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Murray & Daniel Thompson Symptomology

MURRAY (& Daniel) THOMPSON: PESTICIDE-RELATED SYMPTOMSMurray Thompson

PO Box 605

New Norfolk TAS 7140

12th

January 2013 Update

PESTICIDE POISONING & MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVE (MCS) SYMPTOMS FOR: Murray Thompson

The following details represent an extensive listing of symptoms generated in me (and my son) from exposure to a

synthetic pyrethroid termiticide/pesticide called Biflex. This chemical barrier termite pesticide was forced on me

even after voluminous objections by myself at my New South Wales Department of Housing unit in north-west Sydney.

For my son I include symptoms (mainly psychological) generated from his exposure to Biflexat my unit and then, later, to

his further exposure to herbicide vapour in his mothers house located next to a golf club. These notes may be of

assistance to those who have experienced chemical poisoning resulting in psychological and more overtly physicalMultiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) symptoms.

Some qualifications exist for the list below: I have had minimal pain in my right wrist and back pain (from an old work

injury) for some years prior to being poisoned on Dec. 7th

2000 via the inhalation of hydrocarbon (solvent) vapour from

the above-mentioned pesticide/termiticide treatment. As well, for around 25 years I have had mild asthma that reacted

to dust, flysprays and some building caulking products.

I experience now and have experienced only since my major poisoning with pyrethroid termiticide on Dec. 07, 2000:

SEVERE LIMITATIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF EXERCISE I CAN DO. In sharp contrast with my physical state ofhealth/energy before being poisoned (very strong & very fit), if I exercise more than 30 mins on any day I inevitably

experience extreme fatigue for the next 24-72 hours commensurate with the additional time over 30 minutes. And yet Imust do some exercise, otherwise the usual fatigue that has become a normal part of my MCS life since being poisoned

becomes unbearably deep, internal, utterly persistent and clinging, like a disease that will not go away, and one waiting

to inflict greater traumas ahead on the basis of the lethargy welded to every cell in my body. It is a horrible sensation,

and one that started 10 minutes after the termiticide spraying commenced Dec. 07, 2000, once the solvent vapour from

the Biflex termiticide entered my unit and elicited a cascade of symptoms, including: dizziness, incoordination, headache

and massive fatigue.

SEVERE PAIN FROM AN INFLAMED STOMACH LINING. This occurs almost every time I become significantlyfatigued. It requires either/both Buscopan and tea made from Sage leaves to ultimately eliminate the crippling pain over

a period of 1-2 hours. It takes quite a while to reduce the pain below a level where it prevents me from doing anything

else.

BLEEDING. Every time I blow my nose or clean my nose, there is blood. Every time I brush my teeth there isblood.

VARIOUS SMALL MUSCLE SPASMS IN THE ARMS, SHOULDERS & EYELIDS. I did not get muscle spasms beforemy nervous system was attacked by the Biflex application.

SEVERE BACK SPASMS that occur for no reason and while doing absolutely nothing (they cripple me for days). CONSTANT GASTRIC REFLUX, I believe from stress. I never stop belching and have constant ABDOMINALBLOATING.

CHRONIC BACK PAIN. I experience constant pain in the upper right quadrant of my back which requiresconstant manipulation and 'clicks' to relieve. As well, I have almost constant neck pain (particularly the right side), which

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frequently leads into headaches demanding the use of Panadeine Forte. This was for a time being treated at the

Westmead Hospital Chronic Pain Clinic and the Hawkesbury Hospital with physiotherapy with some smallbeneficial

results. My physiotherapy stopped as of 2010. Further general benefits in terms of back and neck pain were gotten from

lifting light weights, but my back is still very prone to sudden strains, and my neck is still prone to significant levels of pain

and consequent nauseous headaches. Note that lifting weights, although beneficial, represents a trade-off. I now

experience a significant level of finger, wrist, elbow and shoulder pain as a result of the use of weights.

SENSITIVITY TO MEDICATION. For example:o Panadeine Forte makes me very dizzy, and generates a horrible sensation of impending death.o Pariet (a medication for chronic acid reflux) gives me tongue ulcers.o A tetanus vaccination (see below) has given me chronic knee and hip joint pain.o Zantac (a medication for chronic acid reflux) gives me a headache and makes me nauseous.

