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Health Effect	Contaminants
Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicity (known or suspected)	Lead (total) Tetrachloroethylene Bromomethane Cyanazine (Bladex) Toluene Dieldrin p-Dichlorobenzene Carbon tetrachloride Phenols Hydrogen sulfide Nitrate o-Xylene Aniline Acetone Nitrate & nitrite cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene Naphthalene Dibromochloromethane Cyanide Dichlorodifluoromethane 1,1,2-Trichloroethane Hexachlorobutadiene Lindane 1,2,3-Trichloropropane Chlordane p-Xylene 1,1,1-Trichloroethane Thallium (total) 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene Carbaryl Bromodichloromethane Carbon disulfide Styrene Heptachlor m-Dichlorobenzene Copper Benzene Diuron Isopropyl alcohol Arsenic (total) Methyl methacrylate Trichlorotrifluoroethane Chloromethane 1,1-Dichloroethylene 2,4-Dinitrotoluene Baygon (Propoxur) Trichloroethylene Aroclor 1254 Beryllium (total) Aluminum Mercury (total inorganic) Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) Trichlorofluoromethane Endrin Alachlor (Lasso) Pentachlorophenol 1,2-Dichloroethane Monochlorobenzene (Chlorobenzene) p,p'-DDT 1,4-Dioxane beta-Lindane m- & p- Xylene Simazine Toxaphene Phosphorus Dichloromethane (methylene chloride) Nitrobenzene Antimony (total) Tetrahydrofuran Xylenes (total) trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene 2,4-D Chloroform 1,2-Dichloropropane Molinate (Ordram) Ethylbenzene Chloroethane 1,1-Dichloroethane Vinyl chloride Trifluralin Methomyl Glyphosate Aroclor 1242 Endothall Monochloroacetic acid EPTC (Eptam) Methyl ethyl ketone Selenium (total) Endosulfan I Cadmium (total) Paraquat m-Xylene Acrylonitrile	93
Cancer (known)	Aroclor 1221 Asbestos Total polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Bromate Dieldrin p-Dichlorobenzene Carbon tetrachloride Aroclor 1016 Aniline Benzo[k]fluoranthene Naphthalene Radium-226 Acetochlor Benzo[b]fluoranthene 1,1,2-Trichloroethane 1,2,3-Trichloropropane Chlordane Heptachlor epoxide n-Nitrosodiphenylamine Aroclor 1260 Aldrin Bromodichloromethane 1,2-Dibromoethylene Heptachlor Benzene Diuron Bromoform Arsenic (total) Chromium (total) Formaldehyde 2,4-Dinitrotoluene Combined Uranium (pCi/L) Iodomethane Trichloroethylene 1,3-Dichloropropene Lindane Aroclor 1254 Beryllium (total) Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) Alachlor (Lasso) Pentachlorophenol 1,2-Dichloroethane Dibromomethane p,p'-DDT Radium-228 Strontium-90 Benzo[b]fluoranthene & Benzo[k]fluoranthene Benzo[a]pyrene Combined Radium (-226 & -228) Tritium Benzo[a]anthracene Uranium-235 Uranium-234 1,4-Dioxane Aroclor 1248 Chrysene Dichloromethane (methylene chloride) Nitrobenzene Uranium-238 Combined Uranium (mg/L) beta-Lindane Toxaphene Chloroform 1,2-Dichloropropane 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane 2-Nitropropane Chloroethane Propachlor 1,2 Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) 1,1-Dichloroethane Vinyl chloride Potassium-40 (total) Aroclor 1242 alpha-Lindane Dichloroacetic acid Dibenz[a,h]anthracene Cadmium (total) Chromium (hexavalent) Aroclor 1232 Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene Acrylonitrile Lead (total) Tetrachloroethylene	83
Cancer (suspected)	Dibromochloromethane Bromacil Radon 1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane Mercury (total inorganic) Carbaryl Styrene Isophorone Hexachlorobutadiene Dacthal Chloromethane Atrazine 1,1-Dichloroethylene Baygon (Propoxur) 2,4,5-T Chromium (total) Simazine Metolachlor 2,4-D 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene Molinate (Ordram) Ethylbenzene Di(2-Ethylhexyl) adipate Butachlor Butyl Benzylphthalate Trifluralin Trichloroacetic acid MTBE Paraquat Cyanazine (Bladex) Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)	31
