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Benzene Exposure Alters Endocrine Activity

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Post by ilikecakeandpie »

MisterTea wrote: post #102
permo-w wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

perhaps as a society we need to stop dismissing things containing plastics, synthetic fibres, rubber, resins, dyes and pharmaceuticals as otherwise harmless. I personally strongly avoid sleeping on or wearing anything containing synthetic fibres unless absolutely necessary. dyes I'm less cautious about, as short of dressing like a hippy they're almost impossible to avoid. it would be worse if I was a woman I'm sure,…

> it would be worse if I was a woman I'm sure, god knows what nonsense cosmetics contain They can always not apply them.

Societal pressure and beauty standards for women are far different than for men. I agree that they could always just "not apply them", but look at tabloids showing things like "star unrecognizable without makeup" and memes where men are encouraged to take women swimming on a date so they can see what they look like without makeup. It's just not that easy

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Post by mint2 »

ben7799 wrote: post #25
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 in sunscreen... at least some of the spray stuff. Apparently it doesn't get on your skin but it's important to apply it in a well ventilated area to make sure you don't breathe any of it.

> Apparently it doesn't get on your skin

That’s wishful thinking.

Also, benzene is a common contaminant and breakdown product of chemical sunscreen (as opposed to mineral sunblock) ingredients. I.e. the older the tube of sunscreen is, the more benzene and other undesirable by products it’s likely to have.

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Post by mint2 »

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…

Toluene is often used in place of benzene these days.

That one methyl group makes a significant difference, but I still would avoid unnecessary exposure.

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Post by mint2 »

wil421 wrote: post #99
ikekkdcjkfke wrote: post #72

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Things i wish i knew before buying a fixer upper car is all the chemicals involved. Just one sniff of the brake cleaner and the rest of the day is gone. Probably some IQ ponis down the drain too. Should've just bought a tesla and be done with it...

A few guys I watch on YouTube repair cars with a mask on when they spray brake cleaner.

Note, the type of mask is pretty important. An n95 for particulates isn’t going to stop vapors nearly as well.

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Post by MrVandemar »

MisterTea wrote: post #102
permo-w wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

perhaps as a society we need to stop dismissing things containing plastics, synthetic fibres, rubber, resins, dyes and pharmaceuticals as otherwise harmless. I personally strongly avoid sleeping on or wearing anything containing synthetic fibres unless absolutely necessary. dyes I'm less cautious about, as short of dressing like a hippy they're almost impossible to avoid. it would be worse if I was a woman I'm sure,…

> it would be worse if I was a woman I'm sure, god knows what nonsense cosmetics contain They can always not apply them.

That's startlingly naive. There are breathtaking double standards as applies to women.

One of my friends is a graphic designer / coder working at a web-dev shop. Guys could come in wearing ripped jeans, hoodies, whatever. If she came in with low makeup and casual clothes she was upbraided for not "looking good" in case a client came in.

It's by no means an uncommon incident. It's 2023, there's still a lot of discrimination and inequality. Women choosing to not wear makeup probably don't get jobs and contracts.

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Post by acumenical »

MisterTea wrote: post #102
permo-w wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

perhaps as a society we need to stop dismissing things containing plastics, synthetic fibres, rubber, resins, dyes and pharmaceuticals as otherwise harmless. I personally strongly avoid sleeping on or wearing anything containing synthetic fibres unless absolutely necessary. dyes I'm less cautious about, as short of dressing like a hippy they're almost impossible to avoid. it would be worse if I was a woman I'm sure,…

> it would be worse if I was a woman I'm sure, god knows what nonsense cosmetics contain They can always not apply them.

Yes, if they want to opt out of society. In most places outside the farm, for a woman not to apply makeup is career and social suicide.

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Post by dylan604 »

permo-w wrote: post #86
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…

perhaps as a society we need to stop dismissing things containing plastics, synthetic fibres, rubber, resins, dyes and pharmaceuticals as otherwise harmless. I personally strongly avoid sleeping on or wearing anything containing synthetic fibres unless absolutely necessary. dyes I'm less cautious about, as short of dressing like a hippy they're almost impossible to avoid. it would be worse if I was a woman I'm sure,…

During the pandemic, I took a dive down the skincare ingredients rabbit hole. Some of the shit we‘re sold is crazy. Fragrances are another thing to get worked up about too. The most shocking to me was the lack of regulations.

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Post by cgio »

tormeh wrote: post #106
asdff wrote: post #105

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Old books with chemical information would often have things like odor or taste written down for a lot of surprising things.

Chemistry used to be a scientific spin on the Jackass franchise. Although to be fair often it was the assistants doing the taste tests - not the chief chemist at the lab.

Presumably the chief chemist would have had his fair share when he was starting out as assistant.

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Post by mavu »

asdff wrote: post #105
zinclozenge wrote: post #60

When I was taking organic chemistry my (mid-to-late 60s at the time in ~20010) teacher told us an anecdote about benzene when we started learning about aromatic molecules. She told us that they used to clean their lab bench with benzene solvent to make it sparkling clean. Of course, she also told us it was carcinogenic and then finished by saying a lot of her contemporary colleagues that went into organic chemistry r…

Old books with chemical information would often have things like odor or taste written down for a lot of surprising things.

well, it could be usefull for other people to know that they are already dead when they smell some specific smell with some reaction.
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