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"In January 1981, the CPSC announced its intention to withdraw the proposed ban, which had never come into force anyway. This time the commission did not issue a press release to trumpet the nonachievement, but it did produce a lengthy justification published in the Federal Register.^ The CPSC could no longer identify products to which benzene was added intentionally, but it did acknowledge in its Federal Register apologia that one out of ten products tested still contained the solvent at 0.1 percent or more. This was the trigger level for action named in its originally proposed ban." - Paul D. Blanc, M.D., How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace (Get the book.) "In the short term, while the flow of benzene was diverted into munitions manufacturing, another war-related industry exploited the new technology of polymer sealants, an innovation closely linked to glues and adhe-sives. These early man-modified polymers were engineered using cellulose as their key starting point. Chemical modification of this natural plant substance causes different polymer links to form, yielding substances with new resinous properties." - Paul D. Blanc, M.D., How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace (Get the book.)

"They include benzene derivatives, aldehydes, and many other known toxics and sensitizers, which are capable of causing cancer, birth defects, central nervous system disorders and allergic reactions. SOURCE: Neurotoxins: At Home and the Workplace (Report by the Committee on Science and Technology. US House of Representatives, Sept. 16, 1986) [Report 99-827] To learn more about the toxic chemicals found in perfumes, cosmetics and personal care products, see www.NotTooPretty." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"And in an infamous 1990 incident, bottles of Perrier were found to be contaminated with trace levels of benzene, a carcinogen. The benzene was apparently naturally occurring in the gas used to put the fizz into Perrier, but the usual filtration system used to remove the benzene wasn't working properly. The water was taken off the market until the bottler fixed the problem. (Speaking of naturally occurring ingredients, some mineral water contains high levels of arsenic.4 Others have high sodium levels, so be careful with these if you are on a sodium-restricted diet." - Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland, Safe Food: Eating Wisely In A Risky World (Get the book.)

"Of the known naturally occurring allylic benzene derivatives, safrole (l-allyl-3,4-methylenedioxybenzene), which is a major component of oil of sassafras, and estragole (l-allyl-4-methoxy-benzene), which is present in tarragon and anise, have been the most comprehensively studied. Experimental Evidence: Carcinogenicity. Safrole has induced low-to-moderate incidences of hepatic tumors in adult rats fed at levels of 0.5% or more of the diet for as long as 2 years (International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1976)." - Committee on Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer, Assembly of Life Sciences National Research Council, Diet, Nutrition and Cancer (Get the book.)

"The sludge is then bleached with benzene and treated with other chemical solvents. When you burn paraffin candles, they put out soot and smoke, along with toxins and carcinogens, including very harmful chemicals dispersed by the commonly used lead-core wicks (as studied & reported by the University of Michigan). You would probably never burn paraffin candles unless the bad smell they produce (comparable to diesel fumes) were not covered up by synthetic fragrances, many of which are irritants or toxins themselves." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"We hypothesized that in individuals with a certain genetic make-up, benzene or its metabolites act as haptens, which may induce programmed cell death. The study involved a group of 60 male and female subjects who were exposed to benzene-contaminated water (at concentrations up to 14 ppm for a period of 3-5 years). For comparison, we recruited a control group consisting of 30 healthy males and females with a similar age distribution and without a history of exposure to benzene." - Michael T. Murray, ND, Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 1 (Get the book.)

"Benzene: Chromosomal damage in both humans and laboratory animals is a hazard of benzene. It affects the blood and the immune system, causing anemia, blood disorders, and leukemia. Carbon tetrachloride: Effects include cancer and liver, kidney, lung, and nervous system damage. Chloroform: It causes liver and kidney damage and is suspected of causing cancer. Dibromochloropropane (DBCP): Its effects include male sterility and cancer. Dichlorobenzene: This causes liver, kidney, and pulmonary damage. There has been no evidence of mutagenicity or carcinogenicity." - Linda Mason Hunter, The Healthy Home: An Attic-to-Basement Guide to Toxin-Free Living (Get the book.)

