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Pop-up - Learn More - Air Pollution: What's the Solution?
It is important to know that lung damage caused by ozone can occur without any noticeable signs. People who ... frequently high may find that their initial symptoms go away over time. Ozone continues to cause lung damage even when the symptoms have disappeared. The best way to protect your health is to ...
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National Environmental Health Association
Corrosive; gastrointestinal tract damage; kidney damage; liver damage; neurotoxic effects; cataracts Possibly Yes Endrin CNS depression Yes Yes Ethylene dibromide CNS depression; severe eye and skin irritation; cancer; lung damage Possibly Yes Hexachloro-   benzene Porphyria Liver cancer; thyroid cancer; neurotoxic effects; lung damage Yes Possibly Yes Lindane Aplastic anemia; heart damage; ...
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New Rules Project - Environment Sector - EU Chemical Regulations
For example, ethyl benzene is in many home products yet is known to cause nerve damage; heavy metals like cadmium, an ingredient in many paints, can cause lung damage and kidney disease. Under the original proposed rules, any company that manufactures or imports more than one metric ton of an existing substance is ...
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Glossary of Terms | Indoor Air | Air | US EPA
The hypersensitivity diseases most clearly associated with indoor air quality are asthma, rhinitis, and hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is a rare but serious disease that involves progressive lung damage as long as there is exposure to the causative agent. HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS: A group of respiratory diseases that cause inflammation of the lung (specifically ...
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Suburban Water Testing Labs: Carbon Tetrachloride Fact Sheet
MCL for relatively short periods of time: liver, kidney and lung damage. Long-term: Carbon tetrachloride has the potential to cause the following effects from a lifetime exposure at levels above the MCL: liver damage; cancer. Followup: Treat and retest quarterly. Treatment: Granular activated charcoal in combination with Packed Tower Aeration. Home ...
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EHP: Volume 107, Number 2 February 1999
M. Sheehan, Emily Willingham, David Gaylor, Judith M. Bergeron, and David Crews P. 155 Cyclosiloxanes Produce Fatal Liver and Lung Damage in Mice Michael W. Lieberman, Ernest D. Lykissa, Roberto Barrios, Ching Nan Ou, Geeta Kala, and Subbarao V. Kala P. 161 Resources | Call for Papers | Career Opportunities | Buy EHP Publications | Advertising Information | News ...
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Coalition for Clean Air - Air Pollution - Pollutants & Health Effects
These particles penetrate deeply into the lungs and are captured by lung tissue. A major contributor to the PM pollution problem is exhaust from diesel vehicles, which produce ... lung aging have all been linked to ozone exposure. Lung damage from long-term exposure to ozone can be permanent, while short-term exposure appears to be reversible. Ozone reduces the respiratory system ...
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Eco-USA: Antimony
Problems with fertility were also noted. In animal studies, problems with ... and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have not classified antimony as to its human carcinogenicity. Lung cancer has been observed in some studies of rats that breathed high levels of antimony ...
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Eco-USA: Beryllium
In this case, if you stop breathing air with beryllium in it, the lung damage may heal. Some people can become sensitive to beryllium. This is known as hypersensitivity or ... as a rash or as nodules. The skin granulomas are formed in the same way that lung granulomas are formed in sensitive people. Information excerpted from Toxicological Profile for Beryllium April 1993 ...
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EDO NSW Submissions - National Pollutant Inventory NEPM Variation
In humans it accumulates especially in the kidney and liver and may remain there for many years. There is substantial evidence that cadmium causes kidney disease, and it may also cause other effects including lung damage and effects on bone strength.26 IARC has determined that cadmium is carcinogenic to humans.27 Recent evidence in humans ...
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