Some things to Prove
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 7:08 am
Some of these have been proven, others should be.
CHEMICAL TOXICITY IN HUMANS
including chronic and acute effects
and where found
1,3-butadiene
Effects: leukemia, lymph cancer, blood cell cancer; tumors of breast,
bronchial tubes, stomach, large intestine, liver, heart, thyroid (in mice:
testicular tumors, leukemia)
Found In: rugs, rug underpaddings, rubber tires, rubber consumer products,
nylon, gasoline, auto exhaust, groundwater"
Acetaldehyde
Effects: DNA and chromosome damage; binds to liver and other cells causing
autoimmune responses; upper respiratory irritation, metabolic disruption,
lung damage (6-10)"
Found In: body metabolism of alcohol; woodstoves, incinerators, smog, diesel
exhaust, byproduct of Candida Albicans fungal infections"
Acetone
Effects: neurologic damage, lung damage; enhances carbon tetrachloride liver
damage
Found In: adhesives
Alkylphenol resin
Effects: immune responses including itching/burning skin, rash, flushing,
wheezing, cough; nausea; hormone (prostaglandin) irregularities
Found In: carbonless copy paper (“NCR” forms)
"Benzenes (benzene, benzo(a)pyrene, naphthalene, others)
Effects: bronchial, colon, and liver damage; leukemia; DNA damage; tumors
including brain, liver, stomach, lung; cardiac abnormalities, eye
irritation, drowsiness, unconsciousness, uncoordination, heart attack (in
mice: birth defects, tumors)
Found In: gasoline (auto exhaust & interiors, gas stations) diesel exhaust,
building materials, plastics, polypropylene food containers, cooked foods,
printers, printed & copied paper, copy machines, incinerators, tobacco
smoke, woodsmoke, marihuana smoke"
BHT (butylated hydroxy-toluene)
Effects: allergic reactions, possible cancer, possible kidney damage
(animals: behavioural changes in offspring)
Found In: migration from polyethylene food packaging, additive in foods
(cereals, fats, meats, potatoes, others)"
Carbon disulfide
Effects: peripheral nerve damage, emotional instability, insomnia, lessening
of libido
Found In: solvents, dry-cleaning, painting, spray painting, glue work,
varnishes"
Carbon monoxide
Effects: lung damage & irritation; carboxy-hemoglobin neutralizes blood
oxygen transport
Found In: woodsmoke, tobacco smoke, auto and diesel exhaust"
Chlorinated water
Effects: immune depression (anti-tumor macrophages)
Found In: drinking water, shower vapour"
Chlorobenzene pesticides ( DDT, lindane, heptachlor, aldrin, dieldrin,
endrin, chlordane, mirex; others)
Effects: brain transmitter changes including neurological ‘kindling’; breast
cancer (in test bacteria: genetic mutations; in mice: developmental learning
deficits). Many are partially or completely untested
Found In: food chain: fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, poultry, human fat,
mother’s milk; body fat, contaminated soils, groundwater"
Chloroform, carbon tetrachloride
Effects: liver- lung- & enzyme damage, cancers, kidney damage, cardiac
abnormalities, heart attack
Found In: solvents, incinerators, groundwater"
Chlorpyrifos
Effects: peripheral nerve damage, autoimmune disease, antibiotic allergy,
memory loss, multiple chemical sensitivity, headaches, nausea, muscle
cramps; effects are accelerated by other organophosphate pesticides
Found In: food residues; widely used home and agricultural pesticide,
herbicide; active metabolite found in urine of 5.8% of U.S. population"
DEHP (diethylhexyl phthalate)
Effects: likely toxicity to lungs, liver, reproductive organs; possibly
carcinogenic (in animals: fetal toxicity, lung abnormalities) (38)"
Found In: plasticizer, food wraps, vinyl blood bags: leaches into blood
during storage"
Dioxins
Effects: genetic damage, vitamin A dysregulation, liver toxicity, altered
fat metabolism, chlorachne (skin cysts, scarring) thymus atrophy, impaired
resistance to infection, breast cancer, nerve transmission damage (in
animals: fetal damage, immune damage, enzyme changes)"
Found In: contaminant in pesticides, herbicides, technical products; now
worldwide in air, water, meat, fish, human body (especially fat, liver);
formed in incineration, electrical fires, woodsmoke, chemical reactions
