Reply #6: a sign - but one of the last ones

[Dear Maggie]

I would say that the first thing people notice who are affected by 2-butoxyethanol is that they have a horrible fatigue set in that no sleep relieves and that doctors seem unable to pinpoint. That actually is part of the definition of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, too, by the way www.valdezlink.com/cfid_share.htm

One EVOS worker shared that for him it settled in 4 months after a serious exposure. (Doesn't it take 4 months to make a new red blood cell supply?) He was a bioremediation worker & the co was taking his blood. So I think it was an experiment on people, not just the environment. He told me that they took his blood a second time but this time with thick tubbed needles so as to not destroy whatever it was they were looking for. He was 18 and went on to college and is a true success story, except that his health is failing.

AND other people will notice how groucy and 'fly off the handle all the time over nothing' you've become. (That is part of the central nervous system damage of this chemical) and more parts are sleep difficulties, CNS depresssion, suicidal tendencies, difficulty concentrating and short term memory loss.

By the way, the suicide rate is higher than expected in our current war, per articles brought forward by the gulf war vets of 90-91 (something like 21 instead of 16 per 100,000?)

I would also like to know if this chemical is added to jet fuel www.valdezlink.com/jp4.htm Some of the warnings look the same, like its causing 'defatted skin' A military man who came down with the 'gulf war syndrome' symptoms in 1985 said he kept going back to the jet fuel & he asked me what I thought. I never had given it a thought, until he brought it forward If so, it's no wonder that sperm count and viability is decreasing in our nation www.valdezlink.com/sperm_count.htm

I would like to know whether this or 2-2-butoxyethanol is in gun cleaners www.valdezlink.com/clp.htm Such as had to be the case for Indiana 'gulf war syndrome' vet, Chad www.valdezlink.com/chad.htm

Please don't let your teen take accutane, either, because it has a butylated inert ingredient. The warnings on accutane remind me of what 2-butoxyethanol does. www.valdezlink.com/inipol/pages/accutane_warnings.htm

AND that could mean reproductive harm in the future ... not just during exposure time. 2-butoxyethanol is a teratogen www.valdezlink.com/teratogens.htm