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- Formation of Benzene and Toluene from Acetylene-14C in the Avocado [pdf] http://www.jbc.org/content/240/3/1042.full.pdf 3 comments
- Why cancer-causing pollution from US oil refineries is falling | In an environmental success story, refineries have reduced their emissions of benzene due to federal regulations and oversight. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/05/23/benzene-pollution-refineries-epa/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzE2NDM2ODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzE3ODE5MTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MTY0MzY4MDAsImp0aSI6ImYyOGYwMTE4LTUzYWEtNGE0Ny04OTFhLTlhNWRjMTcyN2RjYSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9jbGltYXRlLWVudmlyb25tZW50LzIwMjQvMDUvMjMvYmVuemVuZS1wb2xsdXRpb24tcmVmaW5lcmllcy1lcGEvIn0.kMhTvT5cAd1hNS9XjSvKqw0U_6HfB6cxBreHNnK7iuE 4 comments environment
- Channelview is being bombarded by cancer-causing benzene. State officials have known for nearly two decades. https://houstonlanding.org/a-texas-community-is-being-bombarded-by-cancer-causing-benzene/ 5 comments environment
- Gas Piped Into Homes Contains Benzene and Other Risky Chemicals, Study Finds https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/28/climate/natural-gas-home-toxic-chemicals.html 3 comments energy
- Natural Gas Samples Taken from Boston-Area Homes Contained Numerous Toxic Compounds, a New Harvard Study Finds | Almost all of them contained low levels of benzene, a carcinogen. Additional studies are underway to see if homeowners are exposed to this and other toxins when cooking with gas. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28062022/natural-gas-stove-boston-toxic/ 11 comments science
- Natural Gas Samples Taken from Boston-Area Homes Contained Numerous Toxic Compounds, a New Harvard Study Finds | Almost all of them contained low levels of benzene, a carcinogen. Additional studies are underway to see if homeowners are exposed to this and other toxins when cooking with gas. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28062022/natural-gas-stove-boston-toxic/ 5 comments environment
- Johnson & Johnson recalling sunscreens due to benzene traces https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/johnson-johnson-recalling-sunscreens-due-to-benzene-traces 3 comments economy
- WSJ: J&J Recalls Aveeno, Neutrogena Spray Sunscreens - Company is pulling the products after detecting a cancer-causing chemical known as benzene in some samples https://www.wsj.com/articles/j-j-recalls-aveeno-neutrogena-spray-sunscreens-11626303616 21 comments wallstreetbets
- 13 U.S. refineries exceeded emissions limits for cancer-causing benzene in 2020 -report https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/thirteen-us-refineries-exceeded-emissions-limits-cancer-causing-benzene-2020-2021-04-28/?rpc=401& 368 comments technology
- Advocates Call on EPA to Expand Air Pollution Monitoring of Refineries After 10 Found Emitting High Benzene Levels https://www.desmogblog.com/2020/02/08/epa-expand-air-pollution-monitoring-oil-refineries-benzene 6 comments politics
- Ten U.S. refineries emitted excessive cancer-causing benzene in 2019: report https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-refineries-benzene/ten-u-s-refineries-emitted-excessive-cancer-causing-benzene-in-2019-report-iduskbn2000ee 13 comments politics
- Report finds 10 oil refineries with benzene above EPA's 'action level' https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/481726-report-finds-10-refineries-with-benzene-above-epas-action-level 17 comments politics
- Karim Benzene goes missing on the big occasion https://en.as.com/en/2019/09/20/football/1569001126_180317.html 29 comments soccer
- GMO Houseplant Purifies Air of Hazardous Compounds - Researchers have genetically modified a common houseplant to remove chloroform and benzene from the air around it. https://www.genengnews.com/news/gmo-houseplant-purifies-air-of-hazardous-compounds/ 3 comments worldnews
- Benzene formation in electronic cigarettes http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0173055 14 comments science
- Oil Companies Leaking Benzene Lobbied Against Pollution Rules http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/oil-companies-leaking-benzene-lobbied-against-pollution-rules-2586575?utm_content=buffer795fe&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer 8 comments politics
- If Benzene is dangerous to humans, then why is it when a benzene ring is fused with a diazepine ring to form benzodiazepines it's no longer dangerous? Is it just balanced out or? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/5gpgcc/if_benzene_is_dangerous_to_humans_then_why_is_it/ 8 comments askscience
- [Chemistry] How did Michael Faraday discover that Benzene Ring is made up of carbon and hydrogen and their proportions? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/4qqw0s/chemistry_how_did_michael_faraday_discover_that/ 3 comments askscience
- New type of hydrogen bonding (H bonded to boron, interacting with pi electron system on benzene) discovered; as strong as H-bonding in water http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.6b01249 10 comments science
- Gas Company Understated Benzene Exposure From California Leak - Adding to concerns over the disaster, efforts to stop the leak appear to have destabilized the well, the Los Angeles Times reports, raising the risk of a blowout. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/15/463178568/gas-company-understated-benzene-exposure-from-california-leak?utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=science 3 comments worldnews
- Obama seeks new air pollution limits for landfills. “In addition to methane, landfills also emit other pollutants, including the air toxics benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and vinyl chloride.” http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/251171-obama-seeks-new-air-pollution-limits-for-landfills 5 comments politics
