I had about an hour visit with
her today.
She said they had been drinking the milk for several months
by that time. I said, "Then it wouldn't be the milk. You
will know 15 minutes after
a strong exposure to 2-butoxyethanol
type chemicals, and that's what it sounds like
your 'flu symptoms' would be from."
She had commented that there
were news articles at that time about people in the
vicinity of the hog/duck farms were getting 'flu-like'
symptoms. She shared that she and her husband were so very,
very sick and so very, very tired. If the doctor had checked
the 'retic
rate' it would have been
very
elevated at 2.5 days after exposure to this chemical.
And it wouldn't surprise me if the farms were using such
chemicals to clean up their mess or smell. (Something like a
big 'farm version' of
Lysol Disinfectant Spray?) This MSDS discloses 5% is
2(2-butoxyethanol) Worst exposure is vapors in one's eyes
Over their life-time this couple has also had significant
other exposures to the chemicals. She said long before that
she had hypothyroidism & an operation on her thyroid. She
has had her gall bladder removed. She worked in the cleaning
business and used all kinds of strong cleaners. One time she
used carpet cleaner and had a severe reaction
(Remember the cat?) Right now her joints hurt so bad;
she had headaches until she went through menopause. She
wonders why she hasn't the energy she used to have ...
always has been hard working, but no energy for that now.
"Am I just getting older?" she wonders
Her husband, in addition to the acute exposure to something
similar 10 years ago, also had worked on the Exxon Valdez
oil spill cleanup. At the end of the summer, 1989, he had
such severe coughing spells that you would have thought he
had emphazema. (Cough that won't quit is sometimes
a sign of
too much of some type of chemical).
He had also been in
the Korean war. This dear
man had a skin mole that grew into a cancer. His face was
eaten away like you'd expect to see on a leper. He collapsed
while driving his car & died about 3 years ago. Thankfully
his grandson who was in the car with him was OK.
I'd sure like to have a visit with anyone who knew what
each of these soldiers were doing 15
minutes before their flu-like symptoms showed up.
And I'd like to have a visit
with Hillary's staff or someone who
knows what they were doing when her/their 'flu-like'
symptoms showed up.
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