| Benzene is a continuous compound present in nature. | | | | ensure that Benzene levels in drinks and food items |
| It is harmful to human life, which makes it a | | | | do not pose a serious health risk. Products with |
| dangerous substance. Read more about how it | | | | Benzene give off fumes into the air, where people |
| affects all of our daily lives. Benzene is a liquid that | | | | get exposed to the substance. Some examples are |
| does not have any color and is distinguishable by a | | | | paint, glue and gasoline fumes, and cigarette smoke. |
| sweet aroma. It dissolves incompletely in water and | | | | Short-term symptoms of the exposure include skin |
| will evaporate fast when exposed to air. Although it | | | | irritation, drowsiness and dizziness. |
| has already been declared to be harmful some 6o | | | | People who work in factories with closed-in areas |
| years ago, it is still in use in manufacturing industries | | | | that expose them to high levels of Benzene are in |
| nowadays. | | | | serious health risks - this can even lead to death. |
| The use of Benzene may not be thought of much as | | | | After exposure to Benzene, it gets absorbed into a |
| it is not used in its natural form. However, it is safe | | | | person's bloodstream, where it can wreak havoc and |
| to know which products are used with Benzene in | | | | result to diseases of the blood like leukemia and AML |
| the manufacturing process. Benzene is used in items | | | | (acute myelogenous leukemia). AML is commonly |
| we use every day. It is also used in making gasoline, | | | | found in adults who are more than 60 years old, and |
| which is in turn used to give power to machines that | | | | some of the symptoms include excessive bleeding, |
| need fuel, such as lawn mowers and cars. It is also | | | | fever, joint pain, weight loss and tiredness. |
| used in adhesives, glues, paint, synthetic rubber, | | | | Other diseases that have been associated with |
| household cleaning supplies; Benzene is the one | | | | Benzene use are aplastic anemia, non-Hodgkins |
| responsible for the strong and foul fumes everyday | | | | lymphoma (NHL) and myelodysplastic syndrome |
| items emit. | | | | (MDS). Non-Hodgkins lymphoma attacks the body's |
| There is a huge possibility that every house has a | | | | lymph system; while MDS is not a form of cancer, it |
| product with Benzene as an agent. The EPA and FDA | | | | can lead to AML over time. |