I’m gonna copy/paste part of my post from the snowhigh thread because it’s too many words to bother rephrasing
Maybe you wont get 0ppb of solvent out here in the real world but you can easily get low enough that it’s not relevant. A study here found iso gas is detectable by nose around 11-39ppm. I can attest that when an evap dish is low enough, when it’s a bead of liquid instead of wetting the whole pan, I can’t smell iso. The CDC says here:
"Ten volunteers exposed for 3 to 5 minutes to 200, 400, or 800 ppm reported mild to moderate irritation of the eyes, nose, and throat *at the two higher concentrations* [Nelson et al. 1943]. The probable lethal oral dose has been reported to be *190 grams* [Gosselin et al. 1984]. [Note: An oral dose of 190 grams is equivalent to a worker being exposed to about 50,700 ppm for 30 minutes, assuming a breathing rate of 50 liters per minute and 100% absorption.]" (emphasis added)
Additionally, a publication on isopropanol toxicity from the ncbi (here)says, “Treatment of isopropanol ingestions typically consists of supportive therapy. Ingestions are rarely lethal [1][2][3]” Combined with the facts iso evaporates faster than water and actually pulls water out of the air into the evap dish, lengthening the evap process, residual iso content is not a concern imo.
In regards to benzene, the DOW document states a max limit of 2ppm of benzene in their USP grade iso, corroborated as the USP standard by an article here. The CDC says here “[benzene gas] exposure at 25 ppm for 8 hours has no effect [Gerarde 1960].” and says here, “The average smoker (32 cigarettes per day) takes in about 1.8 milligrams (mg) of benzene per day.” When we’re talking less than 2ppm of benzine in the tiny, tiny, residual amounts rubbing alcohol, which is itself only at ppm levels of the entire end product, worrying starts to sound really silly. Not to mention benzene has an even lower boiling point than isopropanol and actually floats on top of water. I’m no chemist but when benzene evaporates faster than water, and is between the water and the air, how is the water going to evaporate first to trap the benzene in solid hash? The tiny, tiny amounts of benzene a smoker gets more of in one sitting? Before you go anti tobacco on me some of the oldest people in the world are daily smokers.
I can understand your concern, but I would appreciate if you cited some sources before getting hostile and jumping at me about it I’m perfectly happy to be wrong, especially when safety is a concern, I’m just not convinced I am.