Note: The ToxFAQs™ and Public Health Statements Information Sheet is updated periodically. Readers can access the most current list of ToxFAQs™, Public Health Statements and Toxicological Profiles on the ATSDR website at: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov or by contacting ATSDR. AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY ToxFAQs™ and Public Health Statement INFORMATION October 17, 2007 Background The ToxFAQs™ are created either from ATSDR’s toxicological profiles or Medical Management Guidelines for Acute Chemical Exposures (MMGs). The ToxFAQs™ are written in easy to read terms in a question and answer format and address issues of important interest, such as how can substances affect your health or they can cause cancer. The ToxFAQs™ are useful whenever a quick review or background is needed about that substance, such as during an emergency response or at community meetings. A total of 184 ToxFAQs™ (in English and Spanish) have been developed from the toxicological profiles and the medical management guidelines. The ATSDR Public Health Statements (PHSs) are a series of summaries taken from Chapter One of their respective ATSDR Toxicological Profiles. Each Public Health Statement serves as a summary for that complete Toxicological Profile. The PHSs provide information in a question and answer format which address the most frequently asked questions about exposure to hazardous substances found around hazardous waste sites and the effects of exposure on human health. A total of 166 Public Health Statements are available in English and Spanish. ATSDR also produces the Medical Management Guidelines for Acute Chemical Exposures (MMGs) as part of the Managing Hazardous Material Incidents handbooks. The MMGs provide recommendations for on-scene (pre-hospital) and hospital (ER) medical management of patients exposed during a hazardous materials (HAZMAT) incident. CD-ROMs of both the Toxicological Profiles and the MMGs are available from ATSDR. More information about either the toxicological profiles or MMGs can be obtained from the ATSDR web site < http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov > or by contacting ATSDR. For more information on the above listed publications, write Division of Toxicology and Environmental Medicine Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop F-32, Atlanta, GA 30333 For more information You may call the ATSDR toll free number at 1-800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636) or 1-888-232-6348 (TTY) to get information about Division of Toxicology and Environmental Medicine programs. ATSDR Internet home page via World Wide Web is http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov Page 1 info.txt The latest ToxFAQs™, Public Health Statements, Toxicological Profiles and MMGs, as well as other information about ATSDR, are available on the Internet. Here is the complete list of all 184 ToxFAQs™ substances in English and Spanish included on this CD-ROM. ENGLISH FILE NAMES ACETONE ACROLEIN ACRYLONITRILE ALDRIN/DIELDRIN ALUMINUM AMERICIUM AMMONIA ANILINE ANTIMONY