EXTREME SENSITIVITIES TO PERFUMES, DEODORANTS, VEHICLE EXHAUST EMISSIONS, INK IN BROCHURES,FUMES FROM PARTICLE BOARD, EMF RADIATION, etc. If a woman with, particularly, an older style perfume sits in front

of me on a bus or train, then I must move seats. On a peak-hour train you cannot escape the odour (I previously got off a

train I was on to avoid the odour and reduce the symptoms; now I avoid peak-hour trains). Smelling perfume on the

street can even send me reeling. I even snort in order to attempt the removal of the scent from my nose. I have had acoughing fit breathing perfume on the street. As well:

o I am made very ill by breathing vapours from car workshops (e.g. just walking past a car body shop).o I become physically ill, dizzy, nauseous and uncoordinated within 4 m of a green street-level power sub-

station. The sensation can be described thus: nausea and a general cross between a pervasive yet 'dull'

burning sensation and a feeling of being 'overwhelmed' throughout my body. I actively avoid walking near

them. I cannot be within 1 m of a larger-sized TV, within 1 m of a photocopier, and within 40 cm of a

smaller-sized TV.

o Vapours from printeries, junk mail, particle-board cupboards, plastic wrapping, detergents, toilet rolls, etc.All have considerable impact (the smell and the burning/exploding head sensation makes me recoil and I try

to force to odour out of my nose).

o TVs also magnify my tinnitus (see page 5).

VACCINE REACTION. On the 6th September 2006 my GP gave me a tetanus toxoid shot after cutting my handinside a bus. Not only did I gain a raft of knee and hip joint pains immediately (within a week or so) after this vaccination

(and which still persist to this day), I also totally forgot that she gave me the shot (???). She had to show me her medical

notes and the vaccine label, I was so adamant that I would not have allowed her to give me the vaccine because of my

specific concerns about potential vaccine injury. I cannot explain not remembering getting this vaccination. I will note

here that my GP is a marvellous lady who has been extremely supportive of all my many and varied complaints regarding

pesticide and stress mediated injuries over the years.

JOINT PAINS. I developed a raft of painful joint pains (knees, shoulders, elbows, wrists) after the initialexposure to termiticide on 7th Dec. 2000. As well, there was pain in not easily definable joints in my legs, and restlesslegs syndrome. Also, since accidentally handling herbicide-sprayed weeds in May 2008 at the back of my exs residence

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and particularly the left knee joint. With this recent condition, the weakness, discomfort and pain I experience walking

down steps (and while walking on a slope that drops down to the right) is almost identical to the same type of pain

problem that developed during 2001 immediately after the termiticide pyrethroid exposure (which condition took about

3 years plus to dissipate). However, the additional feature of the sensation of looseness (particularly in the left knee

joint) has appeared again, and this symptom is a signature of the loose hip and knee joints problem noted after my

tetanus toxoid vaccination of 6th

Sept. 2006. Further (as of March 2009), inhaling dust while weeding (dust very likely

carrying herbicide residue as it was located in the golf club herbicide sprayed area) has produced new symptoms and the

usual joint pains. Also see HERBICIDE POISONING SYMPTOMS below. Also see FINGER JOINT (MCP) DAMAGE &

LEFT/RIGHT WRIST JOINT PAIN below.

As of August 2010, the knee joint pains appeared to be around the medial collateral ligament, and occur in both knees. I

have recently experienced significant pain in the right knee in the medial ligament area, this time with swelling and

considerable pain causing limping. A GP in Sydney suspects the cartilage there. I had to stop walking for around 3 days

for the swelling and pain to disappear. Dr. Mark Donohoe has provided me with TWIMC letters proscribing vaccinations

of any kind.

PAIN IN THE LOWER LEGS. I cannot go jogging anymore because I experience a great deal of pain below theknees (not in the thighs). This means that my fitness is severely compromised, and adds to my depression (I grew upexercising, hiking, lifting weights, doing callisthenics, etc.).

