Base Details
El Toro Marine Corps Air Station
Irvine, California, 92618, United States
Known Toxins
| Toxins | Diseases |
|---|---|
| Battery Acids | Eye damage, Temporary or permanent loss of vision, Skin irritation, Irritation of the nose and throat, Coughing, Shortness of breath, Pulmonary edema, Choking, Internal burns |
| Leaded Fuels | Decreased learning, memory, and attention, weakness in fingers, wrists, and ankles, anemia, kidney damage, increased blood pressure, brain damage, fetotoxicity (miscarriage), Reduced fertility (male - infertility and subfertiltiy) |
| 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 |
| Trichloroethylene (TCE) | acute hepatitis, scleroderma, kidney cancer, psychiatric disturbances, non-hodgkin's lymphoma, liver cancer, fetotoxicity (miscarriage, stillbirth), decreased coordination/dysequilibrium, cirrhosis, childhood leukemia, congenital cardiac malformations, autoimmune antibodies, positive ANA, arrhythmias, Trigeminal neuropathy, testicular cancer, systemic lupus, erythematosus, Raynaud's phenomenon, prostate cancer, peripheral neuropathy, pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, oral clefts, neural tube defects/CNS malformations, nephrotic syndrome, multiple myeloma, lung cancer, low birth weight/small for gestational age, immune suppression, hodgkin's lymphoma, genitourinary malformations, cognitive impairment, choanal atresia, cervical cancer, brain cancer, adult leukemia, ADD/ADHD, hyperactivity, acute tubular necrosis |
| Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) | Rhinitis irritant |
