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How did you came up with 2-butoxyethanol as harming anyone?
... from the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup?
Usually the oil spill comments you see in the public arena relate to the oil as being what was harmful, such as someone commented to me recently Oil vs Chemicals ... then even Gulf War Vets for 2-butoxyethanol exposures? Good Questions! First off, I'd been learning about 2-butoxyethanol for 10 months - and knew a lot about it when I noticed last March, that the symptoms of Gulf War Syndrome shared by the American Legion ... was strikingly similar to the symptoms of 2-butoxyethanol poisoning. I recognized this 'package' of symptoms! That causes multiple health changes!
Why did I decide to study
2-butoxyethanol in the first place?
For me it was an easy pick. Because, except for some who come
into contact with Corexit
(which besides 2-butoxyethanol,
there was a harmful ingredient called ethylene oxide),
(and even though there were 3
other ingredients in the bioremediation compound with some harm, NOW
disclosed; http://www.valdezlink.com/inipol/pages/c_only.htm )
at the time, the primary and
nearly only ingredient listed in the chemical used the MOST for
chemical 'clean up' of the beaches was
2-butoxyethanol (But there was some 'experimenting'
before that was selected www.valdezlink.com/others.htm
)
So, for my search of what was
harming these ...
It was simply a matter of learning
about THAT chemical; we only thought it was a solvent;
turns out it is a poison and a pesticide www.valdezlink.com/doc_gen.htm
It would be a biocide, in that
they weren't trying to 'kill' any pests; however, I recently learned
that it was labeled
by EPA as a pesticide and tested for endocrine disruption
in a study. They were checking 101 chemicals
Wow, what an eye-opener!
Then to see jet fuel labeled as a pesticide. Wow! what a
surprise
I suspect that Corexit got mixed
in with Jet fuel as an 'experiment'
I wonder if there is any left
over? And whether soldiers in Iraq are using it today?
to burn up the out house stuff? ...What
were the ones doing that died with their lungs filling up with
fluid? Was it in one geographic location? Anyway it
could have been pulmonary edema from the ethylene oxide in Corexit
9527 (wherever the military has that)
A Navy man with your symptoms said
he had been studying the jet fuel because it's the only thing he could
figure out. I looked into it on Saturday, and was surprised to
see more than the Jet fuel normal 'warnings' I see things like
defatted skin; and wash eyes for 15 minutes ... stuff that go with
2-butoxyethanol warnings, although minimal. I pulled up a
sample MSDS - I'm sure other companies make it and all; but for
starters, look at the date on this www.valdezlink.com/jp4.htm
The Corexit 9527 is there, too; and because of the disclaimer at the
bottom, I believe that the military bought some; and my theory:
wherever that is in the military - soldiers are at EXTREME HIGH risk
of harm
The date is later than your
interest; but the chemical was 'around' since July, 1989, and most
likely they were allowed to 'experiment' with a version before making
it official. A theory.
I
appreciate those who are interested in this subject
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