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Benzene Exposure Near the U.S. Permissible Limit Is Associated with Sperm Aneuploidy
6 Jan 2010
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BACKGROUND: Benzene is a common industrial chemical known to induce leukemia and other blood disorders, as well as aneuploidy, in both human blood cells and sperm at exposures > 10 ppm. Recent reports have identified health effects at exposure levels < 1 ppm, the permissible exposure limit (PEL; 8 hr) set by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OBJECTIVE: We investigated whether occupational...
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