ARSENIC ASBESTOS ATRAZINE BARIUM BENZENE BENZIDINE 2,3-BENZOFURAN BERYLLIUM BIS(2-CHLOROETHYL)ETHER BIS(CHLOROMETHYL)ETHER BLISTER AGENTS: (L) (HL) BLISTER AGENTS: HN-1,HN-2,HN-3 BLISTER AGENTS: H/HD, HT BORON BROMODICHLOROMETHANE BROMOFORM BROMOMETHANE 1,3-BUTADIENE 2-BUTANONE 2-BUTOXYETHANOL CADMIUM CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE/SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE CARBON DISULFIDE CARBON TETRACHLORIDE CESIUM CHLORDANE CHLORFENVINPHOS CHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS (CDDS) CHLORINE CHLORINE DIOXIDE CHLOROBENZENE CHLORODIBENZOFURANS (CDFS) CHLOROETHANE CHLOROFORM CHLOROMETHANE CHLOROPHENOLS CHLORPYRIFOS CHROMIUM COBALT Page 2 info.txt COPPER CREOSOTE CRESOLS CROTONALDEHYDE CYANIDE DDT, DDE, DDD DIAZINON DIBORANE DIBROMOCHLOROPROPANE 1,2-DIBROMOETHANE 3,3'-DICHLOROBENZIDINE 1,1-DICHLOROETHANE 1,2-DICHLOROETHANE 1,1-DICHLOROETHENE 1,2-DICHLOROETHENE 1,2-DICHLOROPROPANE DICHLOROBENZENES DICHLOROPROPENES DICHLORVOS DI(2-ETHYLHEXYL)PHTHALATE (DEHP) DIETHYL PHTHALATE DIISOPROPYLMETHYLPHOSPHONATE (DIMP) DI-N-BUTYLPHTHALATE 1,3-DINITROBENZENE 1,3,5-TRINITROBENZENE DINITROCRESOLS DINITROPHENOLS 2,4- AND 2,6-DINITROTOLUENE 1,4-DIOXANE 1,2-DIPHENYLHYDRAZINE DI-N-OCTYLPHTHALATE (DNOP) DISULFOTON ENDOSULFAN ENDRIN ETHION ETHYLBENZENE ETHYLENE OXIDE ETHYLENE GLYCOL/PROPYLENE GLYCOL FLUORIDES, HYDROGEN FLUORIDE, AND FLUORINE FORMALDEHYDE FUEL OILS (KEROSENE) GASOLINE, AUTOMOTIVE GUTHION HEPTACHLOR AND HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE HEXACHLOROBENZENE HEXACHLOROBUTADIENE HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE (HCH OR LINDANE) HEXACHLOROCYCLOPENTADIENE HEXACHLOROETHANE HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE(HDI) HEXANE 2-HEXANONE HMX (OCTOGEN) HYDRAULIC FLUIDS HYDRAZINES HYDROGEN CHLORIDE HYDROGEN PEROXIDE HYDROGEN SULFIDE IODINE IONIZING RADIATION ISOPHORONE JET FUELS JP-4 AND JP-7 JET FUELS JP-5 AND JP-8 LEAD Page 3 info.txt MALATHION MANGANESE MERCURY METHOXYCHLOR METHYL ISOCYANATE METHYL MERCAPTAN METHYL PARATHION METHYL T-BUTYL ETHER (MTBE) 4,4'-METHYLENEBIS(2-CHLOROANILINE) (MBOCA) METHYLENE CHLORIDE METHYLENEDIANILINE MIREX AND CHLORDECONE N-NITROSODIMETHYLAMINE N-NITROSODIPHENYLAMINE N-NITROSODI-N-PROPYLAMINE NAPHTHALENE NERVE AGENTS (GA,GB,GD,VX) NICKEL NITROBENZENE NITROGEN OXIDES NITROPHENOLS OTTO FUEL II PENTACHLOROPHENOL PERCHLORATES PHENOL PHOSGENE PHOSGENE OXIME PHOSPHINE PLUTONIUM POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS (PBBS) POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDEs) POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS) POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS PYRETHRINS/PYRETHROIDS PYRIDINE RADIUM RADON RDX (CYCLONITE) SELENIUM SELENIUM HEXAFLUORIDE SILVER SODIUM HYDROXIDE STODDARD SOLVENT STRONTIUM STYRENE SULFUR DIOXIDE SULFUR MUSTARD SULFUR TRIOXIDE/SULFURIC ACID SYNTHETIC VITREOUS FIBERS 1,1,2,2-TETRACHLOROETHANE TETRACHLOROETHYLENE (PERC) TETRYL THALLIUM THORIUM TIN TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE TOLUENE TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS