Well isn’t that curious, because all my search results for medical grade benzine show it to be a solvent used to clean surgical instruments and remove adhesive’s, not clean wounds. And there are a LOT of warnings about how dangerous it is, certainly not on the level of a household soap our mom might use to wash our mouth out for using profanities. Ordinary soap here in the US is not dangerous, if it were, my cousin would have died many years ago for his colorful language and the ensuing introduction to soap by his mother. He was and still is a very ornery person, he ate the soap to aggravate his mother.
A direct quote from a maker of medical supplies… ““Products based on natural oils can also be
used to remove sticking plasters. This can
replace medical grade benzine, which should not
be released to the air, and is also classed as
carcinogenic.”
We have to be cognizant of the fact that a lot of our family here on BLF are not engineers or well versed in the use of chemicals. What might appear to be simple to some could well be life-threatening to others. I know how these things are because I have blonde children…
Edit:
Toxic, volatile, flammable liquid hydrocarbon byproduct of coal distillation. Benzene is used as an industrial solvent in paints, varnishes, lacquer thinners, gasoline, etc. Benzene causes central nervous system damage acutely and bone marrow damage chronically and is carcinogenic. It was formerly used as parasiticide.
from MeSH
Benzene is a clear, colorless, highly flammable and volatile, liquid aromatic hydrocarbon with a gasoline-like odor. Benzene is found in crude oils and as a by-product of oil-refining processes. In industry benzene is used as a solvent, as a chemical intermediate, and is used in the synthesis of numerous chemicals. Exposure to this substance causes neurological symptoms and affects the bone marrow causing aplastic anemia, excessive bleeding and damage to the immune system. Benzene is a known human carcinogen and is linked to an increased risk of developing lymphatic and hematopoietic cancers, acute myelogenous leukemia, as well as chronic lymphocytic leukemia. (NCI05)
Pharmacology from NCIt
Benzene is found in the air from emissions from burning coal and oil, gasoline service stations, and motor vehicle exhaust. Acute (short-term) inhalation exposure of humans to benzene may cause drowsiness, dizziness, headaches, as well as eye, skin, and respiratory tract irritation, and, at high levels, unconsciousness. Chronic (long-term) inhalation exposure has caused various disorders in the blood, including reduced numbers of red blood cells and aplastic anemia, in occupational settings. Reproductive effects have been reported for women exposed by inhalation to high levels, and adverse effects on the developing fetus have been observed in animal tests. Increased incidence of leukemia (cancer of the tissues that form white blood cells) have been observed in humans occupationally exposed to benzene. EPA has classified benzene as known human carcinogen for all routes of exposure.
Hazards Summary from EPA Air Toxics
PUBCHEM COMPOUND BENZENE
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