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Benzene Exposure Alters Endocrine Activity

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Re: Benzene Exposure Alters Endocrine Activity

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Post by mchannon »

Looks like a small dose is about as effective as a massive dose.

What’s the downside of a quack doctor selling benzene-contaminated supplements for fat loss?

I’m sure there’s a huge increase in cancer risk, but wouldn’t this cause a lot of fat loss in a human?

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Post by hammock »

Benzene is everywhere, particularly in trace amounts in otherwise harmless products.

Benzene is a building block for the production of many chemicals, including plastics, synthetic fibers, rubber, resins, dyes and pharmaceuticals, and residual amounts may remain in the final products.

Benzene is used as a solvent and cleaning agent in printing, paint manufacturing, electronics, etc. Benzene contributes to the overall VOC load of paint for example.

And benzene is in the formulation of adhesives and sealants. Regulations often restrict the amount of benzene to a certain amount

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mchannon wrote: post #2

Looks like a small dose is about as effective as a massive dose. What’s the downside of a quack doctor selling benzene-contaminated supplements for fat loss? I’m sure there’s a huge increase in cancer risk, but wouldn’t this cause a lot of fat loss in a human?

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Post by EatingWithForks »

mchannon wrote: post #2

Looks like a small dose is about as effective as a massive dose. What’s the downside of a quack doctor selling benzene-contaminated supplements for fat loss? I’m sure there’s a huge increase in cancer risk, but wouldn’t this cause a lot of fat loss in a human?

There's something super dystopian that we look at a cancer-causing, bone-marrow-killing chemical and go "look, we can use this for weight loss!". I get fatness is a plague or whatever but thin == healthy is totally broken if you're using poison to get thin.

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Post by TSiege »

hammock wrote: post #3

Benzene is everywhere, particularly in trace amounts in otherwise harmless products. Benzene is a building block for the production of many chemicals, including plastics, synthetic fibers, rubber, resins, dyes and pharmaceuticals, and residual amounts may remain in the final products. Benzene is used as a solvent and cleaning agent in printing, paint manufacturing, electronics, etc. Benzene contributes to the overall…

I thought benzene as a solvent was replaced by toluene, which is not good for you either but is less bad.

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Post by FrustratedMonky »

hammock wrote: post #3

Benzene is everywhere, particularly in trace amounts in otherwise harmless products. Benzene is a building block for the production of many chemicals, including plastics, synthetic fibers, rubber, resins, dyes and pharmaceuticals, and residual amounts may remain in the final products. Benzene is used as a solvent and cleaning agent in printing, paint manufacturing, electronics, etc. Benzene contributes to the overall…

>"Benzene is everywhere, particularly in trace amounts in otherwise harmless products."

Note ->

Everywhere 'Today' because of your listed modern products.

Not, Everywhere because it is some natural thing.

Saying it is "Everywhere" seems to imply it is ok. The point is, we are all exposed now.

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Post by xkcd-sucks »

EatingWithForks wrote: post #5
mchannon wrote: post #2

Looks like a small dose is about as effective as a massive dose. What’s the downside of a quack doctor selling benzene-contaminated supplements for fat loss? I’m sure there’s a huge increase in cancer risk, but wouldn’t this cause a lot of fat loss in a human?

There's something super dystopian that we look at a cancer-causing, bone-marrow-killing chemical and go "look, we can use this for weight loss!". I get fatness is a plague or whatever but thin == healthy is totally broken if you're using poison to get thin.

If you're into super ~metal~ dystopian weight loss aids that are available today, check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2,4-Dinitrophenol
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