TOXAPHENE 1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE 1,1,2-TRICHLOROETHANE TRICHLOROETHYLENE (TCE) 1,2,3-TRICHLOROPROPANE Page 4 info.txt 2,4,6-TRINITROTOLUENE (TNT) TUNGSTEN URANIUM USED MINERAL-BASED CRANKCASE OIL VANADIUM VINYL ACETATE VINYL CHLORIDE WHITE PHOSPHORUS XYLENE ZINC SPANISH FILE NAMES ACETONA ACROLEÍNA ACRILONITRILO ALDRÍN Y DIELDRÍN ALUMINIO AMERICIO AMONÍACO ANILINA ANTIMONIO ARSÉNICO ASBESTO ATRAZINA BARIO BENCENO BENCIDINA 2,3-BENZOFURANO BERILIO ÉTER BIS(2-CLOROETÍLICO) ÉTER BIS(CLOROMETÍLICO) AGENTES QUE CAUSAN AMPOLLAS (L, HL) AGENTES QUE CAUSAN AMPOLLAS (HN-1, HN-2, HN-3) AGENTES QUE CAUSAN AMPOLLAS (H, HD, HT) BORO BROMODICLOROMETANO BROMOFORMO BROMOMETANO 1,3-BUTADIENO 2-BUTANONA 2-BUTOXIETANOL CADMIO HIPOCLORITO DE CALCIO-DE SODIO SULFURO DE CARBONO TETRACLORURO DE CARBONO CESIO CLORDANO CLOFENVINFOS DIBENZO-p-DIOXINAS POLICLORADAS CLORO DIÓXIDO DE CLORO Y CLORITO CLOROBENCENO DIBENZOFURANOS POLICLORADOS CLOROETANO CLOROFORMO CLOROMETANO CLOROFENOLES CLORPIRIFOS CROMO COBALTO COBRE ACEITE USADO DE CÁRTER CREOSOTA Page 5 info.txt CRESOLES CROTONALDEHYDE CIANURO DDT, DDE Y DDD DIAZINÓN DIBORANO 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CLOROPROPANO 1,2-DIBROMOETANO 3,3'-DICLOROBENCIDINA 1,1-DICLOROETANO 1,2-DICLOROETANO 1,1-DICLOROETENO 1,2-DICLOROETENO 1,2-DICLOROPROPANO DICLOROBENCENOS DICLOROPROPENOs DICLORVOS DI (2-ETILHEXIL) FTALATO ETERES DE POLIBROMODIFENILOS (PBDEs) FTALATO DE DIETILO METILFOSFONATO DE DIISOPROPILO DI-N-BUTIL FTALATO 1,3 DI 1,3,5-TRINITROBENCENO DINITROCRESOLES DINITROFENOLES 2,4 Y EL 2,6-DINITROTOLUENO 1,4-DIOXANO 1,2-DIFENILHIDRACINA DI-N-OCTILFTALATO DISULFOTÓN ENDOSULFÁN ENDRINA ETÍON ETILBENCENO ÓXIDO DE ETILENO GLICOL DE ETILENO Y EL GLICOL DE PROPILENO FLÚOR FORMALDEHIDO ACEITES COMBUSTIBLES GASOLINA DE AUTOMÓVIL GUTION HEPTACLORO HEXACLOROBENCENO HEXACLOROBUTADIENO HEXACLOROCICLOHEXANO HEXACLOROCICLOPENTADIENO HEXACLOROETANO DIISOCIANATO DE HEXAMETILENO N-HEXANO 2-HEXANONA HMX FLUIDOS HIDRÁULICOS HIDRACINAS CLORURO DE HIDRÓGENO PERÓXIDO DE HIDRÓGENO ÁCIDO SULFHÍDRICO YODO RADIACIÓN IONIZANTE ISOFORONA COMBUSTIBLES DE AVIONES DE REACCIÓN JP-4 Y JP-7 COMBUSTIBLES DE AVIONES DE REACCIÓN JP-5 Y JP-8 PLOMO MALATÍON Page 6 info.txt MANGANESO MERCURIO METOXICLORO METIL ISOCIANATO METIL MERCAPTANO METILPARATIÓN ETER METIL TERT-BUTÍLICO METILENO BIS-ORTOCLORO ANILINA CLORURO DE METILENO 4,4'-METILENDIANILINA MIREX Y CLORDECONA MOSTAZA DE AZUFRE N-NITROSODIMETILAMINA N-NITROSODIFENILAMINA N-NITROSODI-N-PROPILAMINA NAFTALINA AGENTES QUE AFECTAN LOS NERVIOS (GA, GB, GD, VX) NÍQUEL NITROBENCENO ÓXIDOS DE NITRÓGENO NITROFENOLES COMBUSTIBLE OTTO II PENTACLOROFENOL PERCLORATOS FENOL FOSGENO OXIMA DE FOSGENO FOSFINA PLUTONIO BIFENILOS POLIBROMADOS BIFENILOS POLICLORADOS HIDROCARBUROS AROMÁTICOS POLICÍCLICOS PIRETRINAS PIRIDINA RADIO RADON RDX SELENIO HEXAFLUORURO DE SELENIO PLATA HIDRÓXIDO DE SODIO SOLVENTE STODDARD ESTRONCIO ESTIRENO ANHÍDRIDO SULFUROSO ANHÍDRIDO SULFÚRICO Y EL ÁCIDO SULFÚRICO FIBRAS VÍTREAS SINTÉTICAS 1,1,2,2-TETRACLOROETANO TETRACLOROETILENO TETRIL TALIO