KIDNEY STONES. I had one kidney stone prior to the major poisoning event; 3 KIDNEY STONES after. STREP THROAT. I am very predisposed to this, especially if a vitamin pill scratches my throat. INFECTION. I am very predisposed to this (redness, swelling, pain) on my finger tips after biting my fingernailsor getting a scratch from weeding, picking up sticks, etc.

PAINFUL NECK. In using my asthma inhaler or in blowing my nose, I am very predisposed to getting a suddenand extremely painful spasm causing pain in the neck lasting for days. This restricts my ability to turn my head, causingconsiderable discomfort.

SPERM DAMAGE. A Sydney IVF test in 2004 (3.5 years after the poisoning) appears to indicate some variety ofunusual sperm damage in terms of abnormal readings in both "motility" and morphology. The test

readings/determinations were defined: unusually low. Ejaculate volume was 2.2ml. In contrast to this morbid state

discovered in 2004, my son was easily conceived in 1991. Another Sydney IVF sperm test performed in June 2009 then

demonstrated all normal results except Low ejaculate volume (1.6ml), apparently still indicating some measure of

morbidity. I have never been able to get a professional opinion on this matter, though my research article titled:

MurrayThompson_Pesticide-&-Sperm-Impact-Research.pdfindicated clearly that sperm motility and morphology can

be affected by exposure to, respectively, ESTROGENIC PESTICIDE and ENVIRONMENTAL DDT.

ASTHMA (acute) has generally not been a significant concern for me since the poisoning, however theprominent sensation of drowning in wet cement which appeared around 2005 and then retreated a little after around

a year (and then returned strongly after this period) has been genuinely distressing (see next bulleted point for its

prominent re-appearance) below. What is really annoying is not being able to complete long sentences anymore, and

never feeling like I can fill my lungs adequately/completely. Further, to always be getting normal results in lung

function tests is irritating from the perspective that the tests appear to ignore that my previous athleticism gave me

superior lung function (see notes below) and that what I experience as a deficit now since the poisoning is never

interpreted realistically by medical professionals (who dont appear to be interested inside their confined areas of

expertise and perspective in the wider contextof your health history) as a genuine drop in my lung capacity.

SEVERE ASTHMA. During 2007 I travelled on a train north from Sydney up to Hervey Bay. While on thisovernight train I experienced highly anomalous asthma so bad I had to take 2 X 25 mg Prednisone tablets (a steroid) to

alleviate the asthmatic reaction. I always have had mild asthma since 1979 (after developing it in response to 2 X work

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cement and sand dusts), so this train episode was extremely unusual. I believe I was reacting to a pesticide treatment

previously performed on that train.

REDUCED LUNG CAPACITY. I am tired of having respiratory tests only to be told I have normal lung function andcapacity when I knowthat I only have around an estimated 85-90% of my total lung capacity available to me. I was

extremely fit and strong immediately prior to the pesticide exposure of Dec. 7th

2000 (and had been vigorously and

consistently exercising since early childhood), so I believe I then had an above-average lung capacity (you need that to be

able in my thirties to run 400m in 59 seconds). Because my legal case is based in my original statements to the DOH

where I had warned them of my asthmatic chemical sensitivity, much focus has been (in terms of investigating my

condition for my legal case) on my lung function. All respiratory specialists state nothing of note in terms of the possible

effect of the pesticide exposure on my lungs. I developed a feeling of "drowning in wet cement" (approx. 2005-2008),

which then more notably reduced in severity, but has not totally disappeared. Then, in March of 2009 (see immediately

below), I was exposed to herbicide residue in soil dust. My lungs were then hit with chronic infections and shocking

congestion. However, by the time I got to see 2 X respiratory specialists in July and September of 2009, my lungs had

recovered back to the 85-90% lung capacity typical of my general post-pesticide exposure state. Inevitably, all lung

function tests registered as normal. The medical professional assumption will remain that my lungs have never been

significantly affected by my original 2000 pesticide exposure or any other events since.

