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The Hive => Serious Chemistry => Topic started by: PolytheneSam on October 11, 2001, 05:08:00 PM

Title: Toluene not carcinogenic, etc.
Post by: PolytheneSam on October 11, 2001, 05:08:00 PM

According to this toluene isn't carcinogenic. Note in the second paragraph after BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

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Conversion of benzene to toluene is commercially important because benzene is carcinogenic, whereas toluene is not.

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http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%275095160%27.WKU.&OS=PN/5095160&RS=PN/5095160 (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%275095160%27.WKU.&OS=PN/5095160&RS=PN/5095160)

Also in US patent 6048450 it says that there is no more than 1% benzene in gasoline......

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%276048450%27.WKU.&OS=PN/6048450&RS=PN/6048450 (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%276048450%27.WKU.&OS=PN/6048450&RS=PN/6048450)

Also see

http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1996/Suppl-6/dees.html (http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1996/Suppl-6/dees.html)

http://www.packardbioscience.com/reference_matl/reference_matl.asp?content_item_id=227 (http://www.packardbioscience.com/reference_matl/reference_matl.asp?content_item_id=227)

http://www.aqmd.gov/aqmp/app__a_tables.html (http://www.aqmd.gov/aqmp/app__a_tables.html)

http://www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/v16je24.htm (http://www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/v16je24.htm)

http://www.orcbs.msu.edu/newsletters/February1996/hazmat_toluene.html (http://www.orcbs.msu.edu/newsletters/February1996/hazmat_toluene.html)

(https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/hive/hiveboard/picproxie_docs/000223406-file_pa3a.gif)

Hexane doesn't seem to have much carcinogenicity risk either.

http://www.lakes-environmental.com/toxic/n-HEXANE.HTML (http://www.lakes-environmental.com/toxic/n-HEXANE.HTML)

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