(possibly sewage sludge)
Ethanol
Effects: fetal damage, developmental delay, neurologic damage, cirrhosis of
liver, zinc and selenium deficiencies; accelerates liver damage of
chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, and nitrosamines; interferes with body
processing of styrene, xylene, toluene, methyl ethyl ketone,
trichloroethylene, benzene
Found In: glue, alcoholic beverages"
Formaldehyde
Effects: lung damage, impaired memory & dexterity, immediate and delayed
hypersensitivity reactions; asthma, rhinitis; irritation of eyes and
respiration
Found In: solvents, printing, fabrics, mattresses, tobacco smoke, woodsmoke,
foam insulation, particle board, car and diesel exhaust, smog, groundwater"
Glycol ethers
Effects: reproductive poisons, red blood cell damage, liver damage (in
animals: fetal growth retardation, skeletal defects, testicular lesions)
Found In: antifreeze, paint, glue, adhesives, sealants, caulking compounds,
printed circuit boards, dyeing, inks"
Halothane
Effects: neurologic damage, liver damage (in rodents: developmental brain
damage, reduced learning and exploration in offspring, neurotransmitter
changes) (11, 50, 51)"
recently the most common general anesthetic; still in use as pediatric
anesthetic
Hexachlorobenzene
Effects: immune suppression, reduced T&B cell responses (in mice: impaired
resistance to infection) (26, 52)"
Found In: cleaners, fungicide"
Hexachlorophene
Effects: nausea, vomiting, convulsions, central and peripheral nerve damage,
kidney damage; caused brain lesions and death when used to wash newborn
premature babies (53-57)"
Found In: disinfectant, cleaning agent, soaps; used to wash hospital
newborns from 1950’s to 1973"
Hydrazine
Effects: autoimmune disease (lupus)
Found In: food additives, photographic supplies, herbicides, pesticides,
textiles, drugs, plastics"
MBT ( 2 -mercaptobenzothiazole)
Effects: damage to cell walls (cell death), allergy, rubber allergy (in
animals: cancer)
Found In: blood vial stoppers, syringes; rubber nipples & pacifiers and
other rubber products"
Methanol
Effects: neurologic damage, blindness, lung and gastro-intestinal problems;
dizziness, headache (61, 62)"
Found In: glue, antifreeze, paint, cement, ink, windshield-wiper solvent;
industrial uses"
Methyl ethyl ketone
Effects: lung irritation and damage (9)
Found In: solvents, photochemical smog"
Methyl n butyl ketone
Effects: peripheral nerve damage, loss of motor control and reflexes,
tremor, weight loss, muscle weakness (in rodents: nerve cell degeneration)
Found In: solvents, glue, varnish"
Methylene chloride
Effects: heart muscle damage, heartbeat changes; creates carbon monoxide (in
animals: cancers) (61, 66)"
Found In: pesticide sprays, gaseous lubricants, aerosols, degreasers, waxes,
paints, paint-removers, varnishes"
N-hexane
Effects: nerve cell damage, peripheral limb nerve damage; headache, cramps
Found In: building materials, vegetable oil extraction, gasoline, solvents,
glue, roofing glue, varnish, vinyl production, printing inks, paints,
dry-cleaning, spray painting"
Nitrogen dioxide
Effects: lung & respiratory damage, pulmonary fluid, fatty acid oxidation,
bronchitis, childhood bronchitis; forms methemoglobin in blood (in mice:
reduced resistance to infection, lung cell damage)
Found In: incinerators, woodsmoke, smog, auto and diesel emissions; coal,
oil & gas stoves"
Nitrosamines
Effects: DNA damage, cancers, cell death (in 30 animal species tested:
cancers)
Found In: consumer rubbers (tires, baby nipples and pacifiers), soaps,
cosmetics, tobacco smoke, food & food containers and packaging, marihuana
smoke, pesticides, herbicides, industrial uses"
Ozone
Effects: lung immune system damage (B-cells), bronchial constriction, fatty
acid oxidation, enzyme de-activation (in mice and rabbits: lung lesions; in
rats: fat metabolism damage, increased deaths)
Found In: incinerators, photochemical smog, diesel and auto exhaust, laser
printers"
PBBs (polybrominated biphenyls)
Effects: immune depression (T&B cells)
Found In: flame retardants (rugs, plastics, clothing, furnishings)"
PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls)
Effects: genetic damage causing developmental & cognitive retardation,
