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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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chlorophenols

Diseases linked to this toxicant    Grouped by strength of evidence

Good Evidence

Bladder cancer

Hodgkin's disease (lymphoma)

Lung cancer

Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)

Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)

Neural tube defects / CNS malformations

Soft tissue sarcomas

Soft tissue sarcomas

Limited Evidence

Brain cancer - childhood

Cataracts

Colorectal cancer

Nasopharyngeal / sino-nasal cancer

Neural tube defects / CNS malformations

Prostate cancer

Testicular cancer

Thyroid cancer

References

Hardell L, Lindström G, van Bavel B, Fredrikson M, Liljegren G. Some aspects of the etiology of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Environmental Health Perspectives. 1998 Apr;106(Suppl 2):679-681.

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.

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