Lipophiles paint removers

All the occupations listed in Table 28.2 carry with them exposures to mixtures of lipophilic and hydrophilic chemicals. Of the chemicals listed in Table 28.3, several are mixtures of compounds. These include gasoline, diesel fuel, mineral spirits, paint removers, paint thinners, and VM P naphtha. Though many of the studies referenced above consider organic solvents as only a mixture of lipophilic compounds, I13-1517 this is inappropriate, since many of the chemicals listed in Table 28.3 are mixtures of lipophiles and hydrophiles. For example, a typical solvent-based paint... 

As discussed above, paint removers are mixtures of lipophilic and hydrophilic chemicals formulated together to ensure maximum attack on paint. Paint thinners are generally composed of varnish makers and painters (VM P) naphtha and mineral spirits. VM P naphtha is a mixture of aliphatic alkanes and alkenes and aromatic hydrocarbons. Mineral spirits is a higher molecular weight composition of similar compounds. 

Removal of lipophilic PAH precursors from tobacco by solvent extraction reduces the PAH yield in MSS and the tumorigenicity (mouse skin-painting) of the CSC [Wynder (4294), Wright (4281), Wynder etal. (4355, 4356)]. This led to their recommendations to remove lipophilic components from tobacco. Confirmation of the reduced levels of PAHs in MSS from cigarettes fabricated with organic solvent-extracted tobaccos was provided by Rodgman (3241, 3242, 3246) and Rodgman and Cook (3286). 

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