vitamin A dysregulation, chlorachne, immune depression, peripheral nerve
damage, liver damage, respiratory problems, thyroid hormone dysregulation,
decreases in reaction time, spatial learning, short-term memory; excess
pigmentation (in animals: tumors, growth retardation, behavioural changes,
fetal death, increased infection)
Found In: leakage from transformers; disposal of copy papers,
paints/plasticizers, pesticide extenders, flame retardants, adhesives,
coolants, inks, hydraulic fluids; human, fish, and animal fat; groundwater"
Pentachlorophenol
Effects: possible genetic damage, suspected cancers; commonly contaminated
with dioxins (in animals: fetal death and mutations)
Found In: wood preservative, packaging preservative, insecticide, metabolite
of lindane & hexachlorobenzene; found in urine of 75% of U.S. population"
Phenols
Effects: nausea, vomiting, paralysis, coma (in cats, dogs: immune
depression; in mice: trace amounts cause immune dysfunction of yeast-killing
macrophages)
Found In: disinfectants, insecticides, fungicides (especially citrus fruit),
food additives, tobacco, marihuana, natural food occurrences, incinerators"
Solvents (mixed) (usually some combination of: benzene, toluene, xylene,
styrene, acetone, methanol, phenol, alkylphenol, dichloromethane)
Effects: brain, skeletal, and other birth defects; brain cell degeneration;
panic attacks, impaired memory, depression; visuospatial and perceptual
impairment
Found In: paints, glues, degreasers, thinners, extractors, dyes, industrial
manufacturing, laboratories"
Styrene
Effects: genetic mutations, chromosome aberrations; interference with liver
enzymes, dermatitis; skin, nasal & respiratory irritations, fatigue,
irritability; decreases in manual dexterity, concentration, and reaction
times (in mice: tumors and increased death rate)
Found In: rubber, carpet backing, rug underpaddings, photocopiers, copy
paper, laser printers, polystyrene food containers (yogurt, others)"
Sulphur dioxide
Effects: lung & respiratory damage, bronchiospasm, airway irritation (in
mice: increased infection) (9, 98)"
Found In: car and diesel exhaust, incinerators, woodsmoke, smog"
Tetracycline
Effects: fetal malformations; chelates bone calcium
antibiotic
Toluene (methyl benzene)
Effects: damages: menstruation, respiratory system, brain, reproductive
system, verbal memory, short-term memory, reaction speed; increases
emotional reactivity and awake periods; induces asthma, blood vessel
dilation, hearing loss
Found In: paint, solvents, carpets, plastic & rubber cements, white-out
fluid, glue, roofing glue, photocopiers, print shops, dry-cleaning, spray
painting, varnishes, building materials, incinerators, smog, gasoline,
groundwater (drinking, skin absorption), printed paper"
Toluene-diisocyanate
Effects: immediate (type 1) immune reactions, other immune-system changes;
damage to mucous membranes; cough, wheeze; irritation of eyes, lungs"
Found In: typing correction fluid, polyurethane foams and elastomers
(insulation, cushions), industrial uses
Trichloroethylene
Effects: damage to cranial and trigeminal (nasal) nerves, liver; brain fatty
acid changes; narcotic symptoms: dizziness, nausea, numbness, alcohol
intolerance; disruptions in memory and understanding; cardiac abnormalities,
heart attack (in mice: cancers)
Found In: dry-cleaning, painting, spray painting, glue work, dewaxing and
degreasing agents, insecticides, drain cleaners, printing inks, solvents,
varnishes; incinerators"
Vinyl chloride
Effects: liver, brain & lung cancers; trigeminal nerve damage, ‘vinyl
chloride disease’ (loss of bone calcium, auto-immune complexes, peripheral
nerve damage, Raynaud’s symptoms, immune complex disorder); skin damage,
T-cell depression, kidney damage; sexual and sleep disorders
Found In: plastic wraps (‘Saran Wrap’), PVC plastics, pipes and connectors;
packing materials, wire and cable coatings, footwear, spray-propellant gas,
hard flooring, vinyl records, groundwater"
Xylene
Effects: lung enzyme damage, upper respiratory irritation, fatigue,
headache, nausea; impaired balance and reaction times
Found In: paints, thinners, solvents, gasoline, polystyrene cups, adhesives,