HERBICIDE POISONING SYMPTOMS. On 18th March 2009 I was EXPOSED TO DUST while weeding at the back ofmy ex's residence in McQuade Avenue Sth. Windsor. Her property backs onto the Windsor Country Golf Course and the

golf club have consistently sprayed herbicide up against the porous and gap-ridden paling back fences of dozens of

homes in this and another street in the same area. SeeTHIS LINKfor photographic evidence of these herbicide spraying

events. While pulling the weeds I began to feel ill. I experienced chest pain, pain in my right arm, and felt extremely

winded and uncomfortable. I did not recognize what was happening. Eventually, I felt as though I was going to drop

dead suddenly. The next day at my residence I tried pushing a mower and using a grass cutter, and felt unusually winded

again.

o On 22nd March I felt extremely winded with bad chest pain from 11pm onwards. From 11:30pm the chest painwas severe. As well, a lot of new joint pain appeared in the 4

thfinger left hand, first phalange joint.

o Thereafter, and within the next 2 weeks, I experienced: Bouts of severe abdominal pain that did not react to buscopan or panadeine forte; Sore throat; Very itchy skin; Elevation in old joint pains; Prolonged head cold symptoms; Dry sinuses; Pimples outbreak on shoulders and face (unusual); A great deal of chest congestion, with significant adverse impact on vocal chords and ability to speak.

POTENTIAL TIA/STROKE. This occurred (?) around 29th July 2008 @ 52 years of age, a few weeks after exposureto herbicide residue in dust while weeding (see immediately above).

oSymptoms:

o Distortion of speecho Partial facial paralysis ON LEFT SIDE OF FACE ONLY,and unusual contortion of and sensation in left facial

muscles

o Effects lasted about 1 week, gradually diminishing to almostnothing. I have noticed general problems in termsof a difficulty in forming words as distinctly and readily as I used to be able to since the event.

Since that event:

LOWER LEG ALIGNMENT:

Symptoms:

o I have noticed a sensation denoting or suggesting mis-alignment of the knee and lower left calf. This sensationfocuses on the inner knee, perhaps the medial collateral ligament, the area affected in both knees by the

tetanus toxoid shot I had in Sept. 2007/2008.

o In examining my left leg, I notice that the lower left leg has started to point laterally and is also now rotatedslightly anti-clockwise. It swings out to the left when moved and feels uncomfortable when doing so.
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MUSCLE EFFECTS(Noticed only at the end of January 2010 after close examination):

Symptoms:

o Loss or change in muscle mass/distribution in lower/inside LEFT calf muscleo However, my GP measured both calves and said they were of equal size (probably due to the large amount of

walking Ive done for years), so what I see and feel is a DISTORTION in the local muscle shape, and is, in fact, a

significant alteration in muscle shape over what it used to be (the calf muscle is no longer as rounded and

uniform as it once was)

o This includes a significant wasting/disfigurement of muscle (I can feel that muscle mass/form is missing; musclefibres are missing).

A GP has prescribed Aspro Protect for the TIA.

EYESIGHT DETERIORATION. My eyesight has deteriorated markedly since the exposure (an OPSM test in2007/2008 verified this). I did not require glasses at all before Dec. 07, 2000. Everything I look at is blurry, especially in

my right eye.

LOSS OF BONE DENSITY IN ANKLES: T-score = -1.70; and Z-score = -0.64 (Australian Bone Density Testing Centre,18

thOct. 2004; report previously given to Dr. Donohoe). Could a CRACKED (and extremely painful) TOOTH, which I had

removed at Hawkesbury Hospital recently, relate to this?

CONSTANT TINNITUS. It never goes away, and is particularly bad in the morning and around 6pm. CONSTANT INFECTIONS/SORES IN BOTH EARS. I get a ready build-up of wax in both ears and experiencealmost constant pain in both ears.

PIMPLES/LESIONS on right upper arm and shoulder. PERMANENT DEPRESSION. My poisoning has left me with little hope for a healthy future, and the length andinherent stress of my legal case have left me severely depressed. I consider that the following points contribute to my

negative outlook:

o the Dept. of Housing (DOH) has always been unwilling to accept responsibility for my original poisoning;o the abusive nature of the legal process (unreasonable subpoenas requiring information that does not relate

to the poisoning issue);

o an anticipated unhappy life where my health and mind no longer function optimally;o an anticipated inevitable and early decline into a degenerative disease arising from my poisoning;o not being able to have a new partner and safely father children (I only have one child who was conceived

before I was poisoned, but who was also badly poisoned along with me in my DOH unit).

