Organic | MCL | Source/Industrial occurrence | Health effect | Treatment |
Chlorobenzene | 0.1 | Used as a solvent for paint and metal manufacturing. Also used in insecticides. | Affects nervous system, kidneys and liver. | Activated carbon |
CIS-1,2 Dichloroethylene | 0.07 | Used as an industrial solvent in the manufacturing of dyes, perfumes and lacquers | Affects liver, and a nervous and circulatory systems. Probable cause of cancer. | Activated carbon |
Dibromochloropropane | 0.0002 | Soil fumigant on soybeans, and cotton. Canceled in 1997. | Cancer | Activated carbon |
Dioxin | 0.00000003 | Chemical production by-product; impurity in herbicides. | Affects lungs, liver and kidney. Probable cause of cancer. | Activated carbon |
Epichlorohydrin | 0 | Used in epoxy resins and coating, and in flocculants. | Affects nervous system, kidney and liver. | Activated carbon |
Ethlbenzene | 0.7 | Used in the manufacture of gasoline, insecticides and asphalt | Probable cause of cancer | Activated carbon |
Ethylene Dibromide | 0.00005 | Used as a gasoline additive and soil fumigant. | Affects nervous system, kidneys and liver. | Activated carbon |
Monochlorobenzene | 0.01 | Used in manufacture of pesticides and as a metal cleaner and industrial solvent. | Cancer | Activated carbon |
PAHs | 0.0002 | Coal tar coating, burnings organic matter, volcanoes, fossil fuels. | Cancer | Activated carbon |
Phthalate (di(2-ethylhexyl)) | 0.006 | PVC and other plastics. | Affects skin and liver. Causes nausea. Probable cause of cancer. | Activated carbon |
Polychlorinated Biophenyts (PCBs) | 0.0005 | Used in electrical transformers. | Affect nervous system, kidneys and liver. | Activated carbon |
Styrene | 0.01 | Used in manufacturing plastic, resins and foams. | Affects nervous system. Probable cause of cancer and anesthesia | Activated carbon |
Tetrachloroethylene | 0.005 | Used in dry cleaning and as a degreasing agent for metals. Also used for manufacturing rubber, waxes, paints and inks. | Affects nervous system, liver and kidneys. Causes narcosis. Irritant to respiratory system. | Activated carbon |
Toluene | 1 | Used in gasoline, paint thinners, lacquers and adhesives. | Cancer | Activated carbon, ozonation |
| 0.01 | Formed when water containing organic matter is treated with chlorine. | Affects nervous system and muscles. Probable cause of cancer. | Activated carbon, aeration, ultra filtration (20-90%), RO (20-90%) |
1,1 Dichloroethylene | 0.007 | Used in manufacturing dyes, plastic, perfumes, paints and adhesives | Affects kidneys and liver and can cause nausea. | Activated carbon |
1,1,2-Trichloroethane | 0.005 | Solvent in rubber products, chemical production waste. | Kidney, liver, nervous system damage | Activated carbon, aeration |
1,1,1-Trichloroethane | 0.02 | Used in manufacturing of pesticides, plastic and metals. | Affects nervous system. Causes narcosis and probably cancer. | Activated carbon |
1,2 Dichlorobenzene | 0.6 | Used in the manufacturing of fumigants, insecticides, waxes, resins, rubber and asphalt | Affects lungs, liver and kidneys. | Activated carbon |
1,2 Dichloroethane | 0.005 | Used in the manufacturing of gasoline, paint, varnish, metal degreasers and insecticide fumigants | Damage kidney and liver can cause nausea | Activated carbon |
1,2 Dichloropropane | 0.005 | Used in insecticide fumigants, dry cleaning fluids and in manufacturing of resins, waxes and petroleum products | Affects lungs, liver and kidneys. | Activated carbon |
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | 0.07 | Herbicide production; dye carrier. | Liver, kidney damage | Activated carbon, aeration |
1,4 Dichlorobenzene | 0.075 | Used in moth repellent, germicides, pesticides and soil fumigants. | Affects nervous system, liver and kidneys. Probable cause of cancer. | Activated carbon |
Acrytamide | 0 | Flocculants used in sewage and wastewater treatment. | Affect nervous system, probable cause of cancer. | Activated carbon |