roofing glue, building materials, varnish, cleaners, paper, photochemical
smog, groundwater"
CHEMICAL TOXICITY IN HUMANS
including chronic and acute effects
and where found
1,3-butadiene
Effects: leukemia, lymph cancer, blood cell cancer; tumors of breast,
bronchial tubes, stomach, large intestine, liver, heart, thyroid (in mice:
testicular tumors, leukemia)
Found In: rugs, rug underpaddings, rubber tires, rubber consumer products,
nylon, gasoline, auto exhaust, groundwater"
Acetaldehyde
Effects: DNA and chromosome damage; binds to liver and other cells causing
autoimmune responses; upper respiratory irritation, metabolic disruption,
lung damage (6-10)"
Found In: body metabolism of alcohol; woodstoves, incinerators, smog, diesel
exhaust, byproduct of Candida Albicans fungal infections"
Acetone
Effects: neurologic damage, lung damage; enhances carbon tetrachloride liver
damage
Found In: adhesives
Alkylphenol resin
Effects: immune responses including itching/burning skin, rash, flushing,
wheezing, cough; nausea; hormone (prostaglandin) irregularities
Found In: carbonless copy paper (“NCR” forms)
"Benzenes (benzene, benzo(a)pyrene, naphthalene, others)
Effects: bronchial, colon, and liver damage; leukemia; DNA damage; tumors
including brain, liver, stomach, lung; cardiac abnormalities, eye
irritation, drowsiness, unconsciousness, uncoordination, heart attack (in
mice: birth defects, tumors)
Found In: gasoline (auto exhaust & interiors, gas stations) diesel exhaust,
building materials, plastics, polypropylene food containers, cooked foods,
printers, printed & copied paper, copy machines, incinerators, tobacco
smoke, woodsmoke, marihuana smoke"
BHT (butylated hydroxy-toluene)
Effects: allergic reactions, possible cancer, possible kidney damage
(animals: behavioural changes in offspring)
Found In: migration from polyethylene food packaging, additive in foods
(cereals, fats, meats, potatoes, others)"
Carbon disulfide
Effects: peripheral nerve damage, emotional instability, insomnia, lessening
of libido
Found In: solvents, dry-cleaning, painting, spray painting, glue work,
varnishes"
Carbon monoxide
Effects: lung damage & irritation; carboxy-hemoglobin neutralizes blood
oxygen transport
Found In: woodsmoke, tobacco smoke, auto and diesel exhaust"
Chlorinated water
Effects: immune depression (anti-tumor macrophages)
Found In: drinking water, shower vapour"
Chlorobenzene pesticides ( DDT, lindane, heptachlor, aldrin, dieldrin,
endrin, chlordane, mirex; others)
Effects: brain transmitter changes including neurological ‘kindling’; breast
cancer (in test bacteria: genetic mutations; in mice: developmental learning
deficits). Many are partially or completely untested
Found In: food chain: fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, poultry, human fat,
mother’s milk; body fat, contaminated soils, groundwater"
Chloroform, carbon tetrachloride
Effects: liver- lung- & enzyme damage, cancers, kidney damage, cardiac
abnormalities, heart attack
Found In: solvents, incinerators, groundwater"
Chlorpyrifos
Effects: peripheral nerve damage, autoimmune disease, antibiotic allergy,
memory loss, multiple chemical sensitivity, headaches, nausea, muscle
cramps; effects are accelerated by other organophosphate pesticides
Found In: food residues; widely used home and agricultural pesticide,
herbicide; active metabolite found in urine of 5.8% of U.S. population"
DEHP (diethylhexyl phthalate)
Effects: likely toxicity to lungs, liver, reproductive organs; possibly
carcinogenic (in animals: fetal toxicity, lung abnormalities) (38)"
Found In: plasticizer, food wraps, vinyl blood bags: leaches into blood
during storage"
Dioxins
Effects: genetic damage, vitamin A dysregulation, liver toxicity, altered
fat metabolism, chlorachne (skin cysts, scarring) thymus atrophy, impaired
resistance to infection, breast cancer, nerve transmission damage (in
animals: fetal damage, immune damage, enzyme changes)"
Found In: contaminant in pesticides, herbicides, technical products; now
worldwide in air, water, meat, fish, human body (especially fat, liver);
formed in incineration, electrical fires, woodsmoke, chemical reactions
(possibly sewage sludge)
Ethanol
Effects: fetal damage, developmental delay, neurologic damage, cirrhosis of
