Toxicant and Disease Database
Finding the Toxicants and Disease Database useful? We would appreciate knowing why! Take our 30-second survey.
The CHE Toxicant and Disease Database is a searchable database that summarizes links between chemical contaminants and approximately 180 human diseases or conditions. Diseases and or toxicants can be viewed by utilizing the search options below. See a full description of the database and our methodology.
See also our compilation of other Databases and Resources
For questions or comments about the database, please contact us through our Contact form.
2,4,5-T
CAS number: 93-76-5
Diseases linked to this toxicant Grouped by strength of evidence
Strong Evidence | Good Evidence | Limited Evidence Low birth weight / small for gestational age / intra-uterine growth retardation Nasopharyngeal / sino-nasal cancer |
References for our 2011 disease list
Klaassen CD, Ed. Casarett and Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, 6th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill 2001.
LaDou J, Ed. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 3rd Edition. New York: Lange Medical/McGraw-Hill Company, 2004.
Morris Brown L, Blair A, Gibson R, Everett GD, Cantor KP et al. Pesticide exposures and other agricultural risk factors for leukemia among men in Iowa and Minnesota. Cancer Research. 1990 Oct;50(20):6585-6591.
Rom WM. Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers, 1998.
