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Toluene/xylene

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Toluene and xylene are powerful chemicals used in laboratories and found in many industrial Poisoning outside of industrial businesses is rare.


Poisonous Ingredient
  • Toluene (methylbenzene, phenylmethane)
  • Xylene (ortho xylene, meta-xylene, para-xylene)

Where Found
  • Rubber and plastic cements
  • Octane booster in gasoline
  • Paints
  • Paint thinners
  • Glues/adhesives
  • Lacquers
  • Fingernail polish
  • Printing and leather tanning processes

Review Date: 05/17/2006
Reviewed By: Janeen R. Azare, PhD, MSPH, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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