Developmental Toxicity (known)	Toluene Aroclor 1016 EPTC (Eptam) Total polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Aroclor 1260 Heptachlor Carbon disulfide Benzene 1,2-Dibromoethylene Arsenic (total) Chloromethane Aroclor 1254 Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) Mercury (total inorganic) Endrin Dibromomethane p,p'-DDT 2,4-DB Aroclor 1248 Aroclor 1242 Cadmium (total) Aroclor 1232 Lead (total) Cyanazine (Bladex) Aroclor 1221 Bromomethane	26
Developmental Toxicity (suspected)	Carbon tetrachloride Phenols o-Xylene Naphthalene Barium (total) n-Hexane Cyanide Methoxychlor Chlordane p-Xylene Aldrin Chlorine dioxide 1,1,1-Trichloroethane Hexachlorobutadiene Lindane Carbaryl Dichlorprop Styrene Isophorone Copper Diuron Isopropyl alcohol Methyl methacrylate 1,1-Dichloroethylene Trichloroethylene 1,2-Dichloroethane Alachlor (Lasso) Pentachlorophenol Monochlorobenzene (Chlorobenzene) Benzo[a]pyrene 1,2 Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) Cadmium (total) 2,4-D Tetrahydrofuran 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene Chloroform Butyl Benzylphthalate Methyl isobutyl ketone Aniline 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane Molinate (Ordram) Ethylbenzene 2-Nitropropane m- & p- Xylene Chloroethane Propachlor Vinyl chloride Toxaphene Trifluralin MTBE Di-n-butylphthalate Metribuzin Methyl ethyl ketone Selenium (total) Acrylonitrile Tetrachloroethylene Hexachlorocyclopentadiene Xylenes (total) m-Xylene Dicamba p-Dichlorobenzene	61
Endocrine Toxicity (known or suspected)	Acetochlor Methoxychlor Bromacil Chlordane 1,2-Dibromoethylene Aroclor 1260 Heptachlor epoxide Aldrin Carbaryl o-Dichlorobenzene Styrene Heptachlor Carbon disulfide Benzene Hexachlorobutadiene Lindane Arsenic (total) Diethylphthalate Atrazine Aroclor 1254 2,4,5-T Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) Alachlor (Lasso) Pentachlorophenol Mercury (total inorganic) Picloram Endrin Dibromomethane p,p'-DDT Alpha Chlordane Benzo[a]pyrene Aroclor 1248 Anthracene Simazine Dichloromethane (methylene chloride) 2,4-D Tetrahydrofuran 1,2 Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene Aldicarb Chloroform Molinate (Ordram) Ethylbenzene 1,2-Dichloropropane Di(2-Ethylhexyl) adipate Butyl Benzylphthalate beta-Lindane Trifluralin Aroclor 1242 Toxaphene Methomyl Dibromoacetic acid Metribuzin Cadmium (total) Total polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Di-n-butylphthalate Lead (total) Endosulfan I Carbon tetrachloride Dieldrin	60
Immunotoxicity (known or suspected)	o-Xylene Asbestos Benzo[a]pyrene Carbaryl p-Xylene o-Dichlorobenzene Styrene Benzene 1,3-Dichloropropene Lindane Diethylphthalate Methyl methacrylate Atrazine Aroclor 1254 Formaldehyde Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) Alachlor (Lasso) Mercury (total inorganic) Beryllium (total) p,p'-DDT Dimethylphthalate Chromium (total) 1,4-Dioxane Carbofuran Propachlor Trifluralin Vanadium beta-Lindane m- & p- Xylene Xylenes (total) Glyoxal Cadmium (total) Lead (total) Endosulfan I m-Xylene Total polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Dieldrin Di-n-butylphthalate Toluene	39
