Just because a company is says a product is 'safe' or non toxic .... does not mean that is the case. 

Simple Green is 6% 2-butoxyethanol

2-butoxyethanol and Diethylene glycol monobutyl ether are nothing to play around with.  This is the kind of chemical that would cause the most harm to our military, to housewives ... suspect it for causing the chronic fatigue syndromes:  CFS, FM, CFIDS.

Suspect it for causing DIABETES and many autoimmune issues, tumors and cancers: 'gulf war syndrome'

Audrey got ahold of me for her husband's exposure to misting Simple Green for 45 minutes at work. He must have died, because she was very interested & now no reply.

You probably know that the company claims Simple Green is non toxic. They use Dow Chemical's trade name for 2-butoxyethanol: Butyl Cellosolve. They base their claim on a diluted test of the the product (about a capful in a half gallon of water) and

THEREFORE state because it is too diluted, it is not toxic. The gallon size container offers a full strength choice of use ... and no change in warnings. Personally I think that is negligent failure to warn. Simple Green is used in our Nation's penitentiaries almost exclusively.  I suspect it's used extensively in the Military, too.

I checked a retired Army man out of his rental today.  I had told him about this chemical.  And when I did the 'walk-thru' he commented that they cleaned with Simple Green; then he took a near empty spray bottle of it and said, "See, non toxic and biodegradable!" 

To which I replied, "Don't believe everything you hear"

Then, after he left, I noticed there were a half dozen bottles of kid's flu medicine and allergy medicines.  The three little ones that he & his wife love so much, obviously were having 'the sniffles'  (Loosening of the sinuses is one thing that 2-butoxyethanol exposure would look like)

 

July 25, 2008

Anyone remember a high fever?  http://www.valdezlink.com/re/anyonerememberhighfever.htm#just

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