ECHOGENIC LIVER. An ultrasound scan about 1-2 years ago has shown that I have an echogenic liver. Amarkedly increased predisposition for developing kidney stones was apparent in the same set of scans, and I believe this


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condition to relate to the extreme thirst I have experienced since the poisoning. This may all relate to information I have

seen describing heat intolerance as a signature of pesticide poisoning. I have always felt that my 'water balance' has

been skewed since the 2000 poisoning and the summer heat has become intolerable. My son also appears to have an

inordinate thirst as a response to his pesticide exposures.

FINGER JOINT (MCP) DAMAGE & LEFT/RIGHT WRIST JOINT PAIN. X-rays of my right hand show on the first 3MCP joints, some PERIARTICULAR LOSS OF BONY DENSITY and this was most marked around the MCP joints (Dr. Ken

Simmons, Castlereagh Imaging, Dec. 03, 2004). The pain in these MCP joints developed between 2002 and 2004 and

limit free positional movement via joint pain, and consequently limit my ability to paint (I am a professional artist:

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kind of force (e.g. using a shovel) will give me finger and especially significant and explosive wrist pain (with even just

minor movements) for days afterward. I now get my son to do a lot of jobs around the house (dishes, raking leaves and

all of the vacuuming) because of this pain. My right hand hurts lifting things, moving things, using toilet paper, doing

anything. Still, I can exercise and lift heavy things and apply leverage with my hands/wrists/arms, but will then pay the

price in wrist joint pain in both hands/elbows wrists/shoulders for a number of days afterward.

ABSENT-MINDEDNESS. I forget appointments; forget why I entered a room, why I performed an action inanticipation of WHAT? I constantly lose things (in and out of the house), make continual mistakes on my PC (delete thewrong files, format over the wrong hard drive, etc.), forget what my initial line of thought was during conversations. I

have had at least 3 oil fires in a frypan in my kitchen because I start to heat up the frypan, walk out of the kitchen and

totally forget what Ivejust initiated. I cannot manage numbers or sequences of anything. I rely heavily on my son now

to recall things we've both witnessed. I become totally confused over the simplest of things: working with physical or

mental things. And yet I can stilljustmanage to work with complicated and sophisticated mental concepts in terms of

my PhD Sociology thesis. I feel utterly incompetent in most areas of my life, excepting in terms of researching and

authoring material on poisoning. I note that research on lightning strike victims shows that brain messages take indirect

routes, which might explain why I'm so slow and faltering in everything I do. Could a FUNCTIONAL MRI be of value here?

Am very mentally dysfunctional. My son observed that my thoughts appear "walled off from each other". Neuropsych

testing Ive had indicates considerable problems with speed of information processing and memory, problems not

consistent with my general IQ.

FURTHER POISONING IN UNIT IN TASMANIA. On Monday 14th

November 2011 I spent 1-2 hours inside a Unit in Lower

Road New Norfolk (a 2-bedroom, brand-new unit). I became very sick after being inside that unit; it possessed a notable

chemical odour that affected my abdominal area particularly strongly. I decided I could not take that unit because of the

persistent and sickening odour and cancelled my occupancy and tenancy with Roberts Real Estate that same day. Before

the end of the same week I had another unit that I thought was mostly non-toxic. I enter and start living in the new unit

on Sunday 20th

Nov. 2011. From early Monday morning 21st

Nov. 2011 I experienced a heightened sensitivity to gaseous

vapours emanating from some new pillows (that were treated with an anti-bacterial/anti-mould inhibitor) and vapours

also originating from particle board kitchen cabinets; I become quite ill and compromised. I went to the New Norfolk

Hospital and they advised that I see the Derwent Valley GPs or the Hobart Hospital. On Wednesday 23 November 2011 I

rang my real estate agent to advise that I was very sick inside the unit. I also saw another agent (a partner of the firstagent) at his office and explained my worries over being able to remain in the unit. I managed to see a GP at the

Derwent Valley Medical Centre that day regarding my reaction to the unit, and he referred me to another more senior

GP there.

