Here is some information on the primary chemicals, TCE and PCE. You can find more information on TCE and PCE, as well as other chemicals present, by clicking on the chemical name to the left.

TCE and/or PCE (taken from ATSDR website)
Below is a list of the types of health outcomes that have been found to be linked to TCE and/or PCE.

Reported 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

Reported health problems in children who were exposed in the womb from theirmother working with TCE and/or PCE include—

• Low birth weight
• Miscarriage
• Major malformations

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

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)