Terpene depredation products, is it safe?

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Hey gang, I came across a few articles that detail how terps degrade to isoprene and other carcinogenic compounds at dabbing temps. What do you guys think about the safety of regularly dabbing super terpene rich sauce or cutting carts with terps? According to this article, one dab contains approximately 15 ppb benzene and over 100ppb methacrolein. The SDS for methacrolein says “fatal if inhaled”. How many dabs would you have to do, or how big of a dab would you have to take to get the LD of methacrolein and benzene?

Journal article:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsomega.7b01130

SDS:
https://static.cymitquimica.com/products/3D/pdf/sds-FM25133.pdf

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I think if it was possible to hit the limit I would have done it lol. (We will see if I keel over in a couple years)

Off topic: This week is my first break from dabs in probably 5 years. I noticed I have been getting stomach cramps after dabbing. Still eating edibles with no issues tho.

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