Base Details
Alameda Naval Air Station
Alameda, California, 94501, United States
Known Toxins
| Toxins | Diseases |
|---|---|
| Benzo A Pyrene | Lung cancer, Skin cancer (non-melanoma), Immune suppression, Bladder cancer, Reduced fertility (male - infertility and subfertility) |
| Cesium | Radiation syndrome (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, bleeding, coma) |
| Chlordane | Toxic porphyria, Peripheral neuropathy, Soft tissue sarcoma, Multiple sclerosis, Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Lung cancer, Liver cancer, Childhood and adult leukemia, Breast cancer |
| Chromium | Skin ulceration, Nasopharyngeal/Sinonasal cancer, Nasal septal perforation, Nasal polyps, Acute bronchitis, Asthma, Stomach cancer, Pulmonary fibrosis, Photosensitivity, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Chronic renal disease, Brain cancer, Acute tubular necrosis, Soft tissue sarcoma, Renal cancer, Reduced fertility (male - infertility and subfertility), Prostate cancer, Pancreatic cancer, Immune suppression, Esophageal cancer, Bladder cancer, Autoimmune antibodies, Positive ANA, Leukemia, Abnormal sperm (morphology, motility, sperm count) |
| Cobalt | Thyroid disorders, Hypothyroidism, Hard metal disease, Cardiomyopathy, Asthma, Soft tissue sarcoma, Sarcoidosis, Pancreatitis, Lung cancer, Arrhythmias |
| Dibenzo (A,H) Anthracene | Lung cancer, Skin cancer, Mammary cancer, Liver damage, Kidney damage |
| Dieldrin | Uterine cancer, Thrombocytopenia, Psychiatric disturbances, Parkinson's disease/Movement disorders, Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Colorectal cancer, Cognitive impairment, Breast cancer, Leukemia |
| Heptachlor Epoxide | Possible carcinogen |
| Pesticides/Insecticides | Multiple chemical sensitivity, contact dermatitis (irritant, allergic), testicular cancer, kidney cancer, porphyria toxic, photosensitivity, parkinson's disease/ movement disorders, myelodysplastic syndrome, multiple myeloma, childhood leukemia, bone cancer/Ewing's sarcoma, Wilms tumor, vasculitis, hypothyroidism, thyroid cancer, thrombocytopenic purpura, soft tissue sarcoma, rheumatoid arthritis, retinoblastoma, pneumonia, melanoma, laryngeal cancer, esophageal cancer, congenital malformations general, cirrhosis, cervical cancer, bronchitis (chronic, acute), alzheimer's, ALS |
| Polychlorinated Byphenyls (PCBs) | Hypothyroidism, porphyria toxic, developmental delay, decreased IQ, Cirrhosis, chloracne, behavioral problems, ADD/ADHD, peripheral neuropathy, pancreatic cancer, menstrual disorders, non-hodgkin's lymphoma, low birth weight/small for gestational age, immune suppression, liver cancer, dyslipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, delayed growth, congenital malformation craniofacial, cognitive impairment, chronic bronchitis, acute hepatitis, abnormal sperm (morphology, motility, sperm count), testicular cancer, reduced fertility (female - infertility and subfertility), parkinson's disease/movement disorders, hypoactivity, hypertension, hyperkeratosis/hyperpigmentation, hearing loss, endometriosis, diabetes type I, breast cancer, bone cancer/Ewing's sarcoma, altered time to sexual maturation (accelerated or delayed puberty), altered sex ratio |
| Radium | Nasopharyngeal/ sino-nasal cancer |
| Strontium | Damage to bone marrow, anemia, prevents proper clotting of blood, leukemia, impaired bone growth in children |
| Uranium | lung cancer, chronic renal disease, acute tubular necrosis |
