Contaminants Addressed
Contaminant | Federal Legal Limit | Environmental Working Group Standard | Potential Health Effects | Reduced by AntiTox |
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1,1-Dichloroethane | Nonexistent | 3 ppb | Cancer; change to the heart and blood vessels | |
1,1,2-Trichloroethane | 5 ppb | 0.3 ppb | Liver cancer; harm to the kidney; change to the central nervous system | |
1,2-Dibromo-3- chloropropane | 0.2 ppb | 0.0017 ppb | Testicular cancer; harm to the male reproductive system; infertility | |
1,2-Dichloroethane | 5 ppb | 0.4 ppb | Cancer; harm to the immune system; harm to the stomach and intestines; harm to the liver; harm to the kidney; harm to the brain and nervous system | |
1,2-Dichloropropane | 5 ppb | 0.5 ppb | Liver cancer; harm to the liver; harm to the kidney; change to blood cells | |
1,2,3-Trichloropropane | Nonexistent | 0.0007 ppb | Cancer | |
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | 70 ppb | 5 ppb | Harm to the adrenal gland; cancer | |
1,3-Butadiene | Nonexistent | 0.0103 ppb | Cancer; harm to the brain and nervous system; harm to reproduction and child development; change to blood cells; change to the kidney | |
2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) | 70 ppb | 20 ppb | Hormone disruption; harm to the liver; harm to the kidney; harm to the thyroid; harm to the brain and nervous system; change to immune system function | |
Arsenic | 10 ppb | 0.004 ppb | Cancer; harm to the central nervous system; harm to the brain and nervous system; skin damage; change to the heart and blood vessels; increase the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes | X |
Atrazine | 3 ppb | 0.1 ppb | Harm to the developing fetus; hormone disruption; harm to the reproductive system; changes in the nervous system; changes in brain and behavior; cancer | |
Benzene | 5 ppb | 0.15 ppb | Cancer; harm to blood cells; harm to the central nervous system; harm to child development; harm to the immune system | |
Benzo[a]pyrene | 0.2 ppb | 0.007 ppb | Cancer; harm to the immune system; harm to reproduction and child development; change to the central nervous system | |
Bromate | 10 ppb | 0.1 ppb | Cancer | |
Bromochloracetic acid | -/- | 0,02 ppb | Cancer; Change to fetal growth and development | |
Bromodichloromethane | Nonexistent | 0.4 ppb | Cancer; harm to reproduction and child development; change to fetal growth and development | |
Bromoform | Nonexistent | 5 ppb | Cancer; harm to reproduction and child development; change to fetal growth and development | |
Carbofuran | 40 ppb | 0.7 ppb | Harm to the brain and nervous system; harm to the reproductive system | |
Carbon tetrachloride | 5 ppb | 0.1 ppb | Cancer; harm to the liver; harm to the central nervous system; harm to the kidney; decrease in fertility | |
Chlorate | Nonexistent | 210 ppb | Hormone disruption | |
Chlordane | 2 ppb | 0.03 ppb | Cancer; hormone disruption; harm to reproduction and child development | |
Chlorite | 1 ppm | 0.050 ppm | Change to blood cells; change to the thyroid; hormone disruption; harm to reproduction and child development | |
Chlorodibromoacetic acid | -/- | 0,02 ppb | Increase the risk of cancer and may cause problems during pregnancy | |
Chloroform | Nonexistent | 1 ppb | Cancer; harm to fetal growth and development | |
Chloromethane | Nonexistent | 2.69 ppb | Cancer | |
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | 400 ppb | 200 ppb | Change to fetal growth and development; harm to the liver | |
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | 6 ppb | 3 ppb | Harm to the male reproductive system; harm to the immune system; change to fetal growth and development; hormone disruption | |
Dibromochloromethane | Nonexistent | 0.7 ppb | Cancer; harm to fetal growth and development | |
Dichloroacetic acid | Nonexistent | 0.7 ppb | Cancer; harm to reproduction and child development | |
Dichloromethane (methylene chloride) | 5 ppb | 4 ppb | Cancer; harm to reproduction and child development; harm to the liver | |
Diquat | 20 ppb | 6 ppb | Change to fetal growth and development; change in body weight; harm to the kidney; cataracts | |
Endothall | 100 ppb | 94 ppb | Change to the stomach and intestines; eye damage; skin irritation | |
Endrin | 2 ppb | 0.3 ppb | Cancer; change to the central nervous system; harm to the immune system; harm to the reproductive system | |
Ethylbenzene | 700 ppb | 300 ppb | Cancer; harm to the lungs; harm to the liver; harm to the kidney; change to the central nervous system | |
Ethylene dibromide | 0.05 ppb | 0.01 ppb | Cancer; harm to the reproductive system; harm to the central nervous system; change to fetal growth and development | |
