workers' weakness: red blood cells dying off

FIND the Anemia *

Find the ANEMIA - Find THE FATIGUE

*Notes to Physician: Administration of Sodium bicarbonate may be of value to treat acidosis.

Monitor kidney and liver function and arterial blood gases closely.

"Your lungs fill up." (Pulmonary Edema) from a chemical poisoning, a chemical pneumonia & an 'autoimmune issue'

More

and THIS ASSORTMENT of ailments

I had a family member who worked on the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill cleanup (Exposed to Inipol which is only 1/3 the strength of 2-butoxyethanol as Corexit)

I have seriously looked into the harm of this chemical since 2002. I write web pages on the harm of glycol ether;

The most commonly found glycol ether is in the dispersant used on oil spill cleanup.

The blood damage (cause of weakness; high blood pressure, too) is Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia + AI Hypothalamus (ABNORMAL BLOOD SUGAR, BLOOD PRESSURE, BODY TEMPERATURE) High or low blood pressure, high or low blood sugar and high or low body temp

AIHA or IMHA is the hard to find anemia of CFIDS, CFS, FM

The emergency room doctors should check for blood in urine.
Look at red blood cells, are they 'ragged and beat-up? At 2.5 days after first symptoms, look for elevated retic rate

http://www.valdezlink.com/re/gulf/waters.htm

Gulf cleanup workers - ill from being around dispersant
http://www.valdezlink.com/re/gulf/health/5-26-10.htm

What we think of as 'the flu' is actually glycol ether poisoning *

IV of gamma globulin may help (?) Medications with glycol ether will further harm *

Oil cleanup workers report illness And 5-27-10

At a Congressional hearing, Representative Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat, said that the use of dispersants “could result in thousands and thousands of people getting sick or dying as a result of the cleanup, not of the original disaster.”

True

Some fishermen who have been hired by BP to clean up the gulf oil spill say they have become ill after working long hours near waters fouled with oil and dispersant, prompting a Louisiana lawmaker to call on the federal government to open mobile clinics in rural areas to treat them.

http://discussions.latimes.com/20/lanews/la-na-oil-workers-sick-20100526/10

From the L.A. Times

BP told to cut back on toxic remedy

From KTLA

Step back, worker; this job is not worth your life and there is little that medical science can do to help you. Most important protective equipment is airtight goggles & then chemical gloves. These symptoms "severe headaches, dizziness, nausea and difficulty breathing" & flatulence, diarrhea & other flu symptoms are caused by exposure to glycol ether in the dispersant. Your system turns immediately autoimmune. I would call 2-butoxyethanol (which is too strong in Corexit) & other glycol ethers the cause of flu symptoms that are blamed on a virus. The odd assortment of Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome symptoms or what some soldiers call 'gulf war syndrome' is what you will be dealing with. http://www.valdezlink.com/evos/feel_print.htm Anyone know Robin Crochet of Louisiana? She volunteered on the Exxon Valdez Oil spill seal recovery. She died in 2005. Compare Robin's health issues with a gulf war vet: http://www.valdezlink.com/evos/afteroil.htm

DISPERSANTS should NOT be used then or now. http://www.valdezlink.com/re/gulf/waters.htm

#236

EVOS Photo Story

EVOS workers' symptoms

and these and these

Only worked one day

Will we ever stop crying? * ( Sandy )

The Valdez Crud *

Glycol Ether causes multiple AUTOIMMUNE issues *

Anne Thompson,

Using dispersants in the gulf is a bigger mistake than the oil 'spill - leak' itself. EPA banned the use of Inipol EAP 22 (which had 12% strong glycol ether in it), RCAC advised years later, "No dispersants should be used in Prince William Sound." So, why does the US Coast Guard not concur and most probably is using Corexit at 38% ethylene glycol monobutyl ether aka 2-butoxyethanol? Look for flu symptoms & blood in urine (from autoimmune hemolytic anemia) and look for a host of health issues, deaths and birth defects. (CFIDS, CFS, FM) http://www.valdezlink.com/re/gulf/waters.htm I suspect glycol ether is the cause of 'gulf war syndrome' and other military 'syndromes' and civilians would call the odd assortment of AUTOIMMUNE issues CFIDS, CFS, FM. Find out what happened to the 1000 young men in the 'bioremediation experiment' with just 12% 2-butoxyethanol & they will look like what happened to the gulf war vets a couple of years later.