liver, zinc and selenium deficiencies; accelerates liver damage of
chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, and nitrosamines; interferes with body
processing of styrene, xylene, toluene, methyl ethyl ketone,
trichloroethylene, benzene
Found In: glue, alcoholic beverages"
Formaldehyde
Effects: lung damage, impaired memory & dexterity, immediate and delayed
hypersensitivity reactions; asthma, rhinitis; irritation of eyes and
respiration
Found In: solvents, printing, fabrics, mattresses, tobacco smoke, woodsmoke,
foam insulation, particle board, car and diesel exhaust, smog, groundwater"
Glycol ethers
Effects: reproductive poisons, red blood cell damage, liver damage (in
animals: fetal growth retardation, skeletal defects, testicular lesions)
Found In: antifreeze, paint, glue, adhesives, sealants, caulking compounds,
printed circuit boards, dyeing, inks"
Halothane
Effects: neurologic damage, liver damage (in rodents: developmental brain
damage, reduced learning and exploration in offspring, neurotransmitter
changes) (11, 50, 51)"
recently the most common general anesthetic; still in use as pediatric
anesthetic
Hexachlorobenzene
Effects: immune suppression, reduced T&B cell responses (in mice: impaired
resistance to infection) (26, 52)"
Found In: cleaners, fungicide"
Hexachlorophene
Effects: nausea, vomiting, convulsions, central and peripheral nerve damage,
kidney damage; caused brain lesions and death when used to wash newborn
premature babies (53-57)"
Found In: disinfectant, cleaning agent, soaps; used to wash hospital
newborns from 1950’s to 1973"
Hydrazine
Effects: autoimmune disease (lupus)
Found In: food additives, photographic supplies, herbicides, pesticides,
textiles, drugs, plastics"
MBT ( 2 -mercaptobenzothiazole)
Effects: damage to cell walls (cell death), allergy, rubber allergy (in
animals: cancer)
Found In: blood vial stoppers, syringes; rubber nipples & pacifiers and
other rubber products"
Methanol
Effects: neurologic damage, blindness, lung and gastro-intestinal problems;
dizziness, headache (61, 62)"
Found In: glue, antifreeze, paint, cement, ink, windshield-wiper solvent;
industrial uses"
Methyl ethyl ketone
Effects: lung irritation and damage (9)
Found In: solvents, photochemical smog"
Methyl n butyl ketone
Effects: peripheral nerve damage, loss of motor control and reflexes,
tremor, weight loss, muscle weakness (in rodents: nerve cell degeneration)
Found In: solvents, glue, varnish"
Methylene chloride
Effects: heart muscle damage, heartbeat changes; creates carbon monoxide (in
animals: cancers) (61, 66)"
Found In: pesticide sprays, gaseous lubricants, aerosols, degreasers, waxes,
paints, paint-removers, varnishes"
N-hexane
Effects: nerve cell damage, peripheral limb nerve damage; headache, cramps
Found In: building materials, vegetable oil extraction, gasoline, solvents,
glue, roofing glue, varnish, vinyl production, printing inks, paints,
dry-cleaning, spray painting"
Nitrogen dioxide
Effects: lung & respiratory damage, pulmonary fluid, fatty acid oxidation,
bronchitis, childhood bronchitis; forms methemoglobin in blood (in mice:
reduced resistance to infection, lung cell damage)
Found In: incinerators, woodsmoke, smog, auto and diesel emissions; coal,
oil & gas stoves"
Nitrosamines
Effects: DNA damage, cancers, cell death (in 30 animal species tested:
cancers)
Found In: consumer rubbers (tires, baby nipples and pacifiers), soaps,
cosmetics, tobacco smoke, food & food containers and packaging, marihuana
smoke, pesticides, herbicides, industrial uses"
Ozone
Effects: lung immune system damage (B-cells), bronchial constriction, fatty
acid oxidation, enzyme de-activation (in mice and rabbits: lung lesions; in
rats: fat metabolism damage, increased deaths)
Found In: incinerators, photochemical smog, diesel and auto exhaust, laser
printers"
PBBs (polybrominated biphenyls)
Effects: immune depression (T&B cells)
Found In: flame retardants (rugs, plastics, clothing, furnishings)"
PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls)
Effects: genetic damage causing developmental & cognitive retardation,
vitamin A dysregulation, chlorachne, immune depression, peripheral nerve
