Atsdr assessed 16 diseases in its document atsdr assessment of the evidence for the drinking water contaminants at camp lejeune and specific cancers and other diseases pdf icon.
Tce perchloroethylene pce benzene and vinyl chloride.
Nevertheless few published studies have analyzed the wide spectrum of ads in subjects exposed to oss.
Research in this area began in 1957 when the first patients developing a scleroderma like syndrome after exposure to vinyl chloride epoxy resins trichloroethylene tce perchloroethylene and other mixed solvents were reported.
They are all colorless chemicals.
Exposure can occur via drinking water food or air or in occupational settings blossom et al.
A much larger number of studies have looked at health problems among workers exposed to tce pce benzene and vc.
It may be found in contaminated soil or water near military bases and in some commercial and household cleaning products.
Therefore not everyone who is exposed to trichloroethylene tce tetrachloroethylene pce benzene or vinyl chloride exposure will develop a health problem.
Below is a list of the types of health outcomes that have been found to be linked to tce pce benzene and vc.
Tce exposure may cause kidney cancer and increase the risk of lymphoma and liver cancer.
Trichloroethylene tce was the main contaminant.
Tce is a solvent used for cleaning metal parts.
Tce belongs to a large class of chemicals called organic solvents.
The maximum level detected in drinking water was 1 400 μg l in may 1982.
Government estimates that 9 34 of drinking water in this country contains tce and in some communities tce contamination in drinking water is quite high.
The numbers in parentheses indicate the reference for the study.
All of the references are listed at the end.
Reported health effects linked to tce pce benzene and vinyl chloride by civilian exposure 6568 views in addition to the conditions listed in the 2012 camp lejeune law regarding contamination and healthcare atsdr studies also reveal these observed health effects due to contamination.
This document combined the findings from atsdr s camp lejeune studies with findings from studies of other populations exposed occupationally or.
Alcohols acetone methyl ethyl ketone trichloroethane methylene chloride benzene toluene and xylene are just a few other examples of organic solvents.
Tests from routine water treatment plant sampling and samples of water supply wells identified that trichloroethylene tce tetrachloroethylene pce vinyl chloride vc and benzene contaminated some drinking water sources at camp lejeune.
Trichloroethylene tce is a chemical used to make refrigerants and as a metal degreaser.
The current limit for tce in drinking water is 5 μg l.
