Consider wearing a mask with filters designed to deal with the types of voc's from the fumes in the air there. You will look like darth vader but it will keep you protected.

It will also make one hell of a political statement. ;-)

rudi, i doubt that your clients need you to die for them. You sound very distressed about your susceptibility to lung related issues. I know that I would not be able to stay in the area w/the lung issues I have.

Perhaps you need to start planning your relocation. Perhaps you can find something somewhere else where you can continue to use your talents to work w/vets.

and then, when the smoke clears (I really hate seeing the video of them burning off all that oil and gas into the gas) perhaps, you will be able to return to the Gulf area.

Your mention of your responsibility not to abandon those in your trust is wonderful and heartbraking (The Lord will remember that).

I live in New York and will likely not be feeling the effects of the airborne oil and Corexit on my body for some months, but I will be witnessing the effects on millions of people long before then (I don't think I will want to witness that, I will probably die of Depression before the oil/Corexit hits me).

The "oil smell" is inside of you (in the form of oil droplets).

I have been a reasonably heavy chain smoker for 42 years since I was 14. I have never been known to be a healthy eater (except that until I was 30 I ate hamburger, cheese and rode the bike everyday) and realize now that I'm only alive because The Lord wants me alive. I always feel perfectly healthy, but there are times when I cough horribly and expectorate (spit out) phlegm. The result is that I breathe easier. I've noticed that it happens most often when I eat or drink something that kicks my metabolism into high gear (liquid protein, etc.).

I regard oil as the most impervious and biologically non-reactive substance known to man (except that the distillates willl oxidize). Extra oxygen in the blood would seem like a solution, but then what would your body do with the burned-up ash? There probably is no form of Chelation that can deal with oil (or it's ash). Probably the most effective means of dealing with oil droplets in the body is "Aromatherapy" using ESSENTIAL oils (not the regular "aromatic" oils) because of their beneficial caustic-like effect on foreign bodies in the body (I'm not a doctor but you can smell the caustic like effect of them).

I'm convinced that aromatherapy of essential oils would stimulate coughing (the same as I experience in order to spit out phlegm).


Thanks for mentioning the different ways that you have coped with 'oil in the body' (alot of people today don't even have the financial means for that). What we discover here at CZ may help millions of people, but what about agriculture and sea life?....the "wonderful afterlife" seems the most logical thing to think about.

Hello Rudenski,

Sodium chlorite has been used in drilling to control the hazardous gasses released during the process. If you have some air detection equipment you can mix up an activated solution and monitor for levels of chlorine dioxide. The target concentration for inside a house is in the 0.01 - 0.05 PPM range. Here is a recent study done on removing bacteria and virus from school classrooms.

https://www.proactivecleaningsolution.com/uploads/CLO2Effectonabsenteeismofsc...


Other studies have demonstrated that chlorine dioxide does remove volatile organic compounds (VOC) from the air, so it should have the same effect on the noxious odors from the oil spill.

Unfortunately, this process is "not ready for prime time," but this is an emergency...

If you don't have the proper equipment to generate and measure the amount of chlorine dioxide in the air, you are at a disadvantage. If you detect the chlorine dioxide odor, you are 10 - 100 times too strong, and chlorine dioxide is a respiratory irritant, so you could end up with more respiratory problems.

A "best guess" effort would be to take a bowl and put 10 ml of 5% sodium chlorite in it and add 10 ml of 6% HCl. Set the bowl as high as you can in the room and walk out. After 10 - 15 minutes, come back in and take a whiff. If you detect the chlorine dioxide odor, the concentration is too high. An additional safety item is that this solution will bleach if it is spilled, so make sure it is sitting on something that won't be effected by its bleaching action, and don't spill. If you do spill, use lots of water to dilute before cleaning up.

Larger rooms may tolerate more, and smaller rooms may require less. The best way to monitor the level is to use air quality meters, but they tend to be a little expensive.

The whole idea is to "scrub" the air of these VOC so your body doesn't have to deal with them.

Another option is to fog the rooms in the house on a regular basis. This is not as effective as using chlorine dioxide gas, but it may help. The fogger solution is made by adding 17 ml of 5% sodium chlorite to 1 liter of water. This will leave a coating on the inside surfaces of the room. This coating will react with odors that come into contact with it and neutralize them. The main safety concern is during the actual fogging process, so be sure to wear your protective equipment during that. Afterward, there is little concern for safety. As odors come into contact with the solution on the surface, they will activate the solution and a very small amount of chlorine dioxide gas will be produced eliminating the odor.

Fogging is usually used in walk in coolers to keep mold, mildew, and odors down. It is applied every 1 - 2 weeks. In a house the load shouldn't be as high so it may be a good starting point to fog once a month.

An interesting analogy for this is like having your dog sprayed by a skunk and then running through your house... every hour. By the way, chlorine dioxide solutions are very effective ways to deal with skunk spray issues too.

Tom

I really hear you.
I get the not leaving as well, sometimes you just don't get another life, when you leave the one that you have.
I am glad you are feeling better, we are feeling better as well. We have a friend with the respriratory problem you described, and we have her on Iodine (actually iodide- it's a lot easier to tolerate- add Vit C to the iodine) and oral H2O2- and she's getting better.
I will pass on to her what you found effectvie.
Thanks for the tip with the itchy scalp, it was just driving me nuts, the vinegar worked.
We had more of what might have been benzene poisoning- charcoal was a wonderful, effective help.
Julie77