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Published online 2 December 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news041129-9
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Low levels of benzene damage health
Chemical destroys blood cells, even below legal limit.
A study of Chinese factory workers has shown that exposure to the chemical benzene destroys several types of blood cell. The effects are seen even at levels below the current US legal exposure limit of 1 part per million.
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