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Table 8.1 (continued)
Contaminants
Health effects
References
Carcinogenic organs affected/symptoms
1, 1 dichloroethane
No study reported
Adrenal cortical
atrophy and hepatic
damage (dogs),
neurological, renal
immunological,
genotoxic and
cardiovascular effects
Nelson et al.
(1979)
ATSDR data
1, 1 dichloroethene
Breast cancer risks
involved
Hepatic, urinary and
kidney system
effected, nose to
lungs tracts can
become problematic
and neurological
dysfunction
Falck et al. (1992)
ATSDR data
1, 2 dichloroethane
(0.005 ppm)
Inadequate results
Hepatic and renal
system effected
ATSDR data
Department of
Health and Human
Services
1, 2 dichloroethene
Male breast cancer
risks associated with
its tans form
Blood forming
affected and problems
in Liver, Mutation
Problems like sex
chromosomes loss
ATSDR Data, Pub
Chem (US
National Library
of Medicine),
NIOSH data
Chloroform
Probable group B2
carcinogenic
Skin and eyes
irritation, cytogenetic
damages, mammary
glands, liver, etc.,
affected
EPA, NIOSH and
IARC data
Arsenic
Cancer of bladder,
kidney, skin, lung,
prostate and liver
Vascular diseases
(peripheral, cardio
and cerebral), causes
of death due to
nasopharynx and
esophagus also
reported
Wu et al. (1989)
Barium
No data
Endocrine, nervous,
renal, hematological,
hepatobiliary,
reproductive system
affected
Tardiff et al.
(1980), Ohgami
et al. (2012)
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