White spirit toxicity

The nature of a chemical will, obviously, affect its disposition and its effects on the body (the nature of a chemical can be described in terms of its so-called physico-chemical characteristics). These various characteristics wiU affect both the site of exposure and the consequences of the exposure. A chemical may be a solid, a liquid, or a gas. A solid may be in solution in water, for example sugar in a cup of tea, or in another solvent, for example alcohol, which is used to dissolve the fragrances in perfume. Liquids may be volatile such as petrol or white spirit. A solid may be in the form of lumps, crystals (for example, salt), or very small particles. Furthermore, the chemical could be irritant or corrosive, such as an acid like battery acid (hydrochloric acid) or kettle descaler (formic acid), or an alkali like caustic soda (sodium hydroxide), which is found in oven cleaners. The latter may not be weU absorbed from any of the three sites of exposure but will stiU cause damage to the tissues with which they come into contact. Substances that are not at all soluble in fat wiU not be well absorbed, nor wiU substances that are very soluble in fat but not soluble in water. However, sufficient of the chemical may be absorbed for it to be toxic even if it is a very small amount. Substances that are soluble in fat wiU also be more readily distributed around the body and metabolized. 

Phillips RD, Eagan GF. 1984. Subchronic inhalation exposure of dearomatized white spirit and C10-C11 isoparaffinic hydrocarbon in Sprague-Dawley rats. Fund Appl Toxic 4 808-818. 

Jakobsen BM, Hass U, Juul F, et al. 1986. Prenatal toxicity of white spirits inhalation in the rat [Abstract]. Teratology 34 415. 

Alcohol consumption incroasos toxic effects. White spirit. Shell Sol. solvent naphtha, turps (substitutes), petroleum tMnner are trade names. Packaging special material. 

Naphtha (Syn. white spirit, Stoddard solvent). Naphtha is a variable mixture of many different aliphatic, alicyclic, aromatic and other hydrocarbons arising from the distillation of petroleum. Because of this variability, the toxicity is difficult to define with any precision, but all fractions are likely to show the common... 

Nowadays, the most commonly used solvents are mineral or white spirits. Aromatic hydrocarbon solvents, such as xylene and toluene, are used in certain specialized industrial paints. Other solvents include a wide variety of alcohols (isobutanol, i-butanol), esters (ethyl acetate, butyl or isobutylacetate) and ketones (acetone, methyl ethyl ketone). Often, a mixture of different solvents is used to ensure the desired outcome, e.g., in thinners (Mathias 1984 Valsecchi et al. 1992 Rose and Vance 1997 Leira 1997). In Scandinavia, there has been a tendency for more than a decade to reduce the use of the more toxic solvents, including benzene, n-hexane and the chlorinated solvents, particularly carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, dichloroethane and trichloroethylene (Leira 1997). 

They do not contain lead or any heavy metals. In fact, do not contain any toxic chemicals at all Not even white spirits like other water-based inks in the market. 

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