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Book Release 11-15 Exxon Valdez oil spill - worker harm issues |
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Sound Truth and Corporate MYTH$: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
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author may be focusing on the oil even more than the chemicals used on
cleanup. I do know a
worker who died of aplastic anemia, which is what the benzene of the
fresh oil he was exposed to would cause. (Death certificate said leukemia,
but at his death, there was only a
white blood cell count of 1 - His family should get a second opinion
on cause of death) What
happened to others? I contend that worse than the oil itself, was the cleanup chemicals that made a bad situation much, much worse. There would be many more of these 11,000 workers alive and/or living in health today, if they had never brought out those chemical concoctions ... Especially the one's Exxon created (such as Corexit now sold to the Dept of Defense ... to Australia in 1995 ... to Karachi in 2003, etc, etc) However, now there may be a way to tell if the cleanup chemical of the Exxon Valdez oil spill ... that was harmful (for sure causing blood damage and possibly kidney and liver damage) is medically 'findable' years later. Check through this info 2-butoxyethanol causes hemolytic anemia. Seems to be autoimmune hemolytic anemia; however, I suspect this same chemical of being the cause of CFS, CFIDS, 'gulf war syndrome' And it causes lots of other things, too But what they will ALL have is the same fatigue! It is the first sign of this chemical's harm and it will underlie all the add on symptoms that develop over time. It is Cinderella's other slipper. So what if the company didn't keep the medical records? You have 'another' Will these groups 'look like' the workers who were health damaged from the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup? In particular the US Navy who monitored and helped with the Corexit trials? and the 'bioremediation' workers in particular AND the US Coast Guard who monitored them (meaning they had similar exposure to 2-butoxyethanol)? http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2004/09/1703150.php Just posted on a San Francisco webnews site Can we find Exxon Valdez oil spill workers who will check for the fatigue they have? They are valuable to medical science! They have KNOWN exposure to 2-butoxyethanol. These other groups have NO IDEA what could have caused these symptoms. This same 2-butoxyethanol has harmed not only these workers, but many, many others in our nation over multiple decades and it's going on today, too! Protect Yourself From Future Harm Check for what products contain 2-butoxyethanol (CAS Registry Number: 000111-76-2) in the Household Products Data Base http://hpd.nlm.nih.gov/ingredients.htm or check on the internet. Also check for the complex version Diethylene glycol monobutyl ether or 2-2-butoxyethanol (CAS Registry Number: 000112-34-5) 5% concentration is not safe for home use, per one expert in product development. If you want to know about a specific product you use, put the name of the product, comma, and then the letters MSDS (Stands for Material Safety Data Sheet) and the internet should be able to give enough choices that you can see if this chemical is in the product you are using. People do not take the warnings seriously, but they should. Wear goggles and chemical retardant gloves and have ventilation equivalent to outdoors. On the other hand, most of the time the ingredient is NOT disclosed and you have to know what type of warnings might indicate such. Something really needs to change here. A clean bathtub is not worth someone's life. The price we are paying is NOT worth the benefit received. It is an unnecessary harm. If you have a horrible fatigue of unknown cause, and a lot of other odd symptoms, would you consider participating in a preliminary health survey? www.valdezlink.com/preliminary_health_survey.htm www.valdezlink.com/psa.htm www.valdezlink.com/health_survey_for_doctor.htm |
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caldric, SFC
To change the
major energy source for the world is not going to happen over night. It is
going to take decades. To move to a more friendly hydro or such energy is
going to be both a technological revolution and economic revolution. The
worlds gas stations are worth an estimated 7 trillion dollars. That is
huge and can not be changed over night. |
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MM, you obviously don't understand the right-wing mind. The idea that a giant multi-national corporation could do wrong is anathema to them. None of them will take a look at Dr. Ott's information. To them, any criticism of the oil companies (or other corporations) is proof of bias, and therefore they automatically consider the source to be unreliable and conspiratorial. A mountain of rock solid evidence will have no effect on such people. Others of us though would thank you for your diligent research and efforts to save us from ourselves. It was quite an eye-opener just to see the number of household products which use 2-Butoxyethanol. My gosh, it's just about impossible to escape exposure to this stuff. 
shoeless
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... I see
this as a non partisan issue. I just happen to have an idealistic view that our Citizens of this Great land are more powerful than the chemical companies. Something needs to be changed? Ask Congress! Someone has to be the advocate for those less fortunate. |
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| Shoeless: That's a strange statement for a right-winger. I hate to tell you this, but you've got some liberal in you. I agree that these sorts of things shouldn't be partisan issues, but it always breaks across ideological lines. As you saw, caldric immediately assumed Dr. Ott was biased and unreliable, because she has the temerity to criticize a cherished mega-multi-national corporation. That is a typical right-wing knee-jerk reaction. I'm sure those of us who are more moderate to liberal are much more interested in such information. | ||||
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Restate of Synopsis - Biography of Author
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First Lieutenant
