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