Synonyms for benzene
ˈbɛn zin, bɛnˈzinben·zene

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1. benzene, benzine, benzolnoun

   a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly inflammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds

   Synonyms:
   benzine, benzol

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1. List of paraphrases for "benzene":

   benzine

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. benzene

   Synonyms:
   C6H6

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1. Thomas Eissenberg:

   Both the laboratory and the naturalistic studies are consistent with one another, that water pipe tobacco smoke contains many toxicants, including nicotine that causes dependence, tobacco-specific nitrosamines that cause cancer, carbon monoxide that causes cardiovascular disease, and now benzene that causes leukemia, and water pipe tobacco smokers have these same toxicants in their bodies after they smoke tobacco in a water pipe.

2. Scott Faber:

   People can tell the FDA to require over-the-counter sunscreen product companies to test for contaminants like benzene, and people can tell Congress to pass laws to modernize cosmetics safety laws.

3. Personal Care Products Council:

   We are aware of the study reporting the presence of benzene in some of the sunscreen products tested, there is nothing more important than safety. If our consumers can't believe in a product or rely on it to do what it says, then nothing else matters.

4. Christopher Bunick:

   Many sunscreen products tested by Valisure did not have benzene contamination, and those products are presumably safe and should continue to be used, along with appropriate hats and sun-protective clothing, to mitigate skin cancer risk.

5. Sam Atwood:

   We found benzene levels three to five times higher than what we see in urban Los Angeles, benzene is a concern because it is known to cause cancer in humans.