"For example, a nitrogen in the small molecule might attach to an OH group on the big one, two benzene rings may stick to each other like stacked dishes or a positive charge on the small molecule might attach itself to a negative one on the big one. In every case, the force is ultimately electrostatic, but they are subtly different from each other in their range and strength. Each of these forces is rather choosy about distance and direction. Things must be oriented just so, otherwise the molecules won't bind. The way they work is a bit like magnets, i.e." - Luca Turin, The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell (Get the book.) "Go back a step, remove the aldehyde and smell guaiacol, and you are likely to be amazed by how much difference three measly atoms (HC=0) make: guaiacol is smoky, like so many molecules with an OH attached to a benzene ring. In fact, guaiacol smells a bit like phenol, above, the molecule first used by Joseph Lister in 1865 to kill bacteria during an operation. Smell habits are very long lasting: we have only recently emerged from the Phenolic Age, with the familiar Te.ves Fluid and Wripht's Cnal Tar Soar) as stanles of Spartan antisepsis in public places and schools." - Luca Turin, The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell (Get the book.) "Xylene had no good magnets: the benzene ring was unchanged, and the methyls were slippery, featureless lumps which would not readily make bonds to anything. Nevertheless, Meloan tried a host of variants, adding carbons here and there. Some attracted flies, some didn't, but no clear pattern was emerging of why this was so. At this point Meloan and another student, John Blaha, were diverted into a different direction. Meloan wanted to know which part of the face-fly antenna was sensitive to xylene." - Luca Turin, The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell (Get the book.) "Note also that the 'other' highly successful marine note, Calone, responsible for the edgy metallic zing of New West, Kenzo Homme and Eau dTssey,* also contains a benzene ring attached to two oxygens, but in a seven-membered rather than a five-membered ring. So far, nothing all that surprising. But going over the next ridge to bitter almonds lands us in a strange place teeming with weird molecules, and poses our first major puzzle. So far, similar structures have given similar smells, but that is about to change." - Luca Turin, The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell (Get the book.)

"And in an infamous 1990 incident, bottles of Perrier were found to be contaminated with trace levels of benzene, a carcinogen. The benzene was apparently naturally occurring in the gas used to put the fizz into Perrier, but the usual filtration system used to remove the benzene wasn't working properly. The water was taken off the market until the bottler fixed the problem. (Speaking of naturally occurring ingredients, some mineral water contains high levels of arsenic.4 Others have high sodium levels, so be careful with these if you are on a sodium-restricted diet." - Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland, Safe Food: Eating Wisely In A Risky World (Get the book.)

"But Zeliger strongly disagreed: "I think it's arrogant to take a known benzene metabolite and sell it to the public." They wanted to know, what did Dr. Ames think? Ames had to agree that "covering your skin with hydroquinone makes me a little nervous." But Dr. Ruud Overbeek felt that the hazard didn't matter. "The hazard could be significant," he reminded everyone, but what matters is how much exposure there is. "The risk and benefit have to be weighed," he said, as many heads nodded in the room." - Stacy Malkan, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry (Get the book.) "The FDA has known since 1988 about the dangers of hydroquinone (the ingredient in skin lightening creams), that it absorbs into the skin and is a precursor to benzene, but is just now getting around to doing anything about it. Zeliger recommended that the industry "present the FDA with a new set of tough standards for testing and labeling." A benefit of this can be seen in the pesticides law. "Once they get sign-off by EPA, it's a free ticket out of any litigation." It's basically a "government stamp of approval." You could do the same thing with cosmetics — get the FDA to sign off on labels. " - Stacy Malkan, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry (Get the book.)

"Formaldehyde, cancer-causing benzene, and mold toxins form because of irradiation. Irradiation is being done to most of our food supply. This is why you must be eating 100 percent organic food. The multinational corporations are not interested in your health, but are only interested in their profits, and from my inside information I personally know that the food industry is purposely making us sick so that it can profit from the sale of drugs. To buy this book go to www.naturalcures.com, or you can simply call 1-800-787-8780, or go to www.drrapp.com." - Kevin Trudeau, More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease (Get the book.)

"In a study by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), chemicals such as p-xylene, tetrachloro-ethylene, ethylbenzene, and benzene were documented as "everywhere present" in the air (Wallace et al. 1989). Listed as "often present" were chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, styrene, and p-dichlorobenzene. A customary trip to a gas station or a dry cleaner (as well as smoking) results in elevated levels of inhaled toxins. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found an alarming level of chlorinated pesticides in food." - The Life Extension Editorial Staff, Disease Prevention and Treatment (Get the book.)

"They range from simple structures with only one benzene ring to larger molecules such as tannins, anthraquinones, flavonoids and coumarins. They are defined as compounds that have at least one hydroxyl group attached to a benzene ring. Phenols differ in their chemical properties from other tertiary alcohols because the presence of the benzene ring stabilizes the phenolate ion; they are therefore more acidic and more reactive. Glycosides are secondary metabolites that yield one or more sugars on hydrolysis." - Simon Mills and Kerry Bone, Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy: Modern Herbal Medicine (Get the book.)

"Hexane, a benzene derivative, is now percolated through the leftover seed-cake, in order to extract the remaining oil. The oil is then filtered and neutralized with caustic soda. Bleaching follows at this point, by using bleaching earth and by heating the oil in a vacuum. Here, the oil is winterized, or cooled to a very low temperature. This is to filter out harmless, natural wax crystals. Under the vacuum the oil is heated yet again, this time to between 220° and 290°C, to render the oil odorless. Apparently we would find the natural smell of the seeds offensive." - Mary-Ann Shearer, Perfect Health the Natural Way (Get the book.)

