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How to use the word benzene in a Sentence?

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We know that it is very common that a large range of chemicals are formed whenever plastic materials are burned, including styrene, benzene, and a wide number of polyaromatic hydrocarbons – all of these are strong carcinogens, and it’s important for people to avoid exposures.

Richard Peltier

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Benzene could be a byproduct of the process of making the chemicals that companies sell to the formulators of personal care products and sunscreens. Or it could be that some of those chemicals break down into benzene, although that seems less likely, but it's very alarming, especially since the FDA does not require companies to test ingredients for contaminants, nor does it require testing for such chemicals at a finished product stage.

Scott Faber

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We are aware of the study reporting the presence of benzene in some of the sunscreen products tested, there is nothing more important than safety. If our consumers can't believe in a product or rely on it to do what it says, then nothing else matters.

Personal Care Products Council

Found on CNN
2 years ago

People can tell the FDA to require over-the-counter sunscreen product companies to test for contaminants like benzene, and people can tell Congress to pass laws to modernize cosmetics safety laws.

Scott Faber

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Many sunscreen products tested by Valisure did not have benzene contamination, and those products are presumably safe and should continue to be used, along with appropriate hats and sun-protective clothing, to mitigate skin cancer risk.

Christopher Bunick

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The detection of hand sanitizer products that contain high levels of benzene is cause for significant concern as these products are potentially being used in high volumes several times daily, we urge FDA and manufacturers to act expeditiously to remove the contaminated lots from the market. It is also important for consumers to understand that uncontaminated hand sanitizer products are available and should continue to be used.

David Light

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

One concern with impurities data submitted by some fuel ethanol companies is the unacceptable levels of known carcinogens( cancer causing agents), such as benzene, as well as formulas containing gasoline.

The FDA

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We found benzene levels three to five times higher than what we see in urban Los Angeles, benzene is a concern because it is known to cause cancer in humans.

Sam Atwood

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Both the laboratory and the naturalistic studies are consistent with one another, that water pipe tobacco smoke contains many toxicants, including nicotine that causes dependence, tobacco-specific nitrosamines that cause cancer, carbon monoxide that causes cardiovascular disease, and now benzene that causes leukemia, and water pipe tobacco smokers have these same toxicants in their bodies after they smoke tobacco in a water pipe.

Thomas Eissenberg

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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