Benzene FactsBenzene Exposure | Workplace Benzene Limits | Environmental Law • The federal Hazard Communication Standard requires that every chemical company that supplies a chemical product to your employer provide them with a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS). The MSDS must identify all the hazardous ingredients in the product, with the exception of trade secrets. • Amounts as little of one cup of benzene evaporated in an area as large as a football field size building is 3.3 times the OSHA standard, 6.6 times the ACGIH standard, and 33 times the NIOSH standard. • Millions of workers may be exposed to benzene in the U.S. every year, • The EPA estimated that 50% of the U.S. population has been exposed to benzene by industrial sources, including oil refineries and chemical plants. • Gasoline fumes have 1,000 times the concentration of benzene recommended by NIOSH. If you have suffered symptoms from benzene, contact a benzene lawyer immediately, click here!! |