Here's link on benzene. I still don't let John get gas for his car. It's a good thing he works 5 minutes from home and his car gets 40+ mpg. I know he worked with benzene solvents in his teens and twenties but not at a range that would cause acute, toxic poisoning. We both grew up with parents who smoked. We knew that as far back in the 80's, he was borderline anemic but never thought anything of it. He also seemed to bleed more than most.
http://www.eco-usa.net/toxics/chemicals/benzene.shtml
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Marlene, wife to John DX w/SAA April 2002, Stable partial remission; Treated with High Dose Cytoxan, Johns Hopkins, June 2002. Final phlebotomy 11/2016. As of July 2021 HGB 12.0, WBC 4.70/ANC 3.85, Plts 110K.
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