Someone looked up 2-butoxyethanol harm ... and this is what they found:

2-butoxyethanol does a little more than that ...

You have to look at more than one Material Safety Data Sheet & from before 2003,  

NJ Hazardous Substance Fact Sheet  2-BUTOXY ETHANOL pdf   

to get it all (the CFIDS symptoms)

AFFECTS CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM,

BLOOD AND BLOOD-FORMING ORGANS,

KIDNEYS,

LIVER AND

LYMPHOID SYSTEM   *

These organs/glands/body systems

 
Corexit 9527 (38% 2-butoxyethanol) MSDS states:
  
Hazard And Precautions:  
EYES: IRRITATING, MAY INJURE TISSUE IF NOT REMOVED PROMPTLY. 
 

SKIN: IRRITATING. ABSORPTION MAY CAUSE

HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA & KIDNEY DAMAGE

 
EVIDENCED BY PALENESS & RED COLORATION OF URINE. 
INHALATION: RESPIRATORY TRACT IRRITATION. 
Systemic Effects: 
 . 
INGESTION: LOW TOXICITY.
INHALATION/SKIN OVEREXPOSURE: BLOOD/KIDNEY DAMAGE.
TARGET ORGANS: EYES, SKIN, LIVER, KIDNEYS, RESPIRATORY & DIGESTIVE TRACT, BLOOD, HEART.. 
 
 
 
 
and appears to disrupt the entire endocrine system.  
 
Corexit most likely has ethylene oxide which causes even more harm.
Ability to have healthy children?  Both  2-Butoxyethanol  and Ethylene oxide

 are on the list of known and suspected teratogens
 
& they find all this without realizing that it is the vapors in one's eyes & at the cuticle areas of the hands ... that are the worst exposure
 
and
 
I suspect that VP Dick Cheney has harm from this chemical ...
 
twice hospitalized for 'shortness of breath' unrelated to heart ailments
 
hospitalized for 'burning foot syndrome' or some such ailment
 
falling asleep in public meetings ... may be beyond his control
 
 
Remember,  a strong exposure Looks Like the FLU
 
I would like to share
  1. the story penned by gulf war vet, Donny Richardson in 2000 
  2. the story of Robin , a worker of the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup, 1989

  3. Maybe IT IS NOT Dioxin that caused the Harm to the Vietnam Vet ... the Korean Vet?  *

4-27-06