1,3-Butadiene is a colorless gas with a mild gasoline-like odor. Large amounts of 1,3-butadiene are produced every year to make synthetic rubber, plastics and rubber. Workers engaged in these processes can be exposed to high levels of 1,3-Butadiene. The gas has also been found at hazardous waste sites and is present in minute concentrations in gasoline vapors, gasoline and diesel exhausts, smoke from wood fires, and cigarette smoke.

Read fact sheet from Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts28.html

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