On Thursday 24 November 2011 I saw a number of medical officers at the Hobart Hospital and received a referral to a

medical specialist, which referral I passed on to Dr. Neuberger at the Derwent Valley Medical Centre on Monday 28th

November 2011. He has referred me to this specialist.

My overall condition has improved considerably (with the above-noted resident and residual discomfort problems still

in effect to a lesser degree) since keeping all doors and windows in the unit open 24/7 and the unit fully ventilated,

though this has not stopped me from reacting very badly to the general presence of wood smoke in the air around New

Norfolk and a neighbours cigarette smoke that constantly enters my unit. Ive spoken with the neighbours in question
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and received a very favourable response from them (one of them has a Diploma of OH&S). They have stopped smoking

near my back door and this has given me much relief for the time being.

These ongoing discoveries of a significantly heightened chemical sensitivity (over what I had in Sydney before moving to

Tasmania) that has amplified as such and to this current extremely difficult extent only since being poisoned inside the

first Lower Road New Norfolk unit have started a now long and painful upward learning curve.

At the moment I appear to be able to just tolerate the VOCs (Volatile Organic Chemicals, including the typically

represented Formaldehyde) outgassed by the particle board cabinets in the kitchen, though with some considerable

discomfort (full body nausea and abdominal discomfort) experienced on a variable scale on days when air flow through

the unit is minimal. In order to exact even this imperfect state of affairs I must have the two windows and the front and

back doors of this unit open 24/7 while at home. This means I must now put up with having the front door open all night

while sleeping (it is barricaded with chairs, but is a definite security risk). I have been able to put strips of wood in the 2

windows and the back glass sliding door to keep out anything bigger than a cat or possum through the night (a few nights

ago in December however, something did enter my unit and rummage through my kitchen rubbish bin). And because

there are no security flyscreens attached to any of the units openings, the unit does fill up with flies during the day when

cooking, and other insects enter in some profusion at night.

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My anticipated new career (University lecturer, after completing my PhD) was to be the basis for an anticipated new

family, and that included children (I love kids). Given what occurred from Dec. 07, 2000 and onwards, all of those

ideas/dreams have changed radically. I do not believe I can now safely father children (note my Sydney IVF/Andrology

test results above), given that US toxicological research (including a new discipline called epigenetics) shows that

significant health problems, including an amplified predisposition toward cancer, arise in children from chemically

exposed parents. After I was poisoned, and as I became aware of the ever-expanding range of negative impacts from

pesticide exposure, I reluctantly decided that a future relationship was not possible on this basis. I now must be content

with retiring to the country with my son in order for both of us to detoxify and attempt some form of recovery or, at the

very least, a strenuous and tedious life compensating for my clinging disabilities.

What occurred on Dec. 07, 2000 was like the dimming of a light switch (with frequent electric shocks). My health,

energy, physical flexibility, emotional stability, intellectual prowess, positive attitude, spontaneity, future hope & courage

have all minimized. I have experienced depression on a level that I have NEVER experienced before. My young and

optimistic mindset was replaced by a nightmare: a body that is weak and pathetic, and a brain that does not give me the

intellectual and functional performance I enjoyed before the exposure. The only notable characteristic that I have

managed to keep fairly consistently intact through this monstrous landslide is my love for my beautiful son. Even the

intense curiosity that has fired my University studies is waning in the face of the onslaught of this depression and slow-

moving avalanche of poisoning and MCS symptoms.

SYMPTOMS FOR: Daniel Thompson only

Note that my son was not at my unit on the days that the Department of Housing (DOH) ordered Biflextermiticide treatments (7th

Dec.

