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===Incidents=== [[Occupational safety and health|Occupational]] hexane poisoning has occurred with Japanese sandal workers, Italian shoe workers,<ref>{{Cite journal| pmid = 6249607| year = 1980| last1 = Rizzuto| first1 = N| title = N-hexane polyneuropathy. An occupational disease of shoemakers| journal = European Neurology| volume = 19| issue = 5| pages = 308β15| last2 = De Grandis| first2 = D| last3 = Di Trapani| first3 = G| last4 = Pasinato| first4 = E| doi = 10.1159/000115166}}</ref> Taiwan press proofing workers, and others.<ref>{{citation | title=n-Hexane | series=[[Environmental Health Criteria]] | issue=122 | publisher=World Health Organization | year=1991 | url=http://www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc122.htm | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319105541/http://www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc122.htm | archive-date=19 March 2014}}</ref> Analysis of Taiwanese workers has shown occupational exposure to substances including ''n''-hexane.<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.5491/SHAW.2012.3.4.257| pmid = 23251841|pmc=3521924| title = Occupational Neurotoxic Diseases in Taiwan| journal = Safety and Health at Work| volume = 3| issue = 4| pages = 257β67| year = 2012| last1 = Liu | first1 = C. H. | last2 = Huang | first2 = C. Y. | last3 = Huang | first3 = C. C. }}</ref> In 2010β2011, Chinese workers manufacturing iPhones were reported to have suffered hexane poisoning.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/26/3048024.htm |title=Workers poisoned while making iPhones β ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=2010-10-26 |access-date=2015-03-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408171509/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/26/3048024.htm |archive-date=8 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/23/technology/23apple.html?pagewanted=all|title=Workers Sickened at Apple Supplier in China|newspaper=The New York Times|date=22 February 2011|author=David Barboza|access-date=2015-03-17|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407173034/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/23/technology/23apple.html?pagewanted=all|archive-date=7 April 2015}}</ref>
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