Initial Difference Between Health Damage from Crude Oil and Cleaning Chemicals Strong in 2-butoxyethanol

Have we learned anything from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill cleanup? ... whether it was the oil or the chemicals, it was all bad for the environment AND the PEOPLE. There was no point in putting PEOPLE in harm's way when nature's storms did the best job of cleaning the beaches. If we've learned anything... it is keep the people out of harm's way: don't expose them to the oil and don't make a bad situation worse by 'cleaning' the beaches with surfactants! Inipol EAP 22 was an Exxon owned product 7-28-89, not the fertilizer it was purported to be, but a surfactant of 12% 2-butoxyethanol! and now Exxon wants to test Corexit? Please no more damage to Alaska! These are just 'Spray 'n Wash' but the damage to herring... to people: www.valdezlink.com/inipol; Oil exposure can cause aplastic anemia (low red blood cells, low white blood cells, low platelets) and leukemia; 2-butoxyethanol in Inipol EAP 22 and now Corexit causes hemolytic anemia (lower than normal RBCs - for you)... the body prematurely destroys its own red blood cells and worse. Workers feel tired all the time from blood damage. Their children are at greater risk for brain tumors and leukemia. Please, next time hurt no people; use no Chemicals!

Should the red blood cell count be borderline normal, and your doctor can find no reason for your exhaustion, ask the doctor to request that the lab look at the blood cells under the microscope. Are they rounded... 'tear-drop' shaped? ... or sort of 'ragged' and 'beat up?' (Added 3-12-03)

www.valdezlink.com/check_blood.htm 8-26-03

2-butoxyethanol is the same chemical that is so hazardous to the health of men who spray paint cars. Recently I have spoken with two workers of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill cleanup who say they are loosing their eye-sight. Said someone unrelated to this issue, "When I was a teenager & borrowed a guy's garage to spray paint my car, he gave me a helpful hint: The eyes and the cuticles are the main entrance into the body for 2-butoxyethanol. Wear your eye goggles and your chemically retardant gloves... very important." (Added 3-12-03) OSHA was seeking comments November, 2002 Protective Equipment *

Consider the Middle Ages and the "bubonic plaque." The bacteria was found to enter through the eyes.

Affects eyes?

Example - Help anyone?

Capt Richard March 20, 2003 Summary

HELP - send this link to a friend in the lower 48 www.valdezlink.com/inipol/congress.htm or www.valdezlink.com/inipol/pages/worker.htm

'Mother Margaret'

PO Box 233

Valdez, Alaska 99686

1-888-853-5333

valdez@alaska.com

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and What are the symptoms for having too much exposure to chemicals? * Only oil? *

What Kind of anemia? * Worker Survey * Do yourself a favor - Check your Blood counts *

What was in the Crude Oil? (MSDS) with hazard substance info * Worker comments *

What does 2-butoxyethanol do? (MSDS) * with hazard substance info * Worker comments *

An easy test for hemolytic anemia * Housewives be careful, too *

"The human toll alone is not worth it!" Dr. John Middaugh, Alaska State Dept of Epidemiology

"Right after the spill occurred, there was a tremendous focus on the
potential toxicity of the oil. There was a question that if the oil
contained substances that could potentially harm workers on a
long-term basis, or on a severe short-term basis, and induce
sterility or cancer or birth defects, then it would be unethical to
undertake cleanup at all," recalled Middaugh, the state epidemiologist.

Home Page for Workers: www.valdezlink.com/inipol/pages/grouped.htm

Is Corexit, as constituted now,

Nothing more than a remake of Inipol EAP 22?

How strong is the poison of 2-butoxyethanol,

the only ingredient EXXON will identify?

38% by MSDS - That's way too much!