2000 & 21st

Feb. 2001). These treatments were ordered despite my having in writing at least three times over three years, over the

phone, and in person to 3 different pest technicians at the very least warned of my sensitivity to chemical insult, and at most (and

most often) warned of my chemical vulnerability and specifically prohibited the use of orthodox pest treatments on my DOH-rented

property. A few weeks after my units concrete slab was saturated with pesticide (see:

http://poisoningandlegalaction.com.au/reports/Thompson-Exposure-and-Risk-Exp.-Summary-10Dec2010.pdfand see also these links:

Plan of My Unit, Photos1, Photos2, Photos3,Cross-Section of Concrete Slab,My Units Vapor Intrusion Gaps, YouTubeVideo of

Pesticide Drill Holes[Photodex Equivalent:Drill Holes], YouTubeVideo 1 of Excess Slab Concrete[Photodex Equivalent:Video 1],

YouTubeVideo 2 of Excess Slab Concrete, YouTubeVideo 3a of Excess Slab Concrete[Photodex Equivalent:Video 3a], YoutubeVideo

3b of Excess Slab Concrete[Photodex Equivalent:Video 3b])1, a heavy organic, kerosene-like odour started rising up from the carpet

and filling the interior of my units living space.

1 Biflex that was injected into the soil around the residence by an applicator would likely have pooled on the shallow underground

ledge, followed by absorption into the porous concrete, rather than diffusing into the soil below. This would have created a long-term

reservoir of Biflex (including the active ingredient and hydrocarbon solvent) at a shallow depth involving concrete saturated with the
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In the new year immediately after this pesticide treatment (2001), the odour was found to be (in retrospect) situated long-term inside

my unit. At this time I had just started on what was to be a nightmarish adventure dealing 24/7 with a raft of morbid pesticide

solvent exposure symptoms, a slow moving avalanche of a kaleidoscope of symptoms. The burden of these symptoms as well as the

normal vicissitudes of just getting a child off to primary/elementary school each day consumed all my mental and physical resources.

During 2001 my son awoke each morning complaining of stomach pain and nausea. Much later a doctor told me that non-specific

abdominal pain is a classic symptom of pesticide poisoning in children (Dr. Brendan Grabau 2005). All parents take note!

During 2002 (the solvent odour was still detectable in my unit up to about April 2002), when my son would come to my unit on the

weekends only, I noticed that he startled very easily. He said he felt nervy while at my unit. In 2003, after moving with his mother

immediately next to a golf club in western Sydney, he became rapidly verbally aggressive (see below). I later discovered that the golf

club sprayed copious amounts of herbicide up against and through the wooden paling fence at the back of his and his mothers new

residence.

SCHOOL

YEAR

YEAR & EVENT DANIEL'S

AGE

SYMPTOMS

Primary

school:

Grade 2

2000

Bifenthrin-based pyrethroid

termiticide applied to my

(Daniel's father's) unit on Dec.07, 2000 as a chemical barrier

treatment outside the unit.

The solvent portion of the

termiticide entered the units

slab foundation and

vapourized into the living

space of the unit.

8 years

old @

December

2000.

None, because Daniel was not at my unit when it was treated.

3 2001

Pesticide/solvent odour

constantly detectable inside

my unit 24/7. Daniel exposed

heavilyto this odour during

the week, & lightly exposed to

termiticide vapour at his

mother's unit on the

weekends (from neighbouring

unit repeatedly treated for

termites over extended time).

8 to 9

years.

Abdominal pains andnausea nearly every morning upon waking

during the whole of this year (staying @ my contaminated unit

Monday-Friday during the evenings and through the night).

Pains disappeared 2 hours after arriving at school, whereupon

gorging would take place (eating play lunch & lunch in one hit).

4 2002 9 to 10

years.

Abdominal pains appear to have disappeared along with the

disappearance of the detectable pesticide/solvent odour.

However, according to Vapour Intrusion modelling (the Mr. Gary

Whitmyre Vapour Intrusion report) there was still solvent vapour

inside my unit. This is confirmed by my personal dizziness,headache and incoordination experienced as a response to the

doors and windows being closed. Daniel, in this new response

experienced on the weekends when staying over, was very 'nervy'

at my unit. He was very easily startled (staying @ mother's unit

Monday-Friday).

5 2003 10 to 11

years.

