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BENZENE

Words to Know

CARCINOGEN A chemical that causes cancer respiratory, urinary, and reproductive
in humans or other animals. systems.
CATALYST A material that increases the rate SYNTHESIS A chemical reaction in which
of a chemical reaction without undergoing some desired chemical product is made
any change in its own chemical structure. from simple beginning chemicals, or
reactants.
MUCOUS MEMBRANES Tissues that line the
moist inner lining of the digestive,

FOR FUR THER INFO RMAT ION
‘‘Chronic Toxicity Summary: Benzene.’’ California Office of Health
Hazard Assessment.
http://www.oehha.org/air/chronic_rels/pdf/71432.pdf
(accessed on September 21, 2005).
Newton, David E. ‘‘Benzene.’’ In Gale Encyclopedia of Science.
Edited by K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. 3rd ed.,
vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2004.
‘‘Spectrum Chemical Fact Sheet: Benzene.’’ Spectrum Laboratories.
http://www.speclab.com/compound/c71432.htm (accessed on
September 21, 2005).
‘‘Toxicity Summary for Benzene.’’ The Risk Assessment Informa
tion System.
http://risk.lsd.ornl.gov/tox/profiles/benzene.shtml (accessed
on September 21, 2005).
‘‘Toxicological Profile for Benzene.’’ Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry.
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp3.html (accessed on
September 21, 2005).