Do these health ailments noted for Vietnam Vets look like what happened to the cold war Korean vets? ... like what happened to the 'gulf war syndrome' vet?

Soft tissue sarcoma *

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma NHL

Hodgkin's disease

Chloracne (this however IS from dioxin)

Porphyria cutanea tarda * (in genetically susceptible individuals) * high blood sugar, low HGB this example

Respiratory cancers (lung, larynx, trachea)

Prostate cancer

Multiple myeloma

Hepatobiliary cancers

Nasal/nasopharyngeal cancer

Bone cancer

Female reproductive cancers (breast, cervical, uterine, ovarian)

Renal cancer

Testicular cancer

Leukemia

Spontaneous abortion

Birth defects

Neonatal/infant death and stillbirths

Low birthweight

Childhood cancer in offspring

Abnormal sperm parameters and infertility

Cognitive and neuropsychiatric disorders

Motor/coordination dysfunction

Peripheral nervous system disorders

Metabolic and digestive disorders (diabetes, changes in liver enzymes, lipid abnormalities, ulcers)

Immune system disorders (immune modulation and autoimmunity)

Circulatory disorders

Respiratory disorders

Skin cancer

Gastrointestinal tumors (stomach cancer, pancreatic cancer, colon cancer, rectal cancer)

Bladder cancer

Brain tumors

http://www.landscaper.net/agent.htm

Davo, Very nice web site

What is Agent Orange alone supposed to do?

Which formulations would also have had some 2-butoxyethanol

(a solvent, pesticide, a neurotoxin and a poison) *

I was told that it was part of the mix

to help the composition adhere to the foliage *

Thank you for your help

Margaret

PO Box 233

Valdez, AK 99686

This component would also do such things as listed, non-Hodgkins lymphoma, leukemias,

Skin cancer

Gastrointestinal tumors (stomach cancer, pancreatic cancer, colon cancer, rectal cancer)

Bladder cancer

Brain tumors NOTE

Some of the Things 2-butoxyethanol does - these & more

did it start like a Flu? mono? *

More helps for doctors:

www.valdezlink.com/why_fatigue.htm

www.valdezlink.com/gwv/why_fatigue.htm

AND the Best Research I Found

www.valdezlink.com/2-bmsds03.htm

& there is extra info that doctors can pull up for free ... with more explanation ...

e-mail

What about the children? spina bifida? *

Looking for what Dioxin does -

Maybe it WAS the jet fuel

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Dioxins (CDDs)

110k

2-Butoxyethanol

47k

More & More

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducts research and makes recommendations for the prevention of work?related disease and injury.
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04068 (CA DPR Chem Code) , 1746-01-6 (CAS Number) , 1746016 , 1746016 (CAS Number) , 2,3,7,8-TCDD (as impurity or contaminant) , 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-1,4-dioxin , 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin , 2,3,7,8-tetraclorodibenzo-p-dioxin , 4068 (CA DPR Chem Code) , 600000 (US EPA PC Code) , Dibenzo(b,e)(1,4)dioxin, 2,3,7,8-tetrachloro- , Dibenzo-p-dioxin, 2,3,7,8-tetrachloro- (6CI, 7CI, 8CI) , Dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD) , Dioxin (as impurity or contaminant) , Dioxin2378TCDD , Dioxins , Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins , TCDBD , TCDD

http://www.hazard.com/msds/f2/cby/cbylc.html

CAS:1746-01-6

DIBENZO-P-DIOXIN, 2,3,7,8-TETRACHLORO-; (2,3,7,8-TETRACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN)

CAS:108-88-3

Ingred Name:TOLUENE

Hazards -

Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:NO IARC:NO OSHA:NO Health Hazards Acute and Chronic: ACUTE: HARMFUL/FATAL IF SWALLOWED. VAP HARMFUL IF INHALED. SYMPS: HDCH, DIZZ, HALLUCINATIONS, DISTORTED PERCEPTIONS, CHANGES IN MOTOR ACTIVITY, NAUS, RESP IRRIT, CNS DEPRESS, UNCON, LIVER, KIDNEY & LU NG DMG. CONT MAY CAUSE SEV EYE IRRIT. MAY CAUSE SKIN IRRIT.

CHRONIC: TOLUENE APPEARS ON THE NAVY (EFTS OF OVEREXPOSURE) Explanation of Carcinogenicity:NOT RELEVANT. Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZ: OCCUPATIONAL CHEMICAL REPRODUCTIVE HAZARDS LIST. Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure: RESPIRATORY, LIVER AND KIDNEY CONDITIONS.

DIOXIN MIX, M-8280A -- 6850-00N072524

CAS:1746-01-6 Fraction by Wt: 0.0005%

CAS:40321-76-4 Fraction by Wt: 0.0005%

CAS:39227-28-6 Fraction by Wt: 0.0005%

CAS:35822-46-9 Fraction by Wt: 0.0005%

CAS:3268-87-9 Fraction by Wt: 0.0005%

CAS:108-88-3 Toluene Fraction by Wt: 99.99%

Toluene is a teratogen

Toluene * 2538, 1545, 1361		an organic solvent, can affect your brain MSDS *
		toluene inhalation experience - non EVOS *

2,2,6-Trimethyl-4H-1,3-Dioxin-4-One

Common Name: 1,4-Dioxane CAS Number: 123-91-1

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