The NJ hazard sheet was the first info that explained about this chemical to me

NJ Hazardous Substance Fact Sheet  2-BUTOXY ETHANOL pdf   

 
Does mention through the skin as being an exposure
 
I think ingestion is NOT
 
I think through the eyes ... is a primary route of exposure
 
Chronic Exposure:
Prolonged or repeated exposures can cause damage to the liver, kidneys, lymphoid system, blood and blood-forming organs.
 
Look for blood in urine; check with a breathalyzer for chemical being expelled in one's breath
 
 
  • Gastrointestinal  (NAUSEA OR VOMITING)
  • Gastrointestinal  (OTHER CHANGES)
  • LIVER (TUMORS)
  • KIDNEY, URETER, BLADDER (HEMATURIA)
  • KIDNEY, URETER, BLADDER (OTHER CHANGES)
  • Endocrine (Tumors)
  • Skin and Appendages (Hair) 
  • Maternal Effects  (UTERUS, CERVIX, VAGINA)
  • Maternal Effects  (OTHER EFFECTS ON FEMALE)
  • Effects on Fertility (PRE-IMPLANTATION MORTALITY)
  • Effects on Fertility (POST-IMPLANTATION MORTALITY)
  • Effects on Fertility (LITTER SIZE)
  • Specific Developmental Abnormalities (MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM)
  • Specific Developmental Abnormalities  (CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM)
  • Nutritional and Gross Metabolic (WEIGHT LOSS OR DECREASED WEIGHT GAIN)
  • Nutritional and Gross Metabolic (CHANGES IN: METABOLIC ACIDOSIS)
  • Tumorigenic  (CARCINOGENIC BY RTECS CRITERIA)
  • Tumorigenic (EQUIVOCAL TUMORIGENIC AGENT BY RTECS CRITERIA)  Source and more
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    The best MSDS info I have found ... stated as above:  http://www.valdezlink.com/2 -bmsds03.htm
    (I have just saved the info on  my own web page ... 'fair use')
     
    Overview of "AVOID 2-butoxyethanol for Health"  Public Service info to Alaska Trooper cheif
     
    I think IMHA or AIHA is the fatigue doctors are looking for in 2-butoxyethanol exposure:
    CFS, FM, CFIDS  http://valdezlink.com/pages /jaundiceandfatigue.htm

     

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    We are not without research on 2-butoxyethanol  -

    Some research * and * and * and * and  *

    The missing link - is for doctors to recognize it - 

    I believe many, many people are harmed by this chemical

     
     
     
    Strong exposure looks like what we call 'the flu'
     
     
     
     
    This chemical did more harm to the Vietnam vet than any other chemical
     
    The whole long list of categories put forth by the Vientam Vets .... One day I took a LONG look at the list and exclaimed ... "Oh my goodness, it was 'the other chemical' in the mix that caused the most of their harm ..... & so little they got disability approval for ... then the Korean vets even less ... and the WWII vets  who knows? no statistics I've heard on the WWII vets ... but look at the higher rates of pancreatic cancers in the WWII nations:  Japan, Germany, Spain, UK, Canada ... & the USA  Michael Landon died in 1991 at the age of 54 (Pancreatic and Liver Cancers)
     
    In the below list of the Vietnam Vets' presented list of health harm, 
    I already excluded the item that Dioxin would cause ...
    and leave what 'the other chemical does" 


    Soft tissue sarcomas ... all of them
    Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
    Hodgkin's disease
    Porphyria cutanea tarda (from dioxin?)
    Respiratory cancers (lung, larynx, trachea)
    Prostate cancer
    Multiple myeloma
    Hepatobiliary cancers
    Nasal/nasopharyngeal cancer
    Bone cancer
    Female reproductive cancers (breast, cervical, uterine, ovarian)
    Renal cancer
    Testicular cancer
    Leukemia
    Spontaneous abortion
    Birth defects
    Neonatal/infant death and stillbirths
    Low birthweight
    Childhood cancer in offspring
    Abnormal sperm parameters and infertility  Zero Sperm  
    Cognitive and neuropsychiatric disorders  Memory Loss
    Motor/coordination dysfunction 
    Peripheral nervous system disorders  Skeptical? @ ALS
    Metabolic and digestive disorders (diabetes, changes in liver enzymes, lipid abnormalities, ulcers)
    Immune system disorders (immune modulation and autoimmunity) 
    Circulatory disorders
    Respiratory disorders
    Skin cancer
    Gastrointestinal tumors (stomach cancer, pancreatic cancer, colon cancer, rectal cancer) pancreatic
    Bladder cancer
    Brain tumors  Brain tumors

     
    the pattern of CFIDS with a couple of add ons I think should be there ...
     
    Info that I've gathered ... research done by others,
     
    Margaret Diann
    Box 233
    Valdez, AK 99686
     

    Also changes in blood sugar, blood pressure, body temperature  - HIGH or LOW  *

    Autoimmune hypothalamus?  *

    8-16-07