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Table 5 List of chemicals used in analyses

From: Permitted water pollution discharges and population cancer and non-cancer mortality: toxicity weights and upstream discharge effects in US rural-urban areas

 

Chemical Name

Toxicity Weight

Non-carcinogens

2,4-Dinitrophenol

500

 

1,1,1-Trichloroethane

0.5

 

Methoxychlor

200

 

1,1-Dichloroethylene

20

 

Hexachlorocyclopentadiene

170

 

Dinoseb

1000

 

2,4-D

200

 

o-Dichlorobenzene

11

 

1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane

5000

 

Styrene

5

 

Toluene

13

 

Chlorobenzene

50

 

Phenol

3.3

 

1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene

100

 

Xylene

5

 

Carbofuran

1200

 

Atrazine

56

 

Lead

18000

 

Manganese

7.1

 

Mercury

10000

 

Nickel

20

 

Thallium

14000

 

Antimony

2500

 

Barium

5

 

Beryllium

500

 

Cadmium

2000

 

Chromium

330

 

Copper

1500

 

Selenium

200

 

Chlorine

10

Carcinogens

Lindane

110000

 

Benzene

55000

 

1,1,2-Trichloroethane

5700

 

Ethylbenzene

1100

 

p-Dichlorobenzene

2400

 

Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate

14000

 

Polychlorinated biphenyls

2000000

 

Arsenic

1500000