Although safer alternatives exist, about half of the Benzene manufactured in the world is being used in Asia as a washing agent. With no safeguards or ventilation in place , factory workers are succumbing to leukemia at an alarming rate, the number of suicides is shocking as well. Benzene is a proven cancer causing agent. Traces of Benzene remain in consumer products worldwide.
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