"When mixed with the additive vitamin C in soft drinks, it produces benzene, a carcinogenic substance. Now, Dr. Peter Piper, professor of molecular biology and biotechnology at Sheffield University, England, has released the results of his research on the impact of sodium benzoate on living yeast cells in his laboratory. Professor Piper discovered that benzoate damaged an important area of DNA in the "power station" of cells known as the mitochondria." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Under Bingham in 1979, OSHA took the radical step of setting a benzene standard of one part per million—a level then believed to be as low as feasible. In 1980, the Supreme Court ruled against the standard, arguing that the agency had failed to prove that this low level would provide measurable health benefits in workers. Basically, the court threw out the idea that any exposure to a cancer-causing substance increased the risk of the disease. It demanded evidence that only time and money and epidemiologists can produce." - Devra Davis, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Get the book.)

"This stepwise removal of iodine from the benzene ring of the inner tyrosyl and outer phenolic benzene ring is currently thought to be the major route of peripheral thyroid hormone metabolism. Currently, three deiodinase families are recognized and are termed isoforms type I, II, and III (Table 2). These three families differ in terms of their tissue distribution, reaction kinetics, efficiency of substrate utilization, and sensitivity to inhibitors." - Michael Friedman, ND, Fundamentals of Naturopathic Endocrinology (Get the book.)

"Those who smoke or who live with smokers will incur higher benzene exposures from burning cigarettes. We now also understand that those who have the bad luck to live in homes where old underground storage tanks with fist-size holes in their rusted shells have let gasoline seep into their basements face important health risks. This is not a trivial problem, as there are more than half a million such leaking structures around the country—many in urban areas." - Devra Davis, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Get the book.) "We have seen repeatedly how some people in industry, whether tobacco, asbestos, benzene or vinyl chloride, understood risks long before the rest of us were able to learn about them. We know of many instances where insurance companies tracked health hazards for years, as claims mounted and reports of various ailments accumulated, without letting workers know the dangers they faced. We also know that current laws discourage giving such information up." - Devra Davis, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Get the book.)

"Effect of benzene Extract on Implantation of Mouse," Contraception, 29(4), April 1984, p. 385-397. In this study, 1 gm/kg body weight per day of a benzene extract of Hibiscus rosa-senensis was given to mice from day 5 through 8 of gestation. Results showed a the extract led to termination of pregnancy in approximately 92% of the mice. —A. Pakrashi A, et al., "Flowers of Hibiscus Rosa-sinensis, a Potential Source of Contragestative Agent. Ill: Interceptive Effect of benzene Extract in Mouse," Contraception, 34(5), November 1986, p. 523-536." - Gary Null, Ph.D., The Clinician's Handbook of Natural Healing (Get the book.)

"Toxins from Air: 200,000 Fossil fuels, benzene, smoke, chemtrail residue, paint fumes, carpet out-gassing, pet dander, mold and mildew, dust mites, air fresheners, cleaning supplies, etc." - Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN, Health Begins in the Colon (Get the book.)

"Contraception In this study, 250-1000 mg/kg body weight per day of a benzene extract of Hibiscus rosa-senensis was given to mice from day 1 through 4 of postcoitus. Results showed a dose-dependent increase in the rate of implantation failure. —S.N. Kabir, et al., "Flowers of Hibiscus Rosa-sinensis, A Potential Source of Contragestative Agent: I. Effect of benzene Extract on Implantation of Mouse," Contraception, 29(4), April 1984, p. 385-397. In this study, 1 gm/kg body weight per day of a benzene extract of Hibiscus rosa-senensis was given to mice from day 5 through 8 of gestation." - Gary Null, Ph.D., The Clinician's Handbook of Natural Healing (Get the book.)

"Not surprisingly, in developing economies benzene is often minimally regulated, if at all. Hexane use is even more widespread worldwide as a glue solvent, and outbreaks of shoemaker's polyneuropathy continue to occur.68 Hexane has even gained new popularity as a solvent for general uses, as documented by a report of progressive neuropathy affecring a California man who had repaired cars for twenty-four years.69 He used up to nine spray cans a day of an aerosol brake cleaner that turned out to be more than 50 percent hexane." - Paul D. Blanc, M.D., How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace (Get the book.)

"Some of these include formaldehyde, benzene, formic acid, and quinones, which are known to be harmful to human health. In one experiment, for example, levels of benzene, a known carcinogen, were seven times higher in irradiated beef than in non-irradiated beef. Some of these radiolytic products are unique to the irradiation process and have not been adequately identified or tested for toxicity. Irradiating food destroys somewhere between 20 and 80 percent of the vitamins, including A, B2, B3, B6, B12, folic acid, C, E, and K. Amino acids and essential fatty acids are also destroyed." - Gabriel Cousens, M.D., Spiritual Nutrition: Six Foundations for Spiritual Life and the Awakening of Kundalini (Get the book.)

"It is just one of more than 4,000 chemicals in tobacco including formaldehyde, cyanide, arsenic, carbon monoxide, methane, asbestos, ammonia and benzene.9 If you ever made the mistake of smoking, think back to the very first time you inhaled. For many, it was a horrible experience that led to a major coughing fit. Your body is not stupid. It knows when something is wrong. It was rejecting the poison of the cigarette." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.)

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