How to Use toluene in a Sentence
toluene
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Trade in the paraffin kind, which can release icky chemicals like alkens and toluene, for a cleaner burn with beeswax.
—Allison Young, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
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Solvents such as ethylbenzene and toluene can get into air, water and soil but break down quickly.
—Maggie Fox, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2017
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Arts and Theater Safety Newsletter called for the banning of Barge with toluene in 2003 — but the product is still dominant in puppetry.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2022
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But for other mixtures (like alcohols, or toluene and decane), the ratio of the two liquids is different on the surface compared to the bulk.
—Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2020
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His team first tried recreating the 1986 experiment, in which researchers got T. auensis to make toluene.
—Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 21 Mar. 2018
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Formaldehyde, d-Limonene, toluene, acetone, and ethanol (and more) fall within this category.
—Elizabeth Sweet, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2020
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Harmful chemicals such as toluene in aerosols and difluoroethane in compressed air cleaners are what cause the high, which lasts for a few minutes.
—Kashmira Gander, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2018
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Does not contain dibutyl phthalate, toluene, formaldehyde, or formaldehyde resin.
—Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Mar. 2021
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Texas and Louisiana house the plants that produce toluene diisocyanate (TDI), one of two main chemicals used to make furniture foam.
—Cameron Fields, cleveland, 12 Apr. 2021
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Delta-8 is typically produced by dissolving CBD — a compound found in cannabis plants — in solvents, such as toluene that is often found in paint thinner.
—Eric Berger, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2022
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Raw natural gas contains a mix of methane and toxic chemicals like benzene, toluene or formaldehyde.
—Lisa Song, ProPublica, 23 Jan. 2023
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These chemicals—such as benzene, toluene, naphthalene, anthracene, and phenol—form the basis for perfumes, explosives, and medicines.
—Akshat Rathi, Quartz, 23 Oct. 2019
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For instance, product packaging could contain toluene, while plastics might emit benzene.
—Chris Baraniuk, Wired, 16 July 2022
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The shade, named for the flowering shrub, gives just a pop of color and is eight-free — no formaldehyde, toluene, DBP, formaldehyde resin, camphor, xylene, ethyl tosylamide, triphenyl phosphate and parabens — vegan and cruelty free.
—Atlanta Life, ajc, 22 Mar. 2018
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Two chemicals — toluene and sodium hypochlorite — likely caused the explosion, fire officials said.
—Gal Tziperman Lotan, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2017
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The reports said air pollutants including benzene, toluene and xylene were released into the atmosphere.
—Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2017
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Neither charcoal lighter fluid nor gasoline contain toluene as a single component, Jackson wrote.
—Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2020
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In Torrance, for nearly 30 years beginning during the war, unlined pits and ponds were filled with waste from synthetic rubber-making and other industries, spoiling the groundwater with benzene and toluene.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2021
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In this case, hydrogen is blended with methylbenzene (toluene) to make methylcyclohexane.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 29 Apr. 2020
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The observed barrels are falling apart, and the soil and groundwater around them tests high for related contaminants toluene, chlorobenzene, phenol and heavy metals, according to DEQ documents.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2018
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Writers often cite a 2009 study by South Carolina State University researchers that claimed that paraffin wax releases harmful chemicals such as toluene.
—Sam Gutierrez, House Beautiful, 26 Dec. 2018
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Over the years, various toxic chemicals including barium, lead, arsenic, phenol, benzene, toluene and others were detected at the sites or in groundwater.
—Frank Kummer, Philly.com, 25 Aug. 2017
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And methane comes laden with other toxic pollutants, like benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene and other smog-forming organic compounds.
—James Rainey, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2018
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Wells emit a volatile miasma of cancer-causing hydrocarbons such as benzene and toluene, and their wastewater can contaminate underground water tables relied on by neighbors for household supplies.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2022
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The chemicals released in the week after Harvey made landfall include benzene, 1,3-butadiene, hexane, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, toluene and xylene.
—The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 4 Sep. 2017
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The chemicals released in the week after Harvey made landfall, including benzene, 1,3-butadiene, hexane, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, toluene and xylene.
—Paige Winfield Cunningham, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2017
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Some polishes include potential cancer-causing chemicals like dibutyl phthalate, toluene and formaldehyde.
—Elizabeth Denton, Seventeen, 16 July 2018
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In addition, methane leaks often contain other toxic pollutants, carcinogens, and poisonous gases like toluene, benzene, and hydrogen sulfide.
—Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
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In addition to its climate impacts, petrochemical production can release airborne toxins such as 1,3-Butadiene, benzene, and toluene, causing cancer and other illnesses.
—Beth Gardiner, Wired, 20 Jan. 2020
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Investigators sampled the contents of the drums and plastic containers at the 5-acre site, revealing hazardous materials and carcinogens including flammable chemicals, benzene, toluene, trichloroethylene, lead and polychlorinated biphenyls.
—jsonline.com, 15 Feb. 2017
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