Cause and Effect - Know What Counts

Were you in a better place ten years ago?  What about five years ago?   How about three or four years ago?   Do your answers go something like this?  Ten years ago I was doing great!  Five years ago, not so good.    And right now,  how's everything  going for you?

Find everyone who shares a common thread with you and if you hear the same answers, you are feeling the ripple effect from something that nobody wants to identify.  Someone has to ask the hard questions.  Make the hard decisions, not play it safe.  Life is too short for that. You can't get out of life alive.  Did you hear that?  You can't get out of life alive so be bold.  Live full.  Die empty. ~~Les Brown.

 It just so happens that  Chronic Toxic Encephalopathy  (CTE) is not related to any one specifc solvent making it difficult to diagnose with any certainty.  Organic solvents can dissolve grease, dirt, resins, oils, varnish and undiluted solvents are used to clean tools, brushes, work surfaces, and even hands.

Frequently used solvents include kerosene, acetone, turpentine, toluene, ethyl alcohol, etc.  Solvent blends are also common, for example lacquer thinners, mineral spirits, naphthas, and petroleum distillates.

When solvent blends are mixed with raw materials they become reactive chemicals, highly toxic mixtures with unknown effects that cannot be good.  Symptoms won't disappear when there are chemical reactions present and ignoring them won't make them less real. Almost all commercial cleaning and maintenance products contain hazardous chemicals in either water or solvent based formulas.

Solvents are used in fabric protectants, hair sprays, costume products,  removers, automobile waxing and polishing compounds, rubber protective dressing, plastics materials, metal cleaners, and some adhesives.   The chemicals and the symptoms outlined are real - you decide what the effects are and if you dare, leave your comments below.