Even if you and they did not burst into flames there's still that pesky little carcinogen issue. Like Evans said "we're supposed to know better".

No one, to my knowledge, has kept any sort of track between middle age and early old age cancers that may be linked to frequent and copious skin contact with gasoline. That doesn't mean that it hasn't happened on a frequent basis. Why take the chance when it's been shown that gasoline does contain known carcinogens?

In fact those of us looking to prolong our later year good health would be well advised to use nitrile rubber gloves that are highly solvent resistant during ANY handling of solvents. And only use the more aromatic solvents in areas with good ventilation. Some solvents either never come out of our systems or come out extremely slowly. But they can be absorbed through the skin or via the lungs quite readily.