| Type of hydrocarbon | Household product examples
(common hydrocarbon ingredient) |
| Aliphatic | - Lighter fluid (naphtha*)
- Cigarette and other lighter fluid refills (butane)
- Furniture polish (mineral seal oil)
- Fuel (propane¶, kerosene, and gasoline*)
- Varnishes (mineral spirits)
- Paint thinner (mineral spirits and other petroleum distillates*)
- Household light oil and other lubricants (other petroleum distillates*)
- Carburetor cleaners (petroleum distillates*; may also contain methanol)
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| Terpene | - Paint thinner (turpentine)
- Gas treatments (turpentine)
- Wood and surface cleaning products (pine oil)
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| Aromatic | - Gasoline (benzene, xylene, and toluene)¶
- Painter thinners (xylene)
- Model or shoe glues (toluene)¶
- Liquid solders (toluene)
- Carburetor cleaners (xylene and toluene; may also contain methanol)
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| Halogenated hydrocarbons | - Computer keyboard cleaners (fluorinated hydrocarbons)
- Painter strippers (methylene chloride [metabolized to carbon monoxide] or trichloroethylene)
- Spot removers (trichloroethylene)
- Typewriter correction fluid (trichloroethylene)¶
- Paper correction fluid (trichloroethane)
- Brake cleaners (tetrachloroethylene)
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