Glues tobacco

More than 99 percent of the ethylbenzene made is used for a single purpose—the production of styrene. Styrene is a very important industrial chemical, ranking seventeenth among all chemicals produced in the United States in 2004. It is used to make a number of important and popular polymers, the best known of which may he polystyrene. Much smaller amounts of ethylbenzene are used in solvents or as additives to a variety of products. Some products that contain ethylbenzene include synthetic rubber, gasoline and other fuels, paints and varnishes, inks, carpet glues, tobacco products, and insecticides. 

Nonfood preservative appHcations of sodium and potassium benzoate are found in pharmaceutical and cosmetic preparations, such as toothpastes and powders, tobacco, pastes and glue, as well as starch and latex (36,37). 

Formaldehyde is found in construction materials such as particle board and triplex, textiles, floor covering, furniture, soft plastic, paper, paint, glues, household products, ink, and tobacco smoke, and can cause serious problems for MCS patients. For information about formaldehyde, see www.allergybuyerscl ub.com/leaming/ montanaformaldehyde. html. 

A form of substance abuse of increasing interest is the recreational use of inhalants. Taken literally, this classification is useless, as it may be construed to include use of tobacco, crack cocaine, or marijuana (Sharp 1992). A better designation may be "volatile substance" abuse, a more accurate description of an important drug abuse pattern. Volatile substances that are commonly abused include glues, aerosols, anesthetics, cleaning agents, and solvents (Sharp 1992). Abuse of inhalants has been associated with a variety of toxicologies... 

PAHs Tobacco smoke Combustion processes (fire-places, exhaust of diesel engines, chimneys, candles, barbecue) Paints and glues containing tar oil or bitumen Wood protection agents... 

Anethole, 2-5% petrolatum (flavouring agent) Bronopol, 0.5% petrolatum (bactericide and fungicide, in tobacco, wrappers and glues)... 

Dimethyldithiocarbamate (Ziram), 1% petrolatum (biocide in tobacco, wrappers and glues) Formaldehyde resins (urea- or melamine formaldehyde), 10% petrolatum (adhesives)... 

Gum arabic, 50% aqua (vegetable gum) Hexamethylenetetramine, 2% petrolatum (preservative in wrappers for tobacco and glues)... 

Uses Antimicrobial, preservative, mold Inhibitor, yeast Inhibitor, fungicide for cosmetics, animal feed, foods, phannaceuticals, tobacco. Inks, glues additive In alkyd coatings, drying oils, rubber Intennedlate for plasticizers food acldulant, flavoring agent In food-pkg. applies. 

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