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==Natural occurrence== Styrene is named after [[storax balsam]] (often commercially sold as ''styrax''), the resin of [[Liquidambar]] trees of the [[Altingiaceae]] plant family. Styrene occurs naturally in small quantities in some plants and foods ([[cinnamon]], [[coffee beans]], [[balsam tree (disambiguation)|balsam tree]]s and [[peanut]]s)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Steele |first1=D.H. |last2=M.J. |first2=Thornburg |last3=J.S. |first3=Stanley |last4=R.R. |first4=Miller |last5=R. |first5=Brooke |last6=J.R. |first6=Cushman |last7=G. |first7=Cruzan |date=1994 |title=Determination of styrene in selected foods |url=http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US9561217 |journal=Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry |volume=42 |issue=8 |pages=1661β1665 |issn=0021-8561 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214073543/http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US9561217 |archive-date=14 February 2018|doi=10.1021/jf00044a015|bibcode=1994JAFC...42.1661S |url-access=subscription }}</ref> and is also found in [[coal tar]].
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