Fwd: Poly(ethylene glycol) What does this mean?

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Understanding how PEG SPEADS out throughout the body and wondering the past month or so if some of the 'dispersants' used in the BP oil spill clean up were also PEG on the Gulf Coast has had me thinking. These chemicals caused burning to skin and there were many reports of inhalation issues to clean up workers. There complaints were strange and very nebulous. Their descriptions of symptoms were rather vague and individualized, but apparent. Many had to stop working and leave the scene. There was great concern when the dispersants were initially used and I believe they stopped rather quickly, because more damage was being caused to workers and the environment.The way many people described how the oil 'split' apart (dispersed) and spread out over our environment was more harmful and ultimately damaging than 'containing' the oil. Is this the same thing it does to the body? I wonder what the parts per million of PEG in our water is now? Will the mitochondria of the cells be attacked also and oxalate crystals begin reproducing in our fish and other wildlife as it has in humans?Jeannie referenced an article yesterday about 'time-released' medication, that stimulated this search for more information.polymer (pl-mr)Any of various chemical compounds made of smaller, identical molecules (called monomers) linked together. Some polymers, like cellulose, occur naturally, while others, like nylon, are artificial. Polymers have extremely high molecular weights, make up many of the tissues of organisms, and have extremely varied and versatile uses in industry, such as in making plastics, concrete, glass, and rubber. The process by which molecules are linked together to form polymers is called polymerization (pl-lmr--zshn).The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.While looking through many Science journals, the articles about PEG are abundant.I do not recall seeing poly(ethylene glycol) being written like this before.A basic education renders a much different take on this presentation any word or number on the outside of parentheses, than the way the term polyl ethylene-glycol which has been 'dressed up' in my opinion in an attempt to convince the consumer it is not dangerous. Constant discussion about how poly(ethylene glycol) is not ethylene glycol. Well how close does it have to be????????????????????????????????PEG has also been patented often, so people see only a trademark and don't even realize the product is indeed PEG. As far as I am concerned any label with poly(ethylene glycol) on it might as well sayPOISON on it. Use at your own risk. Expect the worst, no matter what anyone tells you!Harsh words my friends, but I have plenty of reason to speak like this.I want to scream from the mountain tops: POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) is POISON!From a registered nurse with over 30 years of practice.We know ethylene glycol is poisonous.How difficult is it to make a connection.We have allowed 'the professional' to explain it away and we believe it.Big Pharma and the industry with financial gain feeds this information to us and we accept it.OUR CHILDREN ARE DYING!Others have died.Others are suffering.We must do something. The synthesis of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) copolymers with multiple amino functionalities within the chain is described, relying on an epoxide comonomer bearing a protected amino group. N,N-dibenzyl amino glycidol (DBAG) and ethylene oxide (EO) were copolymerized via anionic polymerization, leading to well-defined polymers with varied comonomer content and low polydispersities (Mw/Mn in the range of 1.1 to 1.2). Subsequent hydrogenolysis with Pearlman’s catalyst afforded poly(ethylene glycol-co-amino glycerol)s (PEG-co-PAG) with a precisely adjusted number of randomly incorporated amino groups in the range of 2−15%. For the first time, the kinetics of an EO copolymerizations have has been directly monitored by1H NMR spectroscopy in real time. Monomer consumption and compositional drift in monomer feed have been studied for various reaction temperatures, revealing a slightly tapered yet random DBAG distribution in the copolymers. The random structure of the copolymers was confirmed by detailed 13C NMR characterization of EO- and DBAG-centered triad sequence distribution and DSC measurements.