Toxicant and Disease Database

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.

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Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)

Causes Grouped by strength of evidence

Strong Evidence 1,3-butadiene dioxins / TCDD	Good Evidence 2,4-D Agent Orange aldrin aromatic amines captan carbamates carbaryl carbon disulfide carbon tetrachloride chlorophenols chlorophenols creosotes DDT/DDE dicamba dichlorvos fungicides insecticides ionizing radiation lindane malathion MCPA mecoprop organochlorine pesticides organophosphates PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), not otherwise specified pesticides phenoxyacetic herbicides solvents tetrachloroethylene (PCE) tobacco smoke (secondhand) trichloroethylene (TCE)	Limited Evidence 1,2-dichloroethane alachlor aldrin asbestos atrazine benzene chlordane dieldrin glyphosate heptachlor herbicides lindane MTBE organochlorine pesticides pentachlorophenol (PCP) pesticides toxaphene UV radiation vehicle exhaust

Notes

+ - Group 1 human carcinogen,# - Group 2A human carcinogen,^ - Group 2B human carcinogen (IARC). Parental exposure to ionizing radiation and pesticides have been associated with NHL in children.

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See a description of database methods, definitions and limitations.

Information in this database was originally drawn from these texts:

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.
Rom WM. Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers, 1998.

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Toxicant and Disease Database

Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)

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