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more_legal_areas benzeneMore Americans may be at risk for benzene reactions, as a recent study by the EPA found a five percent increase in toxic chemical releases nationwide-including benzene-from factories and industrial facilities. The upward trend is the first in five years, and has many activists alleging that benzene levels in the air may be four to five times higher than official government estimates. Benzene reactions and the side effects caused by the inhalation or consumption of benzene are serious and varied, ranging from minor headaches and nausea to, in the most threatening cases, cancer and death.
Used in the creation of everyday commonplace items such as drugs, plastics, gasoline, synthetic rubber, and dyes, benzene is a carcinogenic compound that can induce harmful benzene reactions such as drowsiness, dizziness, rapid heart rate, headaches, skin and eye irritation, tremors, confusion and unconsciousness. Some women who breathed high levels of benzene for many months have experienced benzene reactions affecting their menstrual cycle, including irregular menstrual periods and decreased size of the ovaries.
Along with inhalation of polluted air, the consumption of foods containing high levels of benzene can also cause benzene reactions such as vomiting, irritation of the stomach, dizziness, sleepiness, convulsions, rapid heart rate, and death.
Chronic exposure to benzene has been identified as a cause of major life-threatening diseases. Benzene exposure has been linked with leukemia as early as the 1920''s, confirmed several times since then in published medical studies. Benzene reactions cause harmful effects on the bone marrow and can cause a decrease in red blood cells, leading to anemia. In studies conducting using animal test subjects inhaling high benzene levels, results have shown low birth weights, delayed bone structure formation, and bone marrow damage.
The EPA has estimated that 50% of Americans have had encounters with benzene, while an estimated 3 million workers have been exposed. Exposure to benzene generally results from inhalation of air that is polluted with high levels of the carcinogen. Outdoor air contains low levels of benzene from tobacco smoke, automobile service stations, exhaust from motor vehicles and industrial emissions. Air inside homes and offices generally contains higher levels of benzene from products that contain the chemical, such as glues, paints, furniture wax and detergents, thereby increasing the risk of harmful benzene reactions.
Benzene exposure is heavily monitored by regulatory agencies such as OSHA and the EPA. Currently, the acceptable level of benzene exposure in the air is set at 1 part per million (ppm), while the maximum permissible level is set at 5 ppm. Many procedures have been developed in order to detect exposure to high levels of benzene including breath and blood tests, but must be administered soon after a suspected exposure.
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