Exposure to polyester resin trenchless fumes

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Town did a sewer line replacement using a highly noxious "trenchless" procedure right next to my residence. Had no idea what was going on. Had fumes filled my mouth and my lungs remain irritated and I have an unproductive cough. Please advise if I can do anything to help repair the damage to my system. I have a sensitive respiratory system in general and the exposure and damages would have been avoided had I known what was going on and had the education to protect myself beforehand.

Article on the operation: https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/ ... 245804002/

Chicago uses a low fume epoxy instead of the polyester that was used in my case. I am quite angered but am posting here in case you can advise me on things I can do from this point. The stuff is neurotoxic as well.

Shockingly, I didn't see the workers using any respirators.

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Lovely. Sorry to hear about this.

All toxins are neutralized by the "primal panacea" (vitamin C) in large enough dosages.

Otherwise, one of the best books I know of, LIVER RESCUE by Anthony William, explains what the liver does and how to care for it (since the toxins in those fumes will end up in your liver. Those that escape the liver, make it to the rest of the body.)

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Thank you for that.

I've now noticed besides feeling horribly congested in the upper respiratory system, as if I am full of mucous I can't cough up, I have pins and needles in my hands.

Now I found:
Styrene-induced peripheral neuropathy: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10078165/

Styrene is in the resin fumes I breathed in.

What might be suggested to help this?

Would B6 or a B Complex help?

Before this incident I finished the last of my active B Complex and have been taking individually Benfotiamine, sometimes B12, sometimes active folate. To be honest, exactly right before this incident my health was the best it has been in a long while. I believe Benfotiamine has helped me quite a lot. Also have been taking and benefiting from mag threonate.

It sounds like B6 helps neuropathy from what I've read, so I will order a methylated B Complex.

Also am thinking some Lugol's iodine and NAC will help with the respiratory issues.

I had some potassium iodide in 12.5 mg strength that I can't seem find around the home.

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Possibly much of the irritation, which persists so far, is from inhaled nanoplastics that remain in the body? Really don't know.

At the CIPP site they are said to be around 1 micron large and emitted in large quantities. Therefore, an N95 mask would be protective, but at the time I had no clue what was being emitted and what precautions to take.

Interesting article here: https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/arti ... 99/7750375

"Emerging evidence indicates that chemical exposures in the environment are overlooked drivers of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Recent evidence suggests that micro- and nanoplastic (MNP) particles derived largely from the chemical or mechanical degradation of plastics might represent a novel CVD risk factor."

So far it's been over 2 weeks and I'm still suffering. Whatever was inhaled is very irritating.

Of course the first thing a typical person would say is, "See a doctor."

Truth is most of them are clueless about these matters, and what anyway are they going to do?

I did see one on a walk-in basis, very inexperienced, and it was as expected just a waste of time.

Hopefully the body is able eventually to deal with the issue(s) because this persistent irritation is really wearing me down.

So negligent of the city and company to do work like this without adequately notifying nearby residents.

If anyone here has any helpful ideas, please share.

All I really know is I am still suffering and the cause is the CIPP polyester resin steam curing work.

Good presentation here:

Cured in Place Pipe Lining (CIPP) Chemical Emissions and Safety:

https://engineering.purdue.edu/CIPPSafe ... -09-26.pdf

"Particulates loaded with leachable chemicals"

"Multi-phase mixture: Solids, liquids, gases emitted into air"

"Benzaldehyde, Benzoic Acid, Phenol, 1-Tetracecanol were all highest in Site 4 emissions"

"Efforts should be made to adequately inform workers and the public regarding emissions as there is a potential for toxicity following inhalation exposure"

"Based on our findings future studies should examine cytotoxicity and cell injury, immune responses, fibrosis, and cancer as these were pathways determined to be modified significantly in representative pulmonary cells following exposure"

What Do We Know? What Can be Done?
• All CIPP practices emit chemicals into the air (steam, hot water, and UV)
• Chemical release occurs during setup, manufacture, and from new CIPPs
after contractors leave site
• More chemicals than styrene are emitted into air and water
• A non-styrene CIPP emitted styrene into the air and water
• Steam-CIPP emitted solids, liquids, and gases into the air
• Chemical plumes are sometimes NOT visible, can travel 0.5+ miles
• Environmental, contractor conditions influence the size of the “hot zone”

Good discussion here as well:

Cured in Place? An Underground Pipe Repair Raises Questions: https://www.circleofblue.org/2019/world ... questions/

Whelton and his colleagues also are making recommendations for people at or near CIPP lining installations: No one should inhale installation fumes.

The conflict between research science and the cured-in-place pipe industry came to a boil in 2015 when Elena Ajdari, then a graduate student at the University of New Orleans, captured air emissions at several CIPP projects in a major U.S. city as the basis of her dissertation. Ajdari would not reveal the location to Undark to comply with a request from the city.

Ajdari hired an independent lab to analyze her samples, which found styrene levels peaking at 250, 289, and 1,070 ppm. The results alarmed Ajdari.

“I didn’t think that I would discover something very new,” said Ajdari. “But then I got the result at the end of the project, and I understood that I did something very big.”

Picture in that article shows where she was getting those readings. Since the CIPP site was right next to my residence, I was very close to the manhole when I stepped outdoors.

For reference, 700 ppm of styrene is "Immediately dangerous to life or health; likely to cause death or immediate or delayed permanent adverse health effects or prevent escape from the environment."

Sensitive populations should not be exposed to over 20 ppm for any length of time.

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I read once more: "All toxins are neutralized by the "primal panacea" (vitamin C) in large enough dosages."

Good to know, but it hasn't helped the irritation.