Very 'nervy' at my unit only. Then, after an early year move

(approx. April 2003) to a house next to a golf club where

herbicide was sprayed consistently against & through the back

fence (and where various pesticides in large quantities are

typically sprayed to maintain the golfing greens): increasing

solution. Given the proximity of this contaminated concrete to the residence and the poor condition of the exterior of the residence

(including brickwork and edges of the slab), vapors of volatile chemicals in the applied Bifle

residence over a period of years. (Whitmyre 2010:1)


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aggression, paranoia, retreat from social interaction, &

verbalization (to me) of violent threats against school &

schoolmates all the time. This represented unique and sudden

behaviour change. Mr. Sam Albassit, Psychologist (see List of

Doctors) is familiar with my and Daniels cases. He may be

contacted for any confirmation needed.

Notable weight gain due to gorging habits developed during

2001 when experiencing stomach cramps nearly each morning

at fathers pesticide contaminated unit.

6 2004

Daniel completes primary

school.

11 to 12

years.

Increasing aggression.

Increasing weight gain.

Late 2004: appearance of severe lower back pain.

High

school:

Grade 7

2005

Daniel starts high school.

12 to 13

years.

As above & constant aggression. Severe back pain continues

until osteopathic treatment.

Daniel totally isolates himself socially at his new High School.

8 2006 13 to 14

years.

Constant aggression, etc. continues, all the time. Further,

chemical sensitivity: "my stomach over time got aches, pains

and I also felt a strange coldness in my throat and chest. Plus

all my classrooms smelt strange" (Dan Thompson, 2006, student

statement, 11th

April, made at high school as a result of carpet

cleaning). I secured the carpet cleaning solutions MSDS from the

school principal and confirmed that the carpet detergent was

very toxic. Dan immerses himself in schoolwork to avoid social

contact.

9 2007 14 to 15

years.

Reduced aggression. Immersion in schoolwork.

10 2008 15 to 16

years.

Further reduced aggression, restrained by a more mature mind.

Also: Tinnitus, EMF sensitivity, a predisposition to joint pains,

and a "condition perilously close to diabetes"(Dr. Morris 2008,

pers. comm.), slightly echogenic liver(blood test results),

significant odour sensitivity& 'nervy' @ my unit.

Immersion in schoolwork.

11 2009 16 to 17

years.

As immediately above. Also: A ganglion cyst on the right wrist.

12: HSC --

Higher

School

Certificate

2010 17 to 18

years.

As immediately above. Also: When confronted with some

perfume and deodorant odours his eyes would become mildly

sore (a light stinging sensation), followed by a mild headache.

As a result of Dans immersion in schoolwork(doing something

constructive as a response to the stress of his psyche reaction in

the face of multiple bouts of pesticide poisoning), he does

spectacularly well at school, e.g. getting 92% for Advanced

Maths & 88% for Biology!

CertificateIII in Agri-

culture @

2011 18 to 19 years.

As immediately above.

For TAFE practical sessions, Daniel had to wear his chemical

respirator when confronted with petrol or other chemical


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Richmond

College of

TAFE

vapours. If he took his respirator off, he would experience the

following symptoms:

Immediate & profound loss of critical mentalawareness

Slower movements only possible & zero reflexesOnline

study in

Tasmania

2012 to present 19 to 20

years.

As immediately above, and:

Easily irritated (small explosions of non-violent acuteanger in the face of stress)

Right wrist ganglion: Impedes ability to bend wristback (causes extreme pain)

Stiff knee joints: joints need to be clicked to reducetension buildup. This also applies to the neck, back &

fingers.

Upper & lower back pain: impedes ability to sleep.

Murray Thompson: updated 12th

January 2013

References

Whitmyre, Gary (D.A.B.T.) 2010, SCREENING-LEVEL ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL HEALTH IMPACTS FROM

TERMITICIDE APPLICATION TO THE RESIDENCE OF MURRAY THOMPSON, BLIGH PARK, NSW, AUSTRALIA: SUMMARY,

risksciences, LLC, 2111 Wilson Blvd., Suite 600 Arlington, Virginia, USA 22201;[email protected] (20 December 2010).
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]

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