Adipates | 0.4 | Synthetic rubber, food packaging, cosmetics. | Decreased body weight; liver and testes damage. | Activated carbon, aeration |
Benzene | 0.005 | Used in fuels and as a solvent in manufacturing pharmaceuticals, plastics, pesticides and paints. Often traced to leaking underground storage tanks. | Leukemia, anemia and possibly cancer | Activated carbon |
Trans-1,2 Dichloroethylene | 0.1 | Used as an industrial solvent in the manufacturing of dyes, perfumes, lacquers and rubber. | Affects liver, and nervous and circulatory systems | Activated carbon, ozonation with UV irradiation |
Trichloroethylene | 0.1 | Used in dry cleaning and as a degreasing agent. Also used for manufacturing rubber, paints, adhesives, resins, oils and fumigants. | Irritates body tissue. Affects nervous system. Probable cause of cancer. | Activated carbon |
Vinyl Chloride | 0.005 | Used as a plastic adhesive and refrigerant. The main component of PVC pipe | Affects nervous system. Probable cause of cancer. | Activated carbon |
Xyienes | 0.002 | Used in manufacturing paint, ink, petroleum and detergents. | Affects nervous system, kidneys, lungs, liver and mucous membranes. | Activated carbon |
| Aldicarb | Aldicarb Sulfone | Aldicarb Sulfoxide | Carboturan | |
| | Agricultural insecticide | Affects nervous system, respiratory system, kidneys and liver. Probable cause of cancer. | Activated carbon |
hlordane | 0.04 | Used on rodents, insects, birds. Restricted since 1980. | Affects nervous system, respiratory system, kidneys and liver. Probable cause of cancer | Activated carbon |
Endrin | 0.0002 | Agricultural insecticide. | Liver, kidneys, heart damage. | Activated carbon |
Heptachlor | 0.0004 | Agricultural insecticide. Converts to expoxide by soil and water organisms | Affects nervous system, respiratory system, kidneys and liver. Probable cause of cancer. | Activated carbon |
Heptachlor Expoxide | 0.0002 | Pesticide production by-product. | Affects nervous system, respiratory system, kidneys and liver. Probable cause of cancer. | Activated carbon |
Hexachlorobenzene | 0.001 | Pesticide production by-product. | Cancer | Activated carbon |
Hexachlorocyclop -entadiene | 0.05 | Agricultural insecticide. | Cancer | Activated carbon, aeration |
Lindane | 0.0002 | Agricultural insecticide. | Affects nervous system, respiratory system, kidneys and liver. Probable cause of cancer. | Activated carbon |
Methoxychlor | 0.04 | Insecticide used on apples, potatoes, tomatoes. | Affects nervous system, respiratory system, kidneys and liver. Probable cause of cancer. | Activated carbon |
Oxamyl | | Agricultural insecticide. | Kidney damage. | Activated carbon |
| 2,4-D | 2,4,5-TP (silver) | Alachlor | Alrazine | |
| | Agricultural herbicides | Affect nervous and reproductive system, respiratory system, kidneys, liver and heart. Causes anesthesia. Probable cause of cancer. | Activated carbon |
Dalapon | 0.2 | Herbicide used on orchards, beans, coffee, lawn, roads and railway. | Liver, kidney damage. | Activated carbon |
Dinoseb | 0.007 | Runoff of herbicide from crop and non crop applications. | Thyroid, reproduction organ damage. | Activated carbon |
Diquat | 0.02 | Runoff of herbicide on land and aquatic weeds. | Liver, kidneys, eye effects. | Activated carbon |
Endothall | 0.01 | Used on crops, land and aquatic weeds. | Liver, kidney and gastrointestinal damage. | Activated carbon |
Glyphosphate | 0.7 | Used on grass, weeds, brush | Liver, kidney damage | Activated carbon |
Pentachlorophenol | 0.001 | Agricultural herbicide and wood preservative. | Affects nervous and reproductive system, respiratory system, kidneys, liver and heart. Causes anesthesia. Probable cause of cancer. | Activated carbon |
Picloram | 0.5 | Used on broadleaf and woody plants. | Kidney, liver damage. | Activated carbon |
Simazine | 0.004 | Used on grass sod, some crop, aquatic algae. | Cancer. | Activated carbon |