damage, liver damage, respiratory problems, thyroid hormone dysregulation,
decreases in reaction time, spatial learning, short-term memory; excess
pigmentation (in animals: tumors, growth retardation, behavioural changes,
fetal death, increased infection)
Found In: leakage from transformers; disposal of copy papers,
paints/plasticizers, pesticide extenders, flame retardants, adhesives,
coolants, inks, hydraulic fluids; human, fish, and animal fat; groundwater"
Pentachlorophenol
Effects: possible genetic damage, suspected cancers; commonly contaminated
with dioxins (in animals: fetal death and mutations)
Found In: wood preservative, packaging preservative, insecticide, metabolite
of lindane & hexachlorobenzene; found in urine of 75% of U.S. population"
Phenols
Effects: nausea, vomiting, paralysis, coma (in cats, dogs: immune
depression; in mice: trace amounts cause immune dysfunction of yeast-killing
macrophages)
Found In: disinfectants, insecticides, fungicides (especially citrus fruit),
food additives, tobacco, marihuana, natural food occurrences, incinerators"
Solvents (mixed) (usually some combination of: benzene, toluene, xylene,
styrene, acetone, methanol, phenol, alkylphenol, dichloromethane)
Effects: brain, skeletal, and other birth defects; brain cell degeneration;
panic attacks, impaired memory, depression; visuospatial and perceptual
impairment
Found In: paints, glues, degreasers, thinners, extractors, dyes, industrial
manufacturing, laboratories"
Styrene
Effects: genetic mutations, chromosome aberrations; interference with liver
enzymes, dermatitis; skin, nasal & respiratory irritations, fatigue,
irritability; decreases in manual dexterity, concentration, and reaction
times (in mice: tumors and increased death rate)
Found In: rubber, carpet backing, rug underpaddings, photocopiers, copy
paper, laser printers, polystyrene food containers (yogurt, others)"
Sulphur dioxide
Effects: lung & respiratory damage, bronchiospasm, airway irritation (in
mice: increased infection) (9, 98)"
Found In: car and diesel exhaust, incinerators, woodsmoke, smog"
Tetracycline
Effects: fetal malformations; chelates bone calcium
antibiotic
Toluene (methyl benzene)
Effects: damages: menstruation, respiratory system, brain, reproductive
system, verbal memory, short-term memory, reaction speed; increases
emotional reactivity and awake periods; induces asthma, blood vessel
dilation, hearing loss
Found In: paint, solvents, carpets, plastic & rubber cements, white-out
fluid, glue, roofing glue, photocopiers, print shops, dry-cleaning, spray
painting, varnishes, building materials, incinerators, smog, gasoline,
groundwater (drinking, skin absorption), printed paper"
Toluene-diisocyanate
Effects: immediate (type 1) immune reactions, other immune-system changes;
damage to mucous membranes; cough, wheeze; irritation of eyes, lungs"
Found In: typing correction fluid, polyurethane foams and elastomers
(insulation, cushions), industrial uses
Trichloroethylene
Effects: damage to cranial and trigeminal (nasal) nerves, liver; brain fatty
acid changes; narcotic symptoms: dizziness, nausea, numbness, alcohol
intolerance; disruptions in memory and understanding; cardiac abnormalities,
heart attack (in mice: cancers)
Found In: dry-cleaning, painting, spray painting, glue work, dewaxing and
degreasing agents, insecticides, drain cleaners, printing inks, solvents,
varnishes; incinerators"
Vinyl chloride
Effects: liver, brain & lung cancers; trigeminal nerve damage, ‘vinyl
chloride disease’ (loss of bone calcium, auto-immune complexes, peripheral
nerve damage, Raynaud’s symptoms, immune complex disorder); skin damage,
T-cell depression, kidney damage; sexual and sleep disorders
Found In: plastic wraps (‘Saran Wrap’), PVC plastics, pipes and connectors;
packing materials, wire and cable coatings, footwear, spray-propellant gas,
hard flooring, vinyl records, groundwater"
Xylene
Effects: lung enzyme damage, upper respiratory irritation, fatigue,
headache, nausea; impaired balance and reaction times
Found In: paints, thinners, solvents, gasoline, polystyrene cups, adhesives,
roofing glue, building materials, varnish, cleaners, paper, photochemical
smog, groundwater"