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Hidden Benzene
Since we don't get HBO I couldn't watch the documentary Gasland. The process for getting natural gas out the the ground releases other chemical into the air and ground water. In the second article, they touch on the a man's tap water being contaminated with benzene from the drilling. Colorado, PA, Ohio,West Va and NY appear to have a lot natural gas drilling going on these days. So when we wonder what caused our bone marrow disease, benzene may play a bigger role than we think.
Way back in the 80's, John and I were filling up his car at a gas station. A young man next to him stupidly squeezed the pump handle while holding the nozzle up in the air showering John with gasoline. No one would ever say that his AA was tied to benzene since this incident happened 20 years before his SAA. But looking back, John's red cell were borderline anemic and his platelets were alway at the bottom of normal from about 1987 through 2001. Did this exposure weaken his bone marrow. They say many cancers are a result of something you were exposed to 20 -30 years ago, so why not SAA.
http://motherjones.com/media/2010/06...u-jour-gasland
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-..._b_663850.html
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Marlene, wife to John DX w/SAA April 2002, Stable partial remission; Treated with High Dose Cytoxan, Johns Hopkins, June 2002. Final phlebotomy 11/2016. As of July 2021 HGB 12.0, WBC 4.70/ANC 3.85, Plts 110K.
Last edited by Marlene : Fri Jul 30, 2010 at 10:15 AM.
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