Welcome to the Human Toxome Project

What is the HTP? Through the Human Toxome Project at the Environmental Working Group, scientists, engineers, and medical doctors use cutting edge biomonitoring techniques to test blood, urine, breast milk and other human tissues for industrial chemicals that enter the human body as pollution via food, air, and water, or from exposures to ingredients in everyday consumer products.

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BROWSE HEALTH EFFECTS

Health concern or target organ (References)

Health concern or target organ chemical families
Birth defects and developmental delays Bisphenol A, Chlorinated dioxins & furans, Volatile and semivolatile organic compounds (VOCs and SVOCs), Lead, Mercury, Methylmercury, Organochlorine Pesticides (OCs), Perchlorate, Perfluorochemicals (PFCs), Phthalates, Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Metals
Brain and nervous system Lead, Mercury, Methylmercury, Organophosphate Pesticide metabolites (OPs), Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Metals
Cancer Arsenic (inorganic only), Bisphenol A, Cadmium, Chlorinated dioxins & furans, Chromium, Volatile and semivolatile organic compounds (VOCs and SVOCs), Organochlorine Pesticides (OCs), Perfluorochemicals (PFCs), Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Nitro- and polycylic- musks, Metals
Endocrine system Alkylphenols, Perchlorate, Perfluorochemicals (PFCs), Nitro- and polycylic- musks
Gastrointestinal (including liver) Arsenic (inorganic only), Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs)
Hematologic (blood) system Perchlorate
Hormone activity BADGE-4OH, Bisphenol A, Bisphenol A & BADGE, Phthalates
Immune system (including sensitization and allergies) Bisphenol A & BADGE, Brominated dioxins & furans, Chlorinated dioxins & furans, Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Triclosan
Kidney and renal system Cadmium, Volatile and semivolatile organic compounds (VOCs and SVOCs)
Reproduction and fertility Alkylphenols, Bisphenol A, Organochlorine Pesticides (OCs), Phthalates, Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
Skin BADGE-4OH, Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs), Triclosan