I only know of one man who was harmed from the oil of the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup. (Of course others were.)  He only worked the first week after the spill, so of course it was the fresh oil (benzene) that was harmful then.   He died in about 1997 from what appears to be aplastic anemia.  He was said to have died from leukemia, but no way... hardly any white blood cells or platelets and he had a lower than normal red blood cell count too.  His wife shared the last 6 months readings of his blood.  

The chemical of the oil spill cleanup caused more harm than the oil itself and few people know that.  Even the 1993 herring run was overlooked by top biologists.  If they knew about 2-butoxyethanol (a poison / solvent / pesticide) they would have taken note when the herring had no bladders ... and they couldn't swim straight (central nervous system damage?) and they were bleeding thru their scales (blood damage & skin damage)  www.valdezlink.com/inipol/no.htm

 

I've been doing my own intensive study this past 18 months.  Everything I've learned I've put on a web page, so anyone interested could get up to speed in a few days.  When they were talking about putting more of those horrible chemicals in the arctic waters as a 'plan' for future oil spills my public input was as follows:  www.valdezlink.com/req_reply.htm

 

This would be a good place to start, for someone who wants a lot of helps right now:  http://www.valdezlink.com/generic.htm

And this is a summary of what I've been sharing with Gulf War vets.  www.valdezlink.com/gwv1-5.htm

 

These are some of our workers I've talked with, and it helped me piece together what harmed us the most:  www.valdezlink.com/workers_etc.htm    If someone has these symptoms  www.valdezlink.com/scenario.htm  and www.valdezlink.com/health_changes.htm  and www.valdezlink.com/complete.htm and if there is exposure to 2-butoxyethanol ... the symptoms of harm to the Gulf War Vets line up best with this chemical, than the organophosphates of the study on 'Gulf War Syndrome 'Vets  www.valdezlink.com/dear_editor.htm

 

This is a lot to put on you all at one time; but I share with  you that the chemicals of the cleanup caused more harm than the oil itself.  www.valdezlink.com/learn.htm   In the articles by LA Times & Anchorage Daily News ... there are a couple of workers harmed from diesel fumes; but most of the harm they identify is really from the chemicals of the cleanup.  www.valdezlink.com/hi.htm 

 

These chemicals should be banned by the Legislature!

 

 

Troops did have exposure to 2-butoxyethanol