I stumbled onto the FATIGUE - Headaches of CFIDS

I didn't realize when I started my study on 2-butoxyethanol over 3 years ago ... that that's what I'd find, but I do believe I have made a major medical discovery ... and I'm neither a medical person nor a researcher.

I believe 2-butoxyethanol overexposure is the primary cause of Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome, and that doctors don't find the fatigue because the red blood cell counts appear to be in normal range for many years; and they don't know that blood in urine is significant for ethylene glycol monobutyl ether's harm ... to prove this chemical's harm you have to prove THE FATIGUE that doctors say they don't know what it is.
 
 
So, red blood cells that are small-sized and blood in urine are 2 red flags for this chemical's effects. AND the other clues, such as the odd assortment of CFS symptoms. It has a very strong 2nd hand exposure. I believe that if you were around someone who was strongly exposed ... that you could get exposed by getting their 'breath' in your eyes. Vapors in eyes is not realized to be an exposure.
 
 
Gulf war vets have said, "Why is it that our spouses ... & children born before we were deployed to the gulf in 90-91 ... also come down with 'the syndrome' upon our return?" I believe it is 2nd hand solvent exposure. The chemicals I'm talking about are on the list of solvents and pesticides the gulf war troops were exposed to . It is both.


I would have never looked into it in the first place, had someone in my family not worked on the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup & was harmed by it. The only chemical of harm listed on the new product was 2-butoxyethanol. So, unlike many who are harmed by this chemical, we knew what harmed him.
 
 
This chemical's pattern (which I do recognize) also gives me </SCRIPT>another viewpoint on diabetes .  Health changes since 1989 for the Citizens of Valdez may relate more to the presence of 2-butoxyethanol in the area than one might realize.
 
 
Margaret Diann
Valdez, ALASKA
 

2-11-06