An answer to a
wife's concern,
"Why is my
husband having bouts with paralysis?"
Anyone Having
Bouts of Paralysis?
Why is this information being shared with you?
Because I believe the biggest enemy our nation
has faced in the last 70 years is this chemical
of harm to Audrey's husband:
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Audrey K, "I found a website with
your address regarding Simple Green and
Butoxyethanol. My husband had a chemical
exposure in 2000. He was using Simple
Green off and on for about 45 minutes.
He started feeling real sick. This was
also not a ventilated area. He was using
a misting bottle. Anyways, he developed
Reactive Airway Dysfunction Syndrome.
That would have been easy enough to deal
with except that he later developed
Multiple Chemical Sensitivities then
paralysis.
We do not know where the paralysis
came from They are not a symptom of
these other two disorders. After doing
more research on this chemical, I found
your information and the study showing
paralysis in primates and rats. Do
you have more information that might be
helpful?
My husband's doctors are not sure what
is wrong with him. He goes into
paralyzing attacks that can last 4-5
hours and effect his entire body or just
last minutes with it being a single body
part. It can happen and day, any time,
no matter what he is doing. He can be
sleeping, driving, bathing, etc. This
has consumed our lives. I am just
looking for anyone who might have
information. Thanks." |
June 12, 2003, My first response: "Thank
you for sharing, Audrey, I remember one of those
in charge of chemicals to be used in the Exxon
Valdez Oil Spill cleanup gave me an ingredient
of Simple Green that was not easily findable,
but I'll have to ask him for it again.
This is other information that was shared with
me though 2-butoxyethanol is bad enough all
by itself & does have a wide range of symptoms
that stump the doctors. I would ask your doctor
to order the specialty testing for chemicals
from ACCU-Chem labs & to consult with
Dr. Rea or Dr Crinean. There may be a way of
flushing out this poison & helping your husband
regain his health. Please keep me posted. or use
this e-mail, which is
my personal e-mail What other kinds of work
has your husband done in the past? any car
painting, dry cleaning, plastics business? Maybe
this was 'the final straw' from other buildups
of 2-butoxyethanol. Margaret Diann Hursh PO Box
233, Valdez, Alaska 99686 1-888-853-5333
July 19, 2003
Note this MSDS on 2-butoxyethanol - Do not mist!
March 12, 2004 Response:
valdezlink.com/paralysis.htm
valdezlink.com/why_fatigue.htm
IF the component of Simple Green, which I expect
to be 2-butoxyethanol, has cause a fatigue from
red blood cell damage, there can come a time
that the bone marrow can't keep up with the
replacement of the prematurely destroyed red
blood cells ... and paralysis is possible. I
heard of this happened to a painter being
treated for prostate cancer. His bones were
hurting Soooo bad & by the time the doctors
found out & he got an accurate diagnosis, it was
too late for a bone marrow transplant.
·
valdezlink.com/anemia_check.htm#more
valdezlink.com/what_does_lab_recommend.htm
· Some helps in diagnosis?
· What is happening with the red blood cells?
· What size are they?
· What shape?
· What is the Retic ratio?
March 24
is the 'anniversary' of the Exxon Valdez oil
spill in Prince William Sound
valdezlink.com/learn_about_workers.htm
16 years - 2005
And more about workers
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What was primarily
wrong with Inipol EAP 22?
- 2-butoxyethanol at 12% by
weight was too strong a
concentration.
- Workers had too much time
exposed - 12-16 hour days 2
weeks straight (not 40 hour work
days here) AND
- they didn't have adequate
protective gear
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Announcement |
Alaska Community Action on Toxics ,
the Eyak Preservation Council,
Alaska Forum for Environmental
Responsibility and Alaska Wilderness
League are bringing a delegation of
scientists, fishermen, community
representatives and high school
students to Washington DC the week
of March 22-26.
We will be holding a press
conference at the National Press
Club on the 15th anniversary of the
Exxon Valdez oil spill on March 24.
We would like to meet with the EPA
administrators of the offices of
Science and Technology and Oceans
and Coastal Protection to share our
new findings of the long term
impacts of the Exxon Valdez Oil
Spill and recommendations of desired
regulatory reform.
We are available Monday afternoon,
March 22 and Tuesday morning, March
23.
We would appreciate coordination of
this meeting with Mike Leavitt,
Office of Administration, Debbie
Dietrich Office of Emergency
Prevention, Preparedness & Response,
Sharon Hayes, Water Policy staff,
Anthony Moore, Senior Policy Advisor
and Carol Jorgensen and Jeff
Besougloff, American Indian
Environmental Office.
Please contact Lydia Darby, (907)
222-7714. |