Toluene is one of many chemicals found in cigarettes.
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Toluene (also known as methylbenzene
or phenylmethane) is a clear, water-insoluble
liquid that smells of paint thinners, see also Turpentine.
Toluene is used as an octane booster in fuel, a solvent
in paints, paint thinners, and chemical reactions, for rubber, printing,
adhesives, lacquers, leather tanning, disinfectants, and to produce phenol
and TNT. Toluene is also used in the embalming of corpses.
Toluene is believed to be a developmental toxicant,
and is also suspected of being hazardous to health in other ways incl.
as a cardiovascular or blood toxicant; gastrointestinal or liver toxicant
; immunotoxicant; kidney toxicant; neurotoxicant; reproductive toxicant;
respiratory toxicant; and as a skin or toxicant.
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