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