoxyethanol

Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Lower New York State, Way to close to West Point!


 

These are normal migraine head aches, if there are such a thing.
I do the whole gambit, first is the dull pain on the left side of my head, then the light starts to drive me nuts, nausea. The pain gets so bad I have to lay in a dark room and keep as still as possible.
I did a bunch of things in the Navy. I worked on the flight deck ripping up and applying Non Skid, not to mention flight opps. I did pump JP5 and worked in a pump room for a short time. Exposed up to my waist in that wonderful stuff for a few hours at a time some days. I know I was exposed to Cell Lube at one or more time, nasty stuff, all kinds of warning labels and precautions while around this mess! Chipped and painted like every sailor. Fought shipboard fires who knew what was burning? Removed and installed pipe and ventilation lagging- read exposed to asbestos. Very rarely we were given proper saftey equipment when dealing with the chemicals we came in contact with. Oh, we had hearing protection, goggles and gloves sometimes. But as for standing in the JP-5 just the jeans we wore, no special clothing was provided.
Very rare were any kind of filter type masks, I don't recall wearing one at any time.
I worked and lived in confined spaces with numerous people, colds and infections were common at times. All those little critters you hear about paid us a visit too. Crabs, scabbes, lice, bed bugs. By about the second month on open seas these problems all seemed to vanish, purged by clean air and the constant cleaning?
I count myself lucky as compared to some of my shipmates who were exposed to many the same things and suffer from it!

As for my blood tests/ testing, they do some fairly extensive work ups on me. My one Dr. is worried about my liver. My lungs have always checked out clear, last x-ray was in June 2003.

Accu-chem lab can be used by your doctor, too; not just by the pros in chemical exposures. If you are fortunate enough to have a doctor who will consult with people like Dr. Crinean or Dr. Rea, they can help you immensely.

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These are normal migraine head aches, if there are such a thing. I do the whole gambit, first is the dull pain on the left side of my head, then the light starts to drive me nuts, nausea. The pain gets so bad I have to lay in a dark room and keep as still as possible.

Have you had your eyes checked? (check for holes in the retina) But I have heard of this very type of headache from one of the ladies who delivered lunches to the beach workers of the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup. She wasn't even there that long.

The concern for your liver is a real concern.

A gulf war vet from Indiana, Chad, was recently concerned that they found bone marrow problems and liver problems. "Just something to add to the list," he said. No, I replied, this is primary. The chemical that caused the leathery skin (where your gun cleaning rag was laid), etc primarily damages the blood and the liver and the kidneys, too.