Summary of Information on What 2-butoxyethanol Can Do - How to Recognize it  CFIDS  -  FM   -   etc

  Life is in the Blood  -  Do you know enough about your Red Blood Cells? *    *   *  *

 
 
If Exposed how do you feel?
 
Horrible HEADACHES
 
Other things 2-B can do
 
and these things, too
 
Brain Tumors? *  * *
 
Protect Yourself From Future Harm - Learn what Products YOU use that contain it

Check for what products contain 2-butoxyethanol
(CAS Registry Number: 000111-76-2)
in the Household Products Data Base
http://hpd.nlm.nih.gov/ingredients.htm

5% concentration is not safe for home use, per one expert in product development.

Also check for the complex version Diethylene glycol monobutyl ether or 2-2-butoxyethanol (CAS Registry Number: 000112-34-5)

 
Some who've been exposed
 

Check our Leaders

 
People of Interest
 
Mimics Psychiatric Disorder
 
Concern for Children  *
 
SIDS at any age
 
Accutane & Side Effects
 
Overview - Find Fatigue
 
Does the Navy have answers?
 
Kidney Stones - Metabolic?
 
Exposure Experiment
 
Medical Trends

A Teratogen chemical

Children affected -

If parents' poisoned

Wonder of wonders! The 2-butoxyethanol family of chemicals are Teratogens - They harm the developing fetus

*  *  *  *

* Gulf War Vets' Loss of Child *

Miscarriages * 

New Moms * 

Down Syndrome  *  *

 

 2bC6H14O2/CH3(CH2)2CH2OCH2CH2OH 

           Poison!

2-butoxyethanol MSDS info

Causes eye irritation. Affects Central Nervous System, Blood and Blood-forming Organs;  Kidneys, Liver & Lymphoid System  Defats the skin

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.

 

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.

Medical Surveillance:

Consider the points of attack (liver, kidneys, lymphoid system, skin, blood, eyes, respiratory system) in placement and periodic physical examinations.
[Sittig, M. Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens, 1985. 2nd ed. Park Ridge, NJ: Noyes Data Corporation, 1985. 155]**PEER REVIEWED**

2-Butoxyethanol causes acute hemolytic anemia in rats

In F344 male rats, 2-butoxyethanol causes severe acute hemolytic anemia resulting in significant increase in the concentration of free plasma hemoglobin. Secondary to the hemolytic effects, 2-butoxyethanol also caused hemoglobinuria as well as histopathologic changes in the liver and kidney.

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

Monitor kidney and liver function and arterial blood gases closely.

But what if the primary harm is to the immune system?  What if the real problem with this chemical's harm is an autoimmune problem ... for almost everything?  First toward the red blood cells, which would be autoimmune hemolytic anemia.  It hide's out - I suspect it to be the fatigue doctors are looking for in CFS, CFIDS, 'gulf war syndrome'

Some other names for 2-butoxyethanol *

For Everyone - Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia  *

I think 'gulf war syndrome' is still going on  *

Help for this gulf war vet?  Corexit in the Arms Room?  *

What is the civilian name for 'gulf war syndrome?' and is there a cure?  *

OVERVIEW

 

Look Alike? Do WWII Vets, Vietnam Vets, Korean Vets, Gulf war vets and civilians with CFIDS look alike?  Do they look like the Exxon Valdez oil spill 'bioremediation' workers?  Do they look like our soldiers who fight in wars today?
If you need a specialist, what kind would you need? Ask to be referred to an immunologist  (or hematologist)
 
Immune system can aim at red blood cells, joints, colon, liver, kidneys, nervous system, etc  It may be almost entirely an autoimmune issue.
 
Fatigue?  Immune system is working overtime to prematurely destroy the red blood cells.  Fatigue is autoimmune hemolytic anemia

Red blood cells & all immune cells are made in the bone marrow

Immunology Issues?  Help Here?

 

 

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