Comment to American Journal of Epidemiology  4-15-06

Study of Gulf war vets

Suspect 2-butoxyethanol exposure - CFIDS fatigue & gulf war syndrome
A chemical exposure that gulf war vets and Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup workers have in common  http://www.valdezlink.com/evos/afteroil.htm 

Can we see what happened to Valdez AND to the bioremediation workers of the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup? http://www.valdezlink.com/evos/trusteecouncil.htm 

It looks like 'the flu' but it's not the flu  http://www.valdezlink.com/pages/lookslikeflu.htm
Doctors need to recognize this chemical's poisoning

 

Did our vets have to move barrels of Corexit here 'n there? ?  

& was it in the Arms' Room?

Has the Dept of Defense purchased a failed dispersant of EVOS days?  *

Could the USA find the Navy & Coast Guard stationed in Valdez in 1989?  *

Would THESE 'look like' the 'gulf war syndrome' vet?  

What Navy ships helped with the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup?  They may need to be 'decontaminated' from any residue of chemicals brought on board during those days! Anyone have a photo of the FOSS housing barge?  The DB 300 Barge was a staging barge to reissue gear and equipment closer to 'on site'

 

The USS Cleveland was a military transport ship that arrived approx April 1 and departed end of June, 1989. 

It housed 700-800 workers who worked on the beaches and came back with gear to ready for the next shift. 

It was replaced by the USS Deluth Both of these were LPD7 ships

 
Achors Aweigh - the Navy song - doesn't make much sense?  midi

Says one woman VECO worker:  "The first 3 weeks we worked with housekeeping on Greens Creek Barge. After R&R worked 4 hrs scrubbing rocks then was moved to maxi barge 4 where we sprayed from barge or from beaches.  We also cleaned oil booms and bagged oily pompoms.  Toward the end we were moved to the navy ship, The Duluth, where we washed & dried oily raingear, boots and gloves on the decon barge."    She continues,

"We always had oil on our skin even if we used raingear, boots, hard hat, life vest and rubber gloves.  In August 1989 we were quickly pulled from a beach that had been previously treated with several chemicals.  I believe we were on that beach spraying for less than a day but my sister remembers it being more like a day and a half.  It had a lot of oil but it was brown, bubbly and had a different smell to it."  shared on worker survey form:  June 15, 2003

 

Do Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup workers have help for Gulf War Syndrome vets?  Maybe so!

After oil ... 2-butoxyethanol is the only exposure that 'gulf war vets' and EVOS workers have in common