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The only thing that matters is: what is the risk of 2ppm of it in hand sanitizer? My guess is that it's very little It is volatile. It won't spend much time in
by raverbashing 6y ago
The only thing that matters is: what is the risk of 2ppm of it in hand sanitizer? My guess is that it's very little
It is volatile. It won't spend much time in your hand. You won't breathe a significant amount of it. You aren't ingesting it.
"Oh but Benzene is carcinogenic" yes, it's also present in Whisky, in a bread slice that was left too long in the toaster, etc.
> The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has set a permissible exposure limit of 1 part of benzene per million parts of air (1 ppm) in the workplace during an 8-hour workday
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzene#Exposure_to_benzene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzene#Exposure_to_benzene
- Scoundreller 6y ago> You aren't ingesting it. That’s the problem: people do. Can be an issue on some hospital units, even when you add the bitter stuff to it.
- lazide 6y agoThe reality is, no one drinking hand sanitizer out of dispensers at the hospital is going to live long enough to see any real change in cancer risk due to 2ppm benzene in the hand sanitizer though are they?
- Scoundreller 6y agodepends how long they're in the hospital for...
- lazide 6y agoPretty sure you’re gonna die of straight up ethanol poisoning or cirrhosis of the liver before even 100ppm of benzene contamination in said 70% pure ethanol is going to do it. Just a guess, not volunteering for that study.