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Protect yourself and your family from toxic substances in your home, office, and environment
ERF
has compiled an easy to ready library of information on commonly occurring
toxic substances. These fact sheets are organized by the name
of the chemical.
Browse through and learn how to avoid toxics in your daily life.
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Chemical Fact Sheets:
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Common areas of exposure:
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Click on the chemical name to read more >>
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Aldrin and Dieldrin
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Insecticides,
air, water, food: esp. fish and dairy…>>
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Arsenic
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Pressure-treated woods, dietary supplements…>>
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Asbestos
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Construction supplies…>>
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Benzene
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Tobacco smoke, glues, detergents, furniture, haz waste
sites…>>
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Benzofuran
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Tobacco smoke, packaging, haz waste sites…>>
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Beryllium
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Air, food, and water near coal and oil plants, haz waste
sites…>>
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Cadmium
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Art supplies, water, food: esp. shellfish, kidney meets…>>
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Carbon Disulfide
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Air, soil, groundwater near manufacturing plants…>>
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Carbon Tetrachloride
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Air, soil, groundwater near manufacturing plants…>>
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Chlordane
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Insecticides, crops, food…>>
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Chloroform
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Groundwater, swimming pools, air…>>
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Chromium
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Pressure treated wood, air, water near haz waste sites…>>
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Creosote
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Skin products for eczema and psoriasis, treated wood benches,
poles…>>
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DDT
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Air, fatty foods, breast milk…>>
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Dioxin
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Fish, municipal waste disposal, plastics…>>
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Ethylene
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Pesticides…>>
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Formaldehyde
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Pressed-wood products, mobile homes, smog, cigarette
smoke…>>
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Heptachlor
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Soil, plants, fish, dairy, breast milk…>>
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Lead
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Brass, crystal, cords, diving weights, paint, soil, roofing, breast
milk…>>
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Mercury
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Dental work, fish, shellfish, consumer products…>>
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Methylene Chloride
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Air, paint removers, photographic film…>>
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Napthalene
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Moth repellents, burning wood or fossil fuels, blankets…>>
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Nickel
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Coins, jewelry, tobacco smoke, air and food…>>
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PBBs and PBDEs
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Computer repair, soil, air, animals, waste sites… >>
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Pentachlorophenol
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Air, water near contaminated waste sites, lumber mills…>>
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Perc
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Drycleaning…>>
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Pyridine
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Air, cigarettes, manufacturing… >>
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Radium
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Burning coal, air, water, soil…>>
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Radon
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Indoor air in homes, schools, or buildings, basements…>>
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Selenium
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Supplements, dandruff shampoos, coal burning, waste…>>
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Sulfuric Acid
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Drain cleaner, car batteries, burning coal, printing, photo
shops…>>
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Tetrachloroethylene
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Dry cleaning, leather cleaners, air…>>
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Thorium
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Air, water, food, mining industry…>>
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Toluene
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Nail polish, spills and leaks in groundwater, haz waste…>>
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Toxaphene
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Insecticides, haz waste, shellfish…>>
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Trichloroethylene
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Typewriter correction fluid, spot removers, drinking
water…>>
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Vinyl Chloride
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Pipes, upholstery, plastics plants, landfill, haz waste…>>
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