- Scientists develop catalyst that could remove cancer-causing benzene in gasoline http://phys.org/news/2015-06-catalyst-cancer-causing-benzene-gasoline.html 7 comments science
- Fracking risk compared to thalidomide and asbestos in Walport report. “History presents plenty of examples of innovation trajectories that later proved to be problematic — for instance involving asbestos, benzene, thalidomide, dioxins, lead in petrol, tobacco, many pesticides...” http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/28/fracking-risk-compared-to-thalidomide-and-asbestos-in-walport-report 100 comments worldnews
- Fracking risk compared to thalidomide and asbestos in Walport report. “History presents plenty of examples of innovation trajectories that later proved to be problematic — for instance involving asbestos, benzene, thalidomide, dioxins, lead in petrol, tobacco, many pesticides...” http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/28/fracking-risk-compared-to-thalidomide-and-asbestos-in-walport-report 81 comments science
- Penn State University scientists discovered diamond nanothreads can be created from benzene when compressed http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/10/tech/innovation/space-elevator-nanotechnology/index.html 4 comments technology
- Liquid Benzene Squeezed to Form Diamond Nanothreads: High-pressure cycles unexpectedly convert benzene into superstrong and ultrathin threads. Will they put a space elevator within reach? http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/liquid-benzene-squeezed-to-form-diamond-nanothreads/ 5 comments technology
- Smallest possible diamonds form ultra-thin nanothreads: Using benzene, scientists have produced ultra-thin "diamond nanothreads" that promise extraordinary properties, including strength and stiffness greater than that of today's strongest nanotubes and polymers http://science.psu.edu/news-and-events/2014-news/badding9-2014 14 comments science
- Broccoli Loves Us - New cancer-prevention research says that consuming broccoli sprouts makes people excrete benzene in their urine, mitigating effects of breathing polluted air. http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/06/the-only-reason-anyone-would-eat-broccoli/372899/ 24 comments science
- Colorado Oil and Gas Operations Emitting Far More Benzene, Methane Than Expected. These studies make it clear that the idea that “natural gas,” which consists primarily of methane, is a clean fuel is a myth. http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/05/15/colorado-oil-and-gas-operations-emitting-far-more-benzene-methane-expected 4 comments science
- Higher cancer incidences found in regions near refineries and plants that release benzene http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-07/w-hci072413.php 4 comments science
- "TEXAS CITY — A supportive crowd is expected to attend a state hearing Thursday in which the state’s environmental agency will take public comment on the possible removal of benzene and hydrogen sulfide from its Air Pollutant Watch List." WTF http://www.galvestondailynews.com/news/local_news/article_b59a51f8-a194-11e2-bebd-0019bb30f31a.html 4 comments politics
- US Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) claimed on Tuesday that fracking has not had a confirmed case of ground water contamination. Somebody should tell him about these high profile cases: Leaks of cancer-causing agent benzene, exploding wells, and all of Pittsburgh being urged to drink bottled water in 2008 http://thinkprogress.org/green/2011/07/21/274064/inhofe-is-wrong-five-famous-times-fracking-contaminated-our-water/ 60 comments politics
- Stephen Colbert grills fracking lobbyist Tom Ridge: "It's been reported that some [fracking fluids] are things like kerosene, benzene, urea, toluene -- how many of those can I feed my toddler? Because it’s perfectly safe, right?" http://thinkprogress.org/green/2011/06/10/242884/stephen-colbert-grills-fracking-lobbyist-tom-ridge/ 138 comments politics
- The well from hell - and what they're not telling us yet. Elevated methane, benzene and hydrogen sulfide in the air and water... http://www.energyandcapital.com/articles/what-bp-isnt-saying/1185 10 comments politics
- Health officials are advising some people to leave the Gulf Coast area, because of dangerous levels of benzene in the atmosphere http://markcrispinmiller.com/2010/06/on-the-gulf-coast-dangerous-levels-of-benzene-in-the-air/ 19 comments science
- No, the BP oil volcano in the Gulf of Mexico is not your fault. You did not ask BP to dump extra benzene illegally into Lake Michigan. None of these crimes against nature was your individual responsibility. In fact, it is mostly the fault of Ronald Reagan http://www.juancole.com/2010/06/big-oils-predations-are-not-your-fault.html 42 comments politics
- Benzene may be the real killer of the Gulf Spill: Dissolved levels may exceed 1 Million times the accepted drinking water standards of states. http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/drinkingwater/vol_con.htm 9 comments reddit.com
- Air testing over one of the nation's biggest natural gas fields revealed two sites with extremely high levels of cancer-causing benzene and 19 more with elevated levels of the chemical, Texas environmental regulators said on Wednesday. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100127/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gas_drilling_pollution 3 comments science
- Possible toxic gases being released from MacBooks, including carcinogenic benzene http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/biztech/rotten-smell-raises-apple-toxin-fears/2008/10/02/1222651250932.html 11 comments technology
- Coca-Cola to phase out use of sodium benzoate after it was found to worsen hyperactivity and, if combined with vitamin A, to form a potential carcinogen, benzene. (But maybe only in UK?) http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/cocacola-to-phase-out-use-of-controversial-additive-after-dna-damage-claim-834021.html 2 comments science