What are the health effects of TCE/PCE exposure?
ATSDR reported a number of health problems in children who were exposed in the womb from their mother drinking water contaminated with TCE and/or PCE include: Leukemia Small for gestational age Low birth weight Fetal death Major heart defects Neural tube defects Oral cleft defects (including cleft lip) Chonal atresia (nasal passages blocked with bone or tissue) Eye defects Miscarriage Major malformations ATSDR reported health problems in people of all ages from drinking water contaminated with TCE and/or PCE include: Non-Hodgkins lymphoma Bladder cancer Breast cancer Lung cancer ATSDR reported health problems in people of all ages from working with TCE and/or PCE include: Hodgkins disease Non-Hodgkins lymphoma Cervical cancer Kidney cancer Liver/biliary cancer Ovarian cancer Prostate cancer Neurological effects (delayed reaction times problems with short-term memory, visual perception, attention, and color vision) OA_show(1); Radium 226 Health Effects ATSDR reported that: “Radium has b