TORIO ESTANO TETRACLORURO DE TITANIO TOLUENO HIDROCARBUROS TOTALES DE PETRÓLEO TOXAFENO 1,1,1-TRICLOROETANO 1,1,2-TRICLOROETANO TRICLOROETILENO 1,2,3-TRICLOROPROPANO 2,4,6-TRINITROTOLUENO TUNGSTENO Page 7 info.txt URANIO VANADIO ACETATO DE VINILO CLORURO DE VINILO FÓSFORO BLANCO XILENO CINC Here is the complete list of all 166 PHS substances in English and Spanish, included on this CD-ROM. ENGLISH ACETONE ACROLEIN ACRYLONITRILE ALDRIN/DIELDRIN ALUMINUM AMERICIUM AMMONIA ANILINE ANTIMONY ARSENIC ASBESTOS ATRAZINE BARIUM BENZENE BENZIDINE 2,3-BENZOFURAN BERYLLIUM BIS(2-CHLOROETHYL)ETHER BIS(CHLOROMETHYL)ETHER BORON BROMODICHLOROMETHANE BROMOFORM BROMOMETHANE 1,3-BUTADIENE 2-BUTANONE 2-BUTOXYETHANOL CADMIUM CARBON DISULFIDE CARBON TETRACHLORIDE CESIUM CHLORDANE CHLORFENVINPHOS CHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS (CDDS) CHLORINE DIOXIDE CHLOROBENZENE CHLORODIBENZOFURANS (CDFS) CHLOROETHANE CHLOROFORM CHLOROMETHANE CHLOROPHENOLS CHLORPYRIFOS CHROMIUM COBALT COPPER CREOSOTE CRESOLS CYANIDE DDT, DDE, DDD DIAZINON Page 8 info.txt DIBROMOCHLOROPROPANE 1,2-DIBROMOETHANE 3,3'-DICHLOROBENZIDINE 1,1-DICHLOROETHANE 1,2-DICHLOROETHANE 1,1-DICHLOROETHENE 1,2-DICHLOROETHENE 1,2-DICHLOROPROPANE DICHLOROBENZENES DICHLOROPROPENES DICHLORVOS DI(2-ETHYLHEXYL)PHTHALATE (DEHP) DIETHYL PHTHALATE DIISOPROPYLMETHYLPHOSPHONATE (DIMP) DI-N-BUTYLPHTHALATE 1,3-DINITROBENZENE 1,3,5-TRINITROBENZENE DINITROCRESOLS DINITROPHENOLS 2,4- AND 2,6-DINITROTOLUENE 1,4-DIOXANE 1,2-DIPHENYLHYDRAZINE DI-N-OCTYLPHTHALATE (DNOP) DISULFOTON ENDOSULFAN ENDRIN ETHION ETHYLBENZENE ETHYLENE OXIDE ETHYLENE GLYCOL/PROPYLENE GLYCOL FLUORIDES, HYDROGEN FLUORIDE, AND FLUORINE FORMALDEHYDE FUEL OILS (KEROSENE) GASOLINE, AUTOMOTIVE GUTHION HEPTACHLOR AND HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE HEXACHLOROBENZENE HEXACHLOROBUTADIENE HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE (HCH OR LINDANE) HEXACHLOROCYCLOPENTADIENE HEXACHLOROETHANE HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE(HDI) HEXANE 2-HEXANONE HMX (OCTOGEN) HYDRAULIC FLUIDS HYDRAZINES HYDROGEN SULFIDE IODINE IONIZING RADIATION ISOPHORONE JET FUELS JP-4 AND JP-7 JET FUELS JP-5 AND JP-8 LEAD MALATHION MANGANESE MERCURY METHOXYCHLOR METHYL MERCAPTAN METHYL PARATHION METHYL T-BUTYL ETHER (MTBE) 4,4'-METHYLENEBIS(2-CHLOROANILINE) (MBOCA) METHYLENE CHLORIDE METHYLENEDIANILINE Page 9 info.txt MIREX AND CHLORDECONE N-NITROSODIMETHYLAMINE N-NITROSODIPHENYLAMINE N-NITROSODI-N-PROPYLAMINE NAPHTHALENE NICKEL NITROBENZENE NITROPHENOLS OTTO FUEL II PENTACHLOROPHENOL PERCHLORATES PHENOL PLUTONIUM POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS (PBBS) POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDEs) POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS) POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS PYRETHRINS/PYRETHROIDS PYRIDINE RADIUM RADON RDX (CYCLONITE) SELENIUM SILVER STODDARD SOLVENT STRONTIUM STYRENE SULFUR DIOXIDE SULFUR MUSTARD SULFUR TRIOXIDE/SULFURIC ACID SYNTHETIC VITREOUS FIBERS 1,1,2,2-TETRACHLOROETHANE TETRACHLOROETHYLENE (PERC) TETRYL THALLIUM THORIUM TIN TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE TOLUENE TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS TOXAPHENE 1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE 1,1,2-TRICHLOROETHANE TRICHLOROETHYLENE (TCE) 1,2,3-TRICHLOROPROPANE 2,4,6-TRINITROTOLUENE (TNT) TUNGSTEN URANIUM USED MINERAL-BASED CRANKCASE OIL VANADIUM VINYL ACETATE VINYL CHLORIDE WHITE PHOSPHORUS XYLENE ZINC SPANISH FILE NAMES ACETONA ACROLEÍNA ACRILONITRILO ALDRÍN Y DIELDRÍN ALUMINIO AMERICIO Page 10 info.txt AMONÍACO ANTIMONIO ARSÉNICO ASBESTO ATRAZINA BARIO BENCENO BENCIDINA 2,3-BENZOFURANO BERILIO ÉTER BIS(2-CLOROETÍLICO) ÉTER BIS(CLOROMETÍLICO) BORO BROMODICLOROMETANO BROMOFORMO BROMOMETANO 1,3-BUTADIENO 2-BUTANONA 2-BUTOXIETANOL CADMIO SULFURO DE CARBONO TETRACLORURO DE CARBONO CESIO CLORDANO CLOFENVINFOS DIBENZO-p-DIOXINAS POLICLORADAS DIÓXIDO DE CLORO Y CLORITO CLOROBENCENO DIBENZOFURANOS POLICLORADOS CLOROETANO CLOROFORMO CLOROMETANO CLOROFENOLES CLORPIRIFOS CROMO COBALTO COBRE ACEITE USADO DE CÁRTER CREOSOTA CRESOLES CIANURO DDT, DDE Y DDD DIAZINÓN 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CLOROPROPANO 1,2-DIBROMOETANO 3,3'-DICLOROBENCIDINA 1,1-DICLOROETANO 1,2-DICLOROETANO 1,1-DICLOROETENO 1,2-DICLOROETENO 1,2-DICLOROPROPANO DICLOROBENCENOS DICLOROPROPENOs DICLORVOS DI (2-ETILHEXIL) FTALATO FTALATO DE DIETILO METILFOSFONATO DE DIISOPROPILO DI-N-BUTIL FTALATO 1,3 DI 1,3,5-TRINITROBENCENO DINITROCRESOLES DINITROFENOLES 2,4 Y EL 2,6-DINITROTOLUENO 1,4-DIOXANO Page 11 info.txt 1,2-DIFENILHIDRACINA DI-N-OCTILFTALATO DISULFOTÓN ENDOSULFÁN ENDRINA ETERES DE POLIBROMODIFENILOS (PBDEs) ETÍON ETILBENCENO ÓXIDO DE ETILENO GLICOL DE ETILENO Y EL GLICOL DE PROPILENO FLÚOR FORMALDEHIDO ACEITES COMBUSTIBLES GASOLINA DE AUTOMÓVIL GUTION HEPTACLORO HEXACLOROBENCENO HEXACLOROBUTADIENO HEXACLOROCICLOHEXANO HEXACLOROCICLOPENTADIENO HEXACLOROETANO DIISOCIANATO DE HEXAMETILENO N-HEXANO 2-HEXANONA HMX FLUIDOS HIDRÁULICOS HIDRACINAS CLORURO DE HIDRÓGENO YODO RADIACIÓN IONIZANTE ISOFORONA COMBUSTIBLES DE AVIONES DE REACCIÓN JP-4 Y JP-7 COMBUSTIBLES DE AVIONES DE REACCIÓN JP-5 Y JP-8 PLOMO MALATÍON MANGANESO MERCURIO METOXICLORO METIL ISOCIANATO METIL MERCAPTANO METILPARATIÓN ETER METIL TERT-BUTÍLICO METILENO BIS-ORTOCLORO ANILINA CLORURO DE METILENO 4,4'-METILENDIANILINA MIREX Y CLORDECONA MOSTAZA DE AZUFRE N-NITROSODIMETILAMINA N-NITROSODIFENILAMINA N-NITROSODI-N-PROPILAMINA NAFTALINA NÍQUEL NITROBENCENO NITROFENOLES COMBUSTIBLE OTTO II PENTACLOROFENOL PERCLORATOS FENOL PLUTONIO BIFENILOS POLIBROMADOS BIFENILOS POLICLORADOS HIDROCARBUROS AROMÁTICOS POLICÍCLICOS PIRETRINAS Page 12 info.txt PIRIDINA RADIO RADON RDX SELENIO PLATA SOLVENTE STODDARD ESTRONCIO ESTIRENO ANHÍDRIDO SULFUROSO ANHÍDRIDO SULFÚRICO Y EL ÁCIDO SULFÚRICO FIBRAS VÍTREAS SINTÉTICAS 1,1,2,2-TETRACLOROETANO TETRACLOROETILENO TETRIL TALIO TORIO ESTANO TETRACLORURO DE TITANIO TOLUENO HIDROCARBUROS TOTALES DE PETRÓLEO TOXAFENO 1,1,1-TRICLOROETANO 1,1,2-TRICLOROETANO TRICLOROETILENO 1,2,3-TRICLOROPROPANO 2,4,6-TRINITROTOLUENO TUNGSTENO URANIO VANADIO ACETATO DE VINILO CLORURO DE VINILO FÓSFORO BLANCO XILENO CINC Page 13