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10%
- 12% by weight of
Inipol EAP 22
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is made up of 2-butoxyethanol...
which EPA
and OSHA do not tell people.
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It is still (but shouldn't be) a listing on EPA's
NCP Product Schedule which is a
prerequisite for a product to be
considered for use, but does not
constitute "approval" http://www.valdezlink.com/inipol/pages/NCP_remove.htm |
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Inipol
EAP22
is an Exxon product
Inipol
patent formerly owned by French company Elf
Aquitaine |
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Inipol
EAP 22 first used during Aug 1989 here:
Used
in the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Clean up
has caused unnecessary health
damaged
to
unsuspecting workers.
Workers
who should have been long term monitored
– were not!
Please
help
these young men, future workers
&
the environment!
If there were an oil
spill today, would you want this product
used all over again?
Is
it even possible to wear
"appropriate protective gear ***
for workers?" |
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Below
from International Chemical safety card:
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ipcs/ipcs0059.html
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2-BUTOXYETHANOL
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ICSC:
0059
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2-BUTOXYETHANOL
Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether
Monobutyl glycol ether
C6H14O2/CH3(CH2)2CH2OCH2CH2OH
Molecular mass: 118.2
CAS
# 111-76-2
RTECS # KJ8575000
ICSC # 0059
UN # 2369
EC # 603-014-00-0
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ENVIRONMENTAL
DATA
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This
substance may be hazardous to the
environment; special attention
should be given to the water
environment and aquifer.
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EFFECTS OF SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE:
The
substance irritates the eyes, the skin,
and the respiratory tract. Exposure
could cause central nervous system
depression and liver and kidney damage.
(can’t concentrate, depressed all the
time)
NOTE:
with daily urinalyses testing, how could
exposures be allowed to reach this
point? for workers on the Valdez Oil Spill
Clean up?
Why weren’t workers given
results of their own blood work?
Why
haven’t they had their health
monitored long
term?
EFFECTS OF
LONG-TERM OR REPEATED EXPOSURE:
The liquid defats the skin. The
substance may have effects on the
haematopoietic system ,
resulting in blood disorders, such as hemolytic anemia, the premature
destruction of red blood cells.
Also check http://www.who.int/pcs/cicad.summaries/cicad_10.htm
and a 50-page document from
the WHO:
http://www.inchem.org/documents/cicads/cicads/cicad10.htm |
both Inipol EAP22 and Corexit 9527 warn to
"keep product out of sewers and
watercourses" or "prevent
liquid from entering sewers,
watercourses, or low areas,"
respectively. Exxon used a total of
104,510 gallons (395,500 liters) of
Inipol on beaches in Prince William
Sound alone during Exxon
Valdez Oil Spill clean up operations
from 1989 through 1991 (Bragg
et al. 1992 in Mearns 1996).
Bioremediation was the most frequently
occurring treatment type in all sectors
in all years, according to Mearns (Table
1, p. 313). As a precaution, beaches
treated with Inipol were flagged with
bright red "scary face"
balloons, allegedly to protect fish and
wildlife. No follow up monitoring was
done to determine if this was successful
as people were warned to stay away from
Inipol-treated beaches for 2 tidal
cycles (24 hours).
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SO, bad for health &
bad for the environment!
Especially when used in water |
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You
Can Help! Lobby EPA for its
removal on their NCP Product Schedule
Voice
complaints to
whitman.christine@epa.gov
Administrator of EPA, Christie Whitman |
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Add
this to all e-mails:
Know
anyone who worked on the Exxon Valdez
oil spill clean up from Aug, 1989 - 1990
in the bioremediation spraying of
chemicals? Or the decontamination
unit, or the boat that delivered Inipol
EAP 22? Have them check this
website:
www.valdezlink.com/inipol
Inipol
EAP22 MSDS of 7-28-89 Indicates Serious
Health Hazards - But
Many More Exist!
Sincerely,
Mother
Margaret
looking
for the "inipol guys"
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