Kidney Toxicity (known or suspected)	Nitrite Phenols Di-n-butylphthalate Naphthalene Nitrate Methoxychlor Chlorate Dibromochloromethane Cyanide Acetone Chlordane 1,1,2-Trichloroethane Aldrin 1,2,3-Trichloropropane Styrene n-Nitrosodiphenylamine Nitrate & nitrite Heptachlor 1,2-Dibromoethylene Thallium (total) Bromodichloromethane Isophorone Arsenic (total) Copper m-Dichlorobenzene Methyl methacrylate Isopropyl alcohol Chloromethane Hexachlorobutadiene 1,1-Dichloroethylene Iodomethane Trichloroethylene 1,3-Dichloropropene Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) Lindane 2,4-Dinitrotoluene Alachlor (Lasso) Bromoform Mercury (total inorganic) Beryllium (total) p,p'-DDT Pentachlorophenol 1,2-Dichloroethane Bromobenzene Endrin Dibromomethane Combined Uranium (pCi/L) Monochlorobenzene (Chlorobenzene) Chromium (total) 1,4-Dioxane Simazine Dichloromethane (methylene chloride) Chloroform Nitrobenzene Ethylbenzene 1,2-Dichloropropane Methyl isobutyl ketone Aniline 2-Nitropropane Chloroethane trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene 1,2 Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) Uranium-238 Combined Uranium (mg/L) Vanadium Cadmium (total) MTBE Phosphorus Metribuzin Lead (total) Endosulfan I Toxaphene Xylenes (total) Lithium Methyl ethyl ketone Selenium (total) Endothall Acrylonitrile Tetrachloroethylene Paraquat Hexachlorocyclopentadiene Dieldrin Carbon tetrachloride Toluene Bromomethane p-Dichlorobenzene Diquat Bromate Monochloroacetic acid	89
Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicity (known or suspected)	Chloropicrin o-Xylene Naphthalene Benzo[a]pyrene Methoxychlor Bromochloromethane Dibromochloromethane Acetone Chlordane 1,1,2-Trichloroethane 1,2-Dibromoethylene Aldrin 1,2,3-Trichloropropane Aroclor 1260 Styrene Dichlorodifluoromethane Carbaryl Fluoranthene p-Xylene o-Dichlorobenzene 1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane Hexachlorobutadiene Lindane Heptachlor 1,1,1-Trichloroethane Benzene Thallium (total) Bromodichloromethane Carbon disulfide Isophorone Arsenic (total) Copper 1,3-Dichloropropene Desethylatrazine m-Dichlorobenzene Methyl methacrylate Isopropyl alcohol Diethylphthalate Chloromethane Atrazine 1,1-Dichloroethylene Bromoform Trichloroethylene Aroclor 1254 Formaldehyde Isopropylbenzene Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) 2,4-Dinitrotoluene Ammonia Mercury (total inorganic) Beryllium (total) p,p'-DDT Pentachlorophenol 1,2-Dichloroethane Bromobenzene Butyl Acetate Endrin Dibromomethane 2-Hexanone Picloram Monochlorobenzene (Chlorobenzene) Chromium (total) 1,3-Dichloropropane Trichlorofluoromethane 1,4-Dioxane 2,4-DB Aroclor 1248 Simazine 1,2 Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) Anthracene Dichloromethane (methylene chloride) Dichlorofluoromethane Carbofuran Chloroform Ethylbenzene 2,4-D Tetrahydrofuran 1,2-Dichloropropane Methyl isobutyl ketone Aniline Molinate (Ordram) beta-Lindane 2-Nitropropane m- & p- Xylene Chloroethane Toxaphene Phosphorus trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene Manganese 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane Antimony (total) Fluorene Trifluralin Acenaphthene Vinyl chloride Xylenes (total) Aroclor 1242 Glyoxal MTBE Metribuzin Lead (total) Endosulfan I Total polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Glyphosate Trichloroacetic acid Di-n-butylphthalate Methyl ethyl ketone Selenium (total) alpha-Lindane Acrylonitrile Tetrachloroethylene Paraquat Hexachlorocyclopentadiene Dieldrin m-Xylene Carbon tetrachloride EPTC (Eptam) Toluene Bromomethane p-Dichlorobenzene Phenols	121
Musculoskeletal Toxicity (known or suspected)	Strontium Phosphorus	2
