Chemicals in Food and Water
Fact Sheets

The Chemicals in Food and Water collection examines specific chemical exposures that may occur through food and/or water. It includes:

• Subject overviews covering topics such as chemicals and breast cancer risk and concerns about hormones in food.
• Fact sheets on specific chemicals that may be found in food and/or water.
• Suggestions for reducing exposure to chemicals and pesticides in food and water.

Note: Fact sheets are available in both text and PDF (Adobe Acrobat) versions. Text versions may not include all the tables and figures and may have slightly different formatting. If you want an exact copy of the original fact sheet, choose the PDF version. (To read PDF files, get the free Acrobat Reader.)

 Fact Sheets for Chemicals in Food and Water

	No. 32		Alachlor: Cancer Risk		Text | PDF | Bibliography
	No. 23		Atrazine: Cancer Risk		Text | PDF | Bibliography
	No. 45		Chemicals: Breast Cancer Risk		Text | PDF | Bibliography
	No. 11		Chlordane: Cancer Risk		Text | PDF | Bibliography
	No. 26		Chlorpyrifos: Cancer Risk		Text | PDF | Bibliography
	No. 17		Cyanazine: Breast Cancer Risk		Text | PDF | Bibliography
	No. 02		DDT and DDE: Cancer Risk		Text | PDF | Bibliography
	No. 28		Diazinon: Cancer Risk		Text | PDF | Bibliography
	No. 50		Dibromochloropropane: Cancer Risk		Text | PDF | Bibliography
	No. 37		Hormones in Food: Consumer Concerns		Text | PDF | Bibliography
	No. 51		Ochratoxin-A: Cancer Risk		Text | PDF | Bibliography
	No. 24		Pesticide in Food: Concerns		Text | PDF | Bibliography
	No. 25		Pesticide Residues: Food Safety		Text | PDF | Bibliography
	No. 30		Pesticides: Info/Health Effects		Text | PDF
	No. 41		Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons		Text | PDF | Bibliography
	No. 16		Simazine: Cancer Risk		Text | PDF | Bibliography
	No. 07a		Water: Chemicals/Cancer Risk		Text | PDF
	No. 07b		Water: Home Treatment		Text | PDF

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Last Update 04.15.05

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