Neighbors have long blamed it for high levels of benzene, an element of coke oven gas.
There are mini earthquakes, methane, benzene and hydrogen sulfide being released into the community.
He said second-hand smoke contained more than 4, 000 chemicals, including benzene, formaldehyde, arsenic, ammonia and hydrogen cyanide.
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In 1990 the business was booming until a benzene scare forced Perrier to do a large-scale recall.
The scientists compared the benzene exposure of 50 people in six cities in Belgium, Greece, Denmark, Spain, Italy and France.
The results revealed that in a typical day people encountered twice as much benzene indoors as roadside measurements would indicate.
They were interested in what happened to benzene, a well-known carcinogen, which is emitted by vehicle engines when petrol is not completely burnt.
So far, the device--which electrifies molecules of benzene, allowing electrons to flow through and not interfere with one another--only exists on the drawing board.
Jet fuel without the benzene, lead, dibromide, lead or ethylene dichloride.
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He also prepared period paints, thinned with benzene to accelerate drying.
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Components of tobacco smoke such as carbon monoxide, nicotine, benzene and small particles can easily be measured in the air of a smoker's home or workplace.
Fracking fluids are believed to contain, in addition to water, benzene, ethylbenzene, formaldehyde, methanol, naphthalene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, toluene, xylene, boric acid, hydrochloric acid, isopropanol, and diesel fuel.
Some chemicals showed a possible link to breast cancer, including benzene, 1, 3-butadiene, and ethylene oxide, which are chemicals found in tobacco smoke, gas fumes, and exhaust from cars.
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Residents near where pigs were being pulled from the river went days in January without tap water when a chemical transporter leaked benzene into a Huangpu River tributary.
Residents near where pigs are being pulled from the river went days in January without tap water when a chemical transporter leaked benzene into a Huangpu River tributary.
Someone who is around a smoker inhales more benzene, a cause of leukemia, than he or she would inhale spending the same amount of time filling a car with gasoline.
Prosecutors said the company also illegally stored and disposed of hazardous waste without a permit, instructing workers to mix coal tar sludge, a listed hazardous waste that contains benzene, on the ground.
Benzene, one of the chemicals found in the water there, is classified as a known human carcinogen by the federal government, while the other two are listed as potential causes of cancer.
The EPA last year issued the first-ever standards to control smog- and soot-forming gases from gas wells site, and updated existing rules to reduce cancer-causing pollution, such as benzene, from other equipment.
UTC's solution: Pass the return air through an aluminum filter sprayed with titanium dioxide that, hit with ultraviolet rays, sets off a chemical reaction that breaks down nasty organic compounds like benzene and formaldehyde into carbon dioxide and water.
The flaring of natural gas, which often accompanies oil production, produces an array of air pollutants, and leaks and spills release toxins ranging from volatile chemicals, like benzene (a known carcinogen), to much heavier compounds, like benzopyrene (another known carcinogen).
After reporting concern about contamination, water quality tests performed by the Texas Railroad Commission found naturally-occurring levels of benzene, a known carcinogen, which exceeded the threshold limit for drinking water, but found no evidence to support a flaming water claim.
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The bank's internal communications chief, Ray O'Rourke , has a background in crisis PR from his days as an executive at Burson-Marsteller, where he represented Pan Am Airlines in the Lockerbie air disaster and Perrier in its more recent benzene fiasco.
We live in a world that needs alternative forms of energy which are not hydrocarbon based, forms of energy that do not contaminate at every stage of their lifecycle, that do not place benzene and formaldehyde in our air, diesel fuel in our aquifers and more benzene and formaldehyde as we drive our kids to work.
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