Glyphosate | 700 ppb | 5 ppb | Cancer; harm to fetal growth; harm to the kidney | |
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) | 60 ppb | 0,1 ppb | Cancer; harm to fetal growth and development | |
Heptachlor | 0.4 ppb | 0.008 ppb | Cancer; hormone disruption; harm to the brain and nervous system | |
Heptachlor epoxide | 0.2 ppb | 0.006 ppb | Cancer; hormone disruption; harm to the liver | |
Hexachlorobenzene | 1 ppb | 0.03 ppb | Cancer; harm to the brain and nervous system; hormone disruption | |
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | 50 ppb | 2 ppb | Harm to the stomach and intestines; change to the liver; change to the kidney; irritation of the lungs | |
Lindane | 0.2 ppb | 0.032 ppb | Cancer; harm to the brain and nervous system; harm to the immune system | |
Methoxychlor | 40 ppb | 0.09 ppb | Hormone disruption; harm to the reproductive system; harm to the kidney; harm to the liver; harm to the immune system; harm to the brain and nervous system | |
Monochlorobenzene (chlorobenzene) | 100 ppb | 70 ppb | Harm to the liver; harm to the kidney | |
MTBE | Nonexistent | 13 ppb | Cancer | |
Oxamyl | 200 ppb | 26 ppb | Harm to the central nervous system; harm to the brain and nervous system; harm to child development | |
p-Dichlorobenzene | 75 ppb | 6 ppb | Cancer; harm to the liver; harm to the kidney; harm to the thyroid | |
Pentachlorophenol | 1 ppb | 0.3 ppb | Cancer; harm to child development; harm to the immune system; hormone disruption | |
Perfluorobutane sulfonate (PFBS) | Nonexistent | 0.001 ppb | Cancer; harm to the immune system; hormone disruption; harm to fetal growth and child development; harm to the liver | |
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHPA) | Nonexistent | 0.001 ppb | Cancer; harm to the immune system; hormone disruption; harm to fetal growth and child development; harm to the liver | |
Perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHXS) | Nonexistent | 0.001 ppb | Cancer; harm to the immune system; hormone disruption; harm to fetal growth and child development; harm to the liver | |
Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) | Nonexistent | 0.001 ppb | Cancer; harm to the immune system; hormone disruption; harm to fetal growth and child development; harm to the liver | |
Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) | Nonexistent | 0.001 ppb | Cancer; harm to the immune system; hormone disruption; harm to fetal growth and child development; harm to the liver | |
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) | Nonexistent | 0.001 ppb | Cancer; harm to the immune system; hormone disruption; harm to fetal growth and child development; harm to the liver | |
Picloram | 500 ppb | 166 ppb | Harm to the liver; harm to the kidney; change to the reproductive system | |
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) | 0.5 ppb | 0.09 ppb | Breast cancer; prostate cancer; harm to the brain and nervous system; hormone disruption; harm to the immune system | |
Simazine | 4 ppb | 0.1 ppb | Harm to the developing fetus; hormone disruption; harm to the reproductive system; changes in the nervous system; changes in brain and behavior; cancer | |
Styrene | 100 ppb | 0.5 ppb | Cancer; harm to the liver; harm to the brain and nervous system | |
Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene) | 5 ppb | 0.06 ppb | Lung cancer; breast cancer; colon cancer; harm to the kidney; harm to the liver; harm to the central nervous system | |
Toluene | 1 ppm | 0.15 ppm | Harm to the brain and nervous system; harm to the liver; harm to the immune system; harm to the reproductive system; harm to fetal growth and development | |
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) | 80 ppb | 0.8 ppb | Bladder cancer; skin cancer; harm to fetal growth and development | |
Toxaphene | 3 ppb | 0.03 ppb | Cancer; harm to the brain and nervous system; harm to the liver; harm to the kidney; hormone disruption | |
Trichloroacetic acid | Nonexistent | 0.5 ppb | Cancer; harm to reproduction and child development | |
Trichloroethylene | 5 ppb | 0.4 ppb | Cancer; change to fetal growth and development; harm to the liver; harm to the kidney | |
Trichlorofluoromethane | Nonexistent | 1.3 ppm | Harm to the liver; change to the central nervous system; harm to the heart and blood vessels | |
Trichlorotrifluoroethane | Nonexistent | 4 ppm | Harm to the liver; change to the central nervous system; harm to the heart and blood vessels | |
Vinyl chloride | 2 ppb | 0.05 ppb | Liver cancer; harm to the liver; change to the central nervous system | |
Xylenes (total) | 10 ppm | 1.8 ppm | Harm to the brain and nervous system; change to the central nervous system; change to fetal growth and development |