Margaret Diann

May 28, 2010 Kathleen Sebelius to BP - The Govt will track health of those exposed to oil, dispersants, etc * pdf

Gulf War Syndrome Symptoms

... and how many glycol ethers were the gulf war vets exposed to? *

The story of Diane Gates Dulka *

others:

a child who had Kawasaki Syndrome like Jett Travolta

Jett Travolta's Death *

Avoid BUTYL *

PTSD is associated with autoimmune metabolic syndrome *

And MANY of our Presidents

Gary Cooper who died at age 60 in 1960 may have had the effects of glycol ether expsoure

public domain photo of Audrey Hepburn in 1953 Roman Holiday movie

Hamilton Jordan March, 2008 the year he died

& Audrey Hepburn

Makes sense to me:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20032425

Anticancer Res. 2009 Nov;29(11):4717-26.
Immunological similarities between cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome: the common link to fatigue?

Meeus M, Mistiaen W, Lambrecht L, Nijs J.

Department of Health Sciences, Van Aertselaerstraat 31, 2170 Merksem, Belgium.

Abstract
Cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) are both characterized by fatigue and severe disability. Besides fatigue, certain aspects of immune dysfunctions appear to be present in both illnesses. In this regard, a literature review of overlapping immune dysfunctions in CFS and cancer is provided. Special emphasis is given to the relationship between immune dysfunctions and fatigue. Abnormalities in ribonuclease (RNase) L and hyperactivation of nuclear factor kappa beta (NF-kappaB) are present in CFS and in prostate cancer. Malfunctioning of natural killer (NK) cells has long been recognised as an important factor in the development and reoccurrence of cancer, and has been documented repeatedly in CFS patients. The dysregulation of the RNase L pathway, hyperactive NF-kappaB leading to disturbed apoptotic mechanisms and oxidative stress or excessive nitric oxide, and low NK activity may play a role in the two diseases and in the physiopathology of the common symptom fatigue. However, in cancer the relation between the immune dysfunctions and fatigue has been poorly studied. Immunological abnormalities to such as a dysregulated RNase L pathway, hyperactive NF-kappaB, increased oxidative stress and reduced NK cytotoxicity, among others, are present in both diseases. These anomalies may be part of the physiopathology of some of the common complaints, such as fatigue. Further studies to confirm the hypotheses given here are warranted.

PMID: 20032425 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Symptoms of exposure to solvents such as glycol ethers

The story of two dogs and 3 cats and even Jett Travolta at age 2: http://www.valdezlink.com/re/pet/ourdog.htm Little bodies can't take as much exposure to glycol ether without showing its side effects sooner than it would show up in adults. Research indicates that rats die of acute hemolytic anemia (autoimmune, of course). The same can be true of people given more exposure; however, research says that the average life span for humans with AIHA is 10.3 years.
Today my grandson washed my car & used Windex to clean the windows inside & out. I have had 'the sniffles' or what 'looks like' a cold al the day long punctuated with flatulence. (Loosening of the sinuses is something that glycol ether will do; and flatulence to loosening of the bowels and serious diarrhea are the symptoms that show up in me. We are going to NOT wash windows inside the car; and we are going to throw out our Windex, that's for sure!... and use diluted white vinegar
Windex has 3 glycol ethers of which 2-butoxyethanol is one of them along with isopropyl alcohol & isobutane
Immediately following the car wash, my granddaughter rode with me to do a few errands. I had the sniffles with farting and she had sneezing and coughing. If you think you can find out what is in Clean Shower, think again

I have had two of my best friends die of the effects of this chemical: Helen Siatos of Alton. IL and Norma White of Copper Center (In her case the max exposure over the years compounded into an anemia that probably did kill her; but her doctors claimed her death was from pancreatic cancer) . She sat next to the wrong person at church one Sunday, when 'the flu' symptoms were going around. She died 5 months later. My letter to the AMA c/o Dr. Ron Davis who died of pancreatic cancer November, 2008; he was 52. Thelma, friend of Norma appears to have died of a late to show up birth defect: brain tumors.

A rat exposed to 2-butoxyethanol will die soon of acute severe hemolytic anemia; a dog or cat may take a few weeks,
for people the average life span is 10.3 years, per research

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It is not OK that home cleaning products also contain 2-butoxyethanol or Glycol Ether

It is NOT OK to withhold from ill cleanup workers what they are being exposed to