Neurotoxicity (known or suspected)	EPTC (Eptam) Methoxychlor Diquat Dibromochloromethane Isopropyl ether Acetone Chlordane Acetochlor Barium (total) Hydrogen sulfide Cyanide 1,1,2-Trichloroethane n-Hexane Aldrin Ethyl ether 1,2,3-Trichloropropane Aroclor 1260 Styrene Dichlorodifluoromethane cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene Carbaryl Bromochloromethane Pyrene p-Xylene o-Dichlorobenzene 1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene Heptachlor 1,1,1-Trichloroethane Benzene Thallium (total) Bromodichloromethane Carbon disulfide Isophorone 1,2-Dibromoethylene Arsenic (total) 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene Desethylatrazine Methyl methacrylate Isopropyl alcohol Diethylphthalate Dichlorprop Chloromethane Atrazine 1,1-Dichloroethylene Trichloroethylene Aroclor 1254 Formaldehyde Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) Hexachlorobutadiene 2,4-Dinitrotoluene Methiocarb Ammonia Iodomethane Mercury (total inorganic) 1,3-Dichloropropene Lindane p,p'-DDT Pentachlorophenol 1,2-Dichloroethane Isopropylbenzene Endrin Dibromomethane Baygon (Propoxur) 2,4,5-T o-Chlorotoluene Monochlorobenzene (Chlorobenzene) Butyl Acetate Dimethylphthalate Bromoform 2-Hexanone Trichlorotrifluoroethane Trichlorofluoromethane Aluminum 1,4-Dioxane Simazine Ethylene dibromide (EDB) Dichloromethane (methylene chloride) Dichlorofluoromethane Combined Uranium (pCi/L) Thiobencarb (Bolero) Carbofuran Chloroform Ethylbenzene 2,4-D Tetrahydrofuran Nitrobenzene 1,2-Dichloropropane Ethion Methyl isobutyl ketone Aniline Molinate (Ordram) 2-Nitropropane Chloroethane 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene Aldicarb trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene Manganese 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane Antimony (total) Propachlor 1,2 Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) Vinyl chloride Oxamyl (Vydate) Phosphorus m- & p- Xylene 1,1-Dichloroethane MTBE Butyl Benzylphthalate Uranium-238 Combined Uranium (mg/L) Cadmium (total) Lead (total) Methomyl Endosulfan I Glyphosate Molybdenum Methyl ethyl ketone Selenium (total) beta-Lindane Acrylonitrile Lithium Tetrachloroethylene Glyoxal Paraquat Total polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Hexachlorocyclopentadiene Dieldrin m-Xylene Carbon tetrachloride Butylate (Sutan) Toluene Bromomethane Toxaphene p-Dichlorobenzene Cyanazine (Bladex) Xylenes (total) Dichloroacetonitrile Phenols Chlorite Chloropicrin o-Xylene n-Propylbenzene Naphthalene Di-n-butylphthalate	145
Reproductive Toxicity (known)	1,2-Dibromoethylene Benzene Carbon disulfide 2,4-Dinitrotoluene p,p'-DDT Dibromomethane 2,4-DB 1,2 Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) Cadmium (total) Lead (total)	10
Reproductive Toxicity (suspected)	Chlordane Barium (total) Hydrogen sulfide Nitrate n-Hexane Chlorate Aldrin 1,2,3-Trichloropropane Styrene Carbaryl p-Xylene Heptachlor 1,1,1-Trichloroethane Thallium (total) Nitrate & nitrite Arsenic (total) Chlorine dioxide Desethylatrazine Copper Methyl methacrylate Diethylphthalate Chloromethane Atrazine 1,1-Dichloroethylene Trichloroethylene 1,3-Dichloropropene Aroclor 1254 Formaldehyde Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) Hexachlorobutadiene Lindane Ammonia Mercury (total inorganic) Pentachlorophenol 1,2-Dichloroethane Beryllium (total) Endrin Baygon (Propoxur) 2,4,5-T Combined Uranium (pCi/L) Monochlorobenzene (Chlorobenzene) Aluminum Chromium (total) Dichloromethane (methylene chloride) Dichlorofluoromethane Carbofuran Chloroform Ethylbenzene 2,4-D Nitrobenzene 1,2-Dichloropropane Molinate (Ordram) 2-Nitropropane Aldicarb Manganese Antimony (total) Uranium-238 Combined Uranium (mg/L) Cadmium (total) Trifluralin Vinyl chloride Aroclor 1242 Phosphorus Butyl Benzylphthalate beta-Lindane m- & p- Xylene Glyphosate Xylenes (total) Molybdenum Methyl ethyl ketone Selenium (total) Acrylonitrile Tetrachloroethylene Paraquat Toxaphene Hexachlorocyclopentadiene Dieldrin Carbon tetrachloride Toluene Bromomethane Phenols Chlorite Total polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Di-n-butylphthalate Dicamba o-Xylene EPTC (Eptam) Nitrite Methoxychlor	89
