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Health Effects of Chemicals

Fact sheets from two organizations are presented here. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) both maintain fact-sheets for multiple chemicals on the web.


Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

The following links are to fact sheets compiled by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Other Compounds can be found through ATSDR at the ATSDR website.

Arsenic
Barium
Benzene
Bis(2-ethyhexyl)phthalate
Cadmium
Chloroform
Chromium
Lead
Mercury
Methylene Chloride
PCB (Aroclor 1260)
Selenium
Tetrachloroethane
Toluene
1-1-1 TriCloroethane
Xylenes(BTEX)
Zinc



Environmental Protection Agency

The following links are to fact sheets compiled by the Environmental Protection Agency. The chemicals are broken into three categories by the EPA: Organics, Synthetic Organics, and Volatile Organic Compounds. These fact sheets are specifically for compounds in groundwater.

Organic Compounds

Antimony
Asbestos
Barium
Beryllium
Cadmium
Chromium
Copper
Cyanide
Lead
Mercury
Nitrates/Nitrites
Nickel
Selllium
enium
Tha

Synthetic Organic Compounds

Adipate
Alachlor
Aldicarb/Aldicarb Metabolites
Atrazine
Benzo(a)pyrene
Carbofuran
Chlordane
2,4 - D
Dalapon
Dibromochloropropane
Dinoseb
Dioxin(2,3,7,8-TCDD)
Diquat
Endothall
Endrin
Ethylene Dibromide
Glyphosate
Heptachlor/Heptachlor Epoxide
Hexachlorobenzene
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
Lindane
Methoxychlor
Oxamyl (Vydate)
Pentachlorophenol
Phthalate, di(2-ethylhexyl)
Picloram
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)
Simazine
Toxaphene
2,4,5 - TP (Silvex)


Volatile Organic Compounds

Acrylamide
Benzene
Carbon tetrachloride
Chlorobenzene
o-Dichlorobenzene
p-Dichlorobenzene
1,2-Dichloroethane
1,1-Dichloroethylene
cis-and trans- 1,2-Dichloroethylene
Dichloromethane
1,2-Dichloropropane
Epichlorohydrin
Ethylbenzene
Styrene
Tetrachloroethylene
Toluene
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
Trichloroethylene
Vinyl Chloride
Xylenes (Total)

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The Midwest Hazardous Substance Research Center, Michigan State University.
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