Maggie, what you said is close,
"What I suspect for some of the cancers that those who live in that land are finding, is that these missiles would have ethylene oxide (a rocket propellant)"
consider the following definition of a scud missile found at http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/irfna/irfna_taba.htm 
Scud missile
A mobile, Russian-made, tactical ballistic surface-to-surface missile.[173] The Iraqi military used the Scud extensively in the Iran-Iraq War and the Gulf War. The Scud is fueled by inhibited red fuming nitric acid and kerosene
further searches reveled the following about red fuming nitric acid
Inhibited red fuming nitric acid (IRFNA), known as type IIIB fuming nitric acid in the US, is used as a liquid propellant rocket engine oxidizer. It is light-orange to orange-red in color, clear, strongly fuming, and evolves toxic nitric acid vapor and yellow-red vapors of nitrogen oxides. Fuming nitric acids are unstable releasing nitrogen dioxide, nitric oxide, and nitric acid mist into the atmosphere. Fuming nitric acids are highly corrosive oxidizing agents and will vigorously attack most metals. They also react with many organic materials resulting in spontaneous combustion.
so Maggie you see why I think you are in left field on this one no ethylene oxide in the fuel for scuds missiles.  but you are right on the possible health effects related to scud missile hits and near misses related to the possible weapons load in the war head. So most likely no 2-butoxyethanol was used in scud missile fuel. 
in unrelated triva my unit was only a couple blocks away from the site in Daharan where the missile hit the barracks. |