Respiratory Toxicity (known or suspected)	Acetone n-Hexane Benzo[a]pyrene Aldrin Cyanide 1,2,3-Trichloropropane Asbestos Styrene Total polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) p-Xylene Dichlorodifluoromethane Bromochloromethane Benzene Radon Arsenic (total) Chlorine dioxide Isophorone n-Nitrosodiphenylamine 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene Desethylatrazine Copper Methyl methacrylate 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene Diethylphthalate Isopropyl alcohol Chloromethane 1,1-Dichloroethylene m-Dichlorobenzene Trichloroethylene Formaldehyde Ammonia Mercury (total inorganic) p,p'-DDT Pentachlorophenol 1,2-Dichloroethane Beryllium (total) Endrin Dibromomethane 1,2-Dibromoethylene o-Chlorotoluene Dimethylphthalate Bromoform Aluminum Chromium (total) Trichlorofluoromethane Dichloromethane (methylene chloride) Iodomethane 1,4-Dioxane 1,3-Dichloropropene Lindane Ethylene dibromide (EDB) Chloroform Combined Uranium (pCi/L) Trichlorotrifluoroethane Ethylbenzene Butyl Acetate 2,4-D Nitrobenzene 1,2-Dichloropropane 2-Nitropropane Tetrahydrofuran Manganese Methyl isobutyl ketone Aniline Antimony (total) Chloroethane 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane Propachlor Vinyl chloride Phenanthrene Cadmium (total) Vanadium Aroclor 1242 Lead (total) Toxaphene Glyphosate Acenaphthylene Uranium-238 Combined Uranium (mg/L) Methyl ethyl ketone Selenium (total) Methomyl Endosulfan I Acrylonitrile Tetrachloroethylene Chloramine Paraquat 1,2 Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) Hexachlorocyclopentadiene Trichloroacetic acid Dieldrin Carbon tetrachloride Toluene Bromomethane m-Xylene m- & p- Xylene Phosphorus p-Dichlorobenzene Phenols Cyanazine (Bladex) Xylenes (total) Chromium (hexavalent) Dichloroacetonitrile o-Xylene Chloropicrin Naphthalene Methoxychlor Monochloroacetic acid Chlordane Barium (total) Hydrogen sulfide	113
Skin Sensitivity (known or suspected)	Styrene Monochloroacetic acid p-Xylene EPTC (Eptam) 1,1,2-Trichloroethane Dichlorodifluoromethane Carbaryl Di-n-butylphthalate Ethyl ether Benzene Heptachlor Pyrene o-Dichlorobenzene 1,1,1-Trichloroethane Thallium (total) Carbon disulfide Arsenic (total) Chlorine dioxide Isophorone Desethylatrazine Methyl methacrylate Diethylphthalate Isopropyl alcohol Chloromethane 1,1-Dichloroethylene Trichloroethylene Formaldehyde Atrazine Ammonia 1,2-Dibromoethylene Mercury (total inorganic) Aroclor 1254 Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) p,p'-DDT Pentachlorophenol 1,2-Dichloroethane Beryllium (total) Dibromomethane Alachlor (Lasso) o-Chlorotoluene Monochlorobenzene (Chlorobenzene) Dimethylphthalate Iodomethane Chromium (total) 1,3-Dichloropropene Trichlorofluoromethane Lindane 1,4-Dioxane Ethylbenzene Butyl Acetate 2,4-D Carbofuran Nitrobenzene 1,2-Dichloropropane 2-Hexanone Anthracene Methyl isobutyl ketone Aniline Antimony (total) Propachlor Chloramben Vinyl chloride Phenanthrene Trifluralin Aroclor 1242 Lead (total) Methyl ethyl ketone Selenium (total) Endosulfan I 1,2 Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) MTBE Acrylonitrile Tetrachloroethylene Chloramine Paraquat Hexachlorocyclopentadiene Trichloroacetic acid Carbon tetrachloride Toluene Bromomethane Phosphorus m-Xylene m- & p- Xylene Xylenes (total) p-Dichlorobenzene Phenols Glyoxal o-Xylene Silver (total) Dibenz[a,h]anthracene Chloropicrin Naphthalene Toxaphene Diquat Acetone n-Hexane Benzo[a]pyrene Total polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Aldrin	99