More Brain Tumors Now-a-days?

[Dear Maggie]

The CDC just started tracking brain tumors in 1977.

I think they would be more frequent, even though in some cases it can take upwards of 50 years for them to develop?

I had a cousin who had a brain tumor removed some years back. Didn't know anything about them then; however, in the last couple of years I have been hearing more about people having them & a couple of people in recent months in our small town in Alaska have died of brain turmors. Or had brain tumors.

I personally think it is because of the use of more and more 2-butoxyethanol since the 1930s. If this chemical is the root cause, parents would have the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The fatigue that this chemical causes is hemolytic anemia (which I suspect is autoimmune) The World Health Organization says that children of those harmed by ethylene glycol monobutyl ether type chemicals are more at risk for leukemia and tumors of the brain. So are we seeing that now?

At Thanksgiving we had a young woman come down with Cushings Syndrome and she also had 2 brain tumors: one on her pituitary; one behind her eye. She was medivaced to Seattle to have them surgically removed. There are 2 other people in our town who have had brain tumors removed & they are still alive, too.

We have a park named after Barney Meyring who died of brain cancer. I heard he was a young man; it was after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, so I wonder whether he had some exposure there? He was a first responder with his company, that I know. Lois died of melanoma brain cancer a couple of years ago... a very sweet, older woman that I knew. I wish she was still alive today.

Howard was not that old when he died last month. He first had lung cancer; ended up dying from brain cancer. A family member said he had tumors throughout his body. I know there are people who think it was because he smoked, and it just spread, you know. I think it was because he was a mechanic who worked with break fluid, and other cleaner/degreasers ... and it was from exposure to 2-butoxyethanol That would make more sense. www.valdezlink.com/organs_affect_list.htm

There are multiple cancers that 2-butoxyethanol can cause. Which one shows up first is sort of irrelevant. It is attacking multiple body systems at the same time. The USA hasn't studied this, but maybe they should www.valdezlink.com/generic.htm#fed

Sue died end of Sept this year. I notice the pattern of this chemical's harm with her. First cancer she had was rectal skin cancer. (As a child she had horrible headaches; her mom died of kidney caner) Her death certificate will say she died of liver cancer. www.valdezlink.com/health_survey_for_doctor.htm#liver However, she had brain tumors at the time of death and prior to that a thyroid ailment with resultant kidney stones. When her oncologist was checking her out that month, I said, "Sue, ask your doctor to test for whether or not you have too many immature red blood cells." He did and she did have too many that were immature. His comment, "Well, what do we do with this information?" I asked her to have the doctor look back and see if there was trace blood in urine, but she died before we found out if another clue of 2-butoxyethanol poisoning were there www.valdezlink.com/psa.htm

This is Thelma's story. . . a sweet, wonderful person in IL whom I had the privilege of meeting. Thelma died of the brain tumor that was the size of a golf ball. www.valdezlink.com/inipol/pages/thelma.htm

I personally believe that 2-butoxyethanol and diethylene glycol monobutyl ether chemicals www.valdezlink.com/same.htm are the most probable cause of 'gulf war syndrome' and that the civilian name for it should be CFS or CFIDS www.valdezlink.com/cfid_share.htm These are considered neurotoxins, solvents, pesticides & poisons. They were exposures for the gulf war syndrome vets ... They are exposures for our troops today. And also for moms for mechanics for painters, etc

This chemical doesn't get blamed for much of any health ailment. But if you ask me, it is the root cause of a whole lot; and its harm is so rampant as to affect almost everyone.