Here is some information on the primary chemicals, TCE and PCE. You can find more information on TCE and PCE, as well as other chemicals present, by clicking on the chemical name to the left.
TCE and/or PCE (taken from ATSDR website)
Below is a list of the types of health outcomes that have been found to be linked to TCE and/or PCE.
Reported health problems in children who were exposed in the womb from their mother drinking water contaminated with TCE and/or PCE include—
Leukemia
Small for gestational age
Low birth weight
Fetal death
Major heart defects
Neural tube defects
Oral cleft defects (including cleft lip)
Chonal atresia (nasal passages blocked with bone or tissue)
Eye defects
Reported health problems in children who were exposed in the womb from theirmother working with TCE and/or PCE include—
Low birth weight
Miscarriage
Major malformations
Reported health problems in people of all ages from drinking water contaminated with TCE and/or PCE include—
Non-Hodgkins lymphoma
Bladder cancer
Breast cancer
Lung cancer
Reported health problems in people of all ages from working with TCE and/or PCE include—
Hodgkins disease
Non-Hodgkins lymphoma
Cervical cancer
Kidney cancer
Liver/biliary cancer
Ovarian cancer
Prostate cancer
Neurological effects (delayed reaction times problems with short-term memory, visual perception, attention, and color vision)