Benzene has been used as an industrial solvent in a variety of different industries for more than one hundred years. There has been awareness for decades that significant exposures to benzene could result in suppression of one or more of the blood forming elements and with a sufficient dose and duration may result in aplastic anemia. Scientists on our staff have more than 100 years of combined professional experience at studying this chemical and have published nearly a dozen papers which address exposure potential in various industries or the health effects.