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Health Effects of Water Pollutant / VOC=Volatile Organic Chemicals
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Type of Contaminant |
Health Effects |
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Alachlor |
Herbicides/Organic |
Cancer; nervous system damage |
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Antimony |
Metal (mg/L) |
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Asbestos |
Inorganic |
Cancer |
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Arsenic |
Metal (mg/L) |
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Atrazine |
Herbicides/Organic |
Cancer; nervous system and mammary glands damage |
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Beryllium |
Metal (mg/L) |
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Benzene |
VOC |
Cancer, leukemia and anemia |
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Bromodichloromethane (TTHM) |
VOC/THM |
Nervous system, damage muscle damage; cancer |
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Bromoform (TTHM) |
VOC/THM |
Nervous system, muscle damage; cancer |
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Cadmium |
Metal (mg/L) |
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Carbofuran (Furadan) |
Pesticides/Organic |
Nervous system, kidney, reproductive system, and liver damage; anemia, leukemia |
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Carbon Tetrachloride |
VOC |
Cancer |
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Chlorobenzene (Monochlorobenzene) |
VOC |
Nervous system, kidney, liver damage |
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Chloroform (TTHM) |
VOC/THM |
Nervous system and muscle damage; cancer |
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Copper |
Metal (mg/L) |
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Cyanide |
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Cryptosporidium |
Human & animal fecal waste |
Gastroenteric diseases |
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Cysts (Giardia, Protozoan, |
Human & animal fecal waste |
Gastroenteric diseases |
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2,4-D |
Pesticides/Organic |
Liver and kidney damage |
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DBCP (Dibromochloropropane) |
Fumigant |
Reproductive system damage; cancer |
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Dibromochloromethane (TTHM) |
VOC/THM |
Nervous system and muscle damage, cancer |
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o-Dichlorobenzene |
VOC |
Kidney, liver, And lung damage |
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p-Dichlorobenzene |
VOC |
Cancer |
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l,l-Dichloroethane (1,1-DCA) |
VOC |
Liver, kidney, and nervous system damage |
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1,2-Dichloroethane (1,2-DCA) |
VOC |
Cancer |
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trans-1,2-Dichloroethane |
VOC |
Pending study |
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1,1-Dichloroethylene (1,1-DCE) |
VOC |
Cancer, kidney, and liver damage |
Health Effects of Water Pollutant VOC = Volatile Organic Chemicals
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Contaminant |
Type of Contaminant |
Health Effects |
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cis 1,2-Dichloroethylene |
VOC |
Liver, kidneys, nervous & circulatory system damage |
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1,2-Dichloropropane |
VOC |
Cancer, kidneys, and Liver damage |
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cis-1,3-Dichloropropane |
Pesticides |
Bladder and kidney damage |
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Dinoseb |
Pesticides/Organic |
Thyroid, reproductive organ damage |
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EDB (Ethyl Dibromide) |
Pesticides |
Reproductive and other organ damage |
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Endrin |
Pesticides/Organic |
Nervous system, kidney, liver damage; anemia, cancer, heart damage |
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Ethylbenzene |
Organic |
Nervous system, liver, and kidney damage |
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Giardia |
Human & animal fecal waste |
Gastroenteric diseases |
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Heptachlor |
Pesticides/Organic |
Cancer |
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Heptachlor Epoxide |
Pesticides/Organic |
Cancer |
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Hexachlorobutadiene |
VOC |
Pending study |
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(Perchlorobutadiene) |
VOC |
Kidney and stomach damage |
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Isopropylbenzene |
VOC |
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Lead |
Metal (mg/L) |
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Lead (pH 6.5 and pH 8.5) |
Inorganic |
Nervous system and kidney damage; highly toxic to infants & pregnant women |
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Lindane |
Pesticides/Organic |
Nervous system, liver, kidney damage |
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Mehylene Chloride |
VOC |
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Methoxychlor |
Pesticides/Organic |
Nervous system, kidney, liver damage; anemia, cancer |
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Nickel |
Metal (mg/L) |
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n-propylbenzene |
VOC |
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Pentachlorophenol |
Herbicides/Organic |
Liver and kidney damage; cancer |
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Silver |
Metal (mg/L) |
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Simazine |
Herbicides/Organic |
Nervous system damage; cancer |
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Styrene |
VOC |
Nervous system, kidney, and liver damage |
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l,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane |
VOC |
Pending study |
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Tetrachloroethylene |
VOC |
Nervous system damage; cancer |
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Toluene (Methylbenzene) |
VOC |
Nervous system, liver, and kidney damage |
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2,4,5- TP (Silvex) |
Pesticides |
Nervous system, liver, and kidney damage; cancer |
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Health Effects of Water Pollutant VOC = Volatile Organic Chemicals
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Contaminant |
Type of Contaminant |
Health Effects |
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1,2,4-Trichlorobenzen |
Pesticides |
Liver and kidney damage |
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1,1,1-Trichloroethane |
VOC |
Nervous system and liver damage |
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1,1,2-Trichloroethane |
Pesticides |
Kidney, liver, & Nervous system damage |
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Trichloroethylene (TCE) |
VOC |
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1,2,4 Trimethylbenzene |
VOC |
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1,3,5 Trimethylbenzene |
VOC |
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Trihalomethanes |
VOC, Disaffection by-product |
Cancer; nervous system & muscle damage |
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(TTHM; Chloroform; |
Coliform surface water treatment |
Interferes with dis-infection, infection, Related to dis-infection by-products |
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Xylenes |
VOC's |
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meta-Xylene |
Pesticides |
Nervous system, liver, kidneys, lungs, & mucous membranes |
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o-Xylene (Ortho-Xylene) |
Pesticides |
Nervous system, liver, kidneys, lungs, & mucous membranes |
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para-Xylene |
Pesticides |
Nervous system, liver, kidneys, lungs, & mucous membranes |
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Zinc |
Metal (mg/L) |
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