From: Epidemiology of organic solvents and connective tissue disease
 |  | Exposure levels | ACGIH TLV: |
---|---|---|---|
Solvent | Typical industrial uses | (mg/m3) | 8 h TWA (mg/m3) |
Benzene | Petroleum refining product; a component of gasoline [83] | 0.1–27.2 | 1.6 |
Toluene | Tire vulcanization | 5.66 | 188 |
 | Leather finishing | 735 |  |
 | Hospital laboratory | 47.5 |  |
 | General manufacturing [84] | 452 |  |
Xylene | Hospital laboratory | 1700 | 434 |
 | General manufacturing [84] | 61 |  |
Trichloroethane | Nonflammable cold cleaning solvent; used alone or blended [4] | Not typically | 1910 |
 |  | used in |  |
 |  | consumer products |  |
Trichloroethylene | Nonflammable liquid that dissolves fats, greases, tars, and waxes; | Â | 269 |
 | used for cold cleaning [4]. |  |  |
 | Degreasing [85] | 4833 |  |
 | Also used in typographic correction fluids [86] |  |  |
Perchloroethylene | Nonflammable liquid used in cold cleaning where slow | Â | 170 |
 | evaporation is desired [4] |  |  |
 | Degreasing | 12204 |  |
 | Dry cleaning [85] | 3899 |  |
VM & P naphtha | Paint thinner with a boiling point range of 100–160°C [3] |  | 1370 |
Mineral spirits | Moderate flammability solvent with a boiling point range | Â | 525 |
(Stoddard solvent) | of 149–205°C; dissolves oil and grease [4] |  |  |
 | Commonly used in dry cleaning and as a paint thinner |  |  |