A highly flammable hydrocarbon. Its a solvent and feedstock. Products such as paint, plastic, and rubber have it in them. It comes frm toluene or coal. It is a carcingoen. AKA benzol, varnish makers naphtha, and painters naphtha. Refer to benzene poisonin
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