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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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sulfur dioxide

CAS number: 7446-09-5

Diseases linked to this toxicant    Grouped by strength of evidence

Strong Evidence

Asthma - irritant

Bronchiolitis obliterans

Bronchitis - chronic

Rhinitis - irritant

Good Evidence

Fetotoxicity (miscarriage / spontaneous abortion, stillbirth)

Limited Evidence

COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)

Immune suppression

References for our 2011 disease list

Balmes J, Becklake M et al. American Thoracic Society Statement: Occupational contribution to the burden of airway disease. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2003 Mar 1;167(5):787-97.

Klaassen CD, Ed. Casarett and Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, 6th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill 2001.

LaDou J, Ed. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 3rd Edition. New York: Lange Medical/McGraw-Hill Company, 2004.

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