What has happened since July, 1989?

C6H14O2/CH3(CH2)2CH2OCH2CH2OH 

2-butoxyethanol started being used in more products and in stronger concentrations - 

Even the Dept of Defense thought it was OK to use? 

 

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 Studies on Sea Ice - Fall, 2003 & for the decade prior; sea ice melting at an accelerated rate of 9% per decade

The Exxon Valdez ship just outside of Valdez, Alaska, 1989

Did the oil spilled together with the tons of chemicals added to the water, affect the water temperature?

This is the area where they brought the red bags of disposables from beach cleaning - Known as Dayville Dump - Eventually 2 incinerators were going - Side by side - Public domain photo courtesy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council.

 The North Star Borough per VECO request incinerated the 'Red Bagged disposables' of the Exxon Valdez Oil spill  Summer thru winter, 1989-1990

OIT

  OIT uses a proven high temperature thermal oxidizer that consistently remediates any level of hydrocarbon contamination. Located one mile from Eielson Air Force Base

 A new incinerator has been build in about 1990 at North Pole, Alaska - running non stop.  They are stockpiled at least a year incinerating contaminated soils, etc.

Yes, so how much 2-butoxyethanol is being used in this Arctic area:  Deadhorse, Alaska?

 Has EPA allowed 'bioremediation to continue for 14 years?  Are the North Slope Prudhoe Bay workers at the same risk as the Inipol EAP 22 'Bioremediation workers' were?
  With the sun causing record outbreaks of solar flares/coronal mass ejections, warming may be helped along by that.  Who knows.

What is happening to the red blood cells? Why is it so difficult to diagnose?

 What is happening to the Workers' BLOOD?

pdf  -  AND

 Learn what the MSDS says

Need personal protective equipment level IV - not class B - rain gear

 Is the Appropriate Personal Protective Equipment even possible?

PPE Level IV   described also as

2-butoxyethanol is a 'poison' per UN Hazard Code

 Learn to Keep out of Waterways

2-butoxyethanol is a poison - very hazardous to health

Learn How

2-butoxyethanol Affects People- these plus central nervous system damage, immune system compromised, and endocrine disruption

label all areas where 2-butoxyethanol compounds are stored... with POISON cautions

Learn that

 2-butoxyethanol is classified by UN Hazard Code as a Poison - and Label all products as such

Winter Storms do more

 Learn Dispersants Don't Do any Good ANYWAY 

The "Joe Hazelwood Mask" One of a Kind by Carver, Jerry Laktonen, used with permission

 "Scientists are now realizing that ecosystems do not necessarily 'recover' from certain types of degradation."  Thomas Okey

So, what's OK to uses to cleanup oil spills in the Arctic?  NOT dispersants, that's for sure!

 Seward, Alaska - Very Sucessful Volunteers Help Baby Seals Stranded from the Exxon Valdez oil spill

 Mammals - sea lions, etc are in harms way, then, too  *

Alaska Sends 800 Troops to Afghanistan - Hoping the Military will restrict Exposures to 2-butoxyethanol - Photo Bill Roth, Anchorage Daily News 10-24-03 - valdezlink.com/fair_use.htm

 Military would be well advised to check percentage of 2-butoxyaethanol in all cleaners and degreasers used in all branches of service since July, 1989

Chemical Industry

 Learn that you are up against the Chemical Industry -Many products are not properly tested

 

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10-29-03