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Toxicant and Disease Database

The CHE Toxicant and Disease Database is a searchable database that summarizes links between chemical contaminants and approximately 180 human diseases or conditions. Diseases and or toxicants can be viewed by utilizing the search options below. See a full description of the database and our methodology.

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trichloroethylene (TCE)

CAS number: 79-01-6

Diseases linked to this toxicant    Grouped by strength of evidence

Strong Evidence

Acute hepatocellular injury (hepatitis)s

Good Evidence

Acute tubular necrosis

Arrhythmias

Autoimmune antibodies (positive ANA, anti-DNA, RF, etc.)

Cardiac congenital malformations

Childhood leukemias

Cirrhosis

Cognitive impairment (includes impaired learning, impaired memory, and decreased attention span) / mental retardation / developmental delay

Decreased coordination / dysequilibrium

Fetotoxicity (miscarriage / spontaneous abortion, stillbirth)

Hearing loss

Hepatocellular cancer (liver cancer)

Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)

Psychiatric disturbances (disorientation, hallucinations, psychosis, delirium, paranoias, anxiety/depression, emotional lability, mood changes, euphoria)

Renal (kidney) cancer

Scleroderma

Trigeminal neuropathy

Limited Evidence

ADD/ADHD, hyperactivity

Adult-onset leukemias

Brain cancer - adult

Breast cancer

Cervical cancer

Choanal atresia

Genito-urinary malformations (includes male and female)

Hodgkin's disease (lymphoma)

Immune suppression

Low birth weight / small for gestational age / intra-uterine growth retardation

Lung cancer

Multiple myeloma

Nephrotic syndrome

Neural tube defects / CNS malformations

Oral clefts (cleft lip and palate)

Pancreatic cancer

Pancreatitis

Peripheral neuropathy

Prostate cancer

Raynaud's phenomenon

Systemic lupus erythematosus

Testicular cancer

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Leikin JB, Davis A, Klodd DA, Thunder T, Kelafant GA, Paquette DL, Rothe MJ, Rubin R. Selected topics related to occupational exposures. Part V. Occupational cardiovascular disease. Disease-a-Month. 2000 Apr;46(4):311-322.

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Rom WM. Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers, 1998.

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