Gasoline is a solvent and goes straight through skin to liver and brain, skin doesn’t protect you. That kid has 100% guaranteed organ damage.
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There are no known studies proving that dermal exposure can cause harm, due to gasoline's slow rate of absorption into the skin.
The real danger lies in inhaling the fumes exuded by the gasoline, which is very easy to do when covered in it.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK594138 (Ctrl-F: "dermal exposure")
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