Base Details
Treasure Island Naval Air Station, Hunter’s Point Annex
1, Avenue of the Palms, San Francisco, California, 94130, United States
Known Toxins
| Toxins | Diseases |
|---|---|
| Lead | Seizures, Reduced fertility (male - infertility and subfertility), Peripheral neuropathy, Hypertension, Gout, Developmental delay, Decreased IQ, Decreased coordination, Dysequilibrium, Coronary artery disease, Peripheral vascular disease, Atherosclerosis, Cognitive impairment, Chronic renal disease, Behavioral problems, Hemolytic anemia, ADD/ADHD, Hyperactivity, Abnormal sperm (morphology, motility, sperm count), Reduced fertility (female - infertility and subfertility), Psychiatric disturbances, Preterm delivery, Toxic porphyria, Nephrotic syndrome, Low birth weight/Small for gestational age, Immune suppression, Hormonal changes (levels of circulating sex hormones FSH/LH, Inhibin, Estrogen, progesterones, androgens), hearing loss, Glomerulonephritis, Delayed growth, Cardiomyopathy, Arrhythmias, Altered time to sexual maturation (accelerated or delayed puberty), Wilms Tumor, Hypothyroidism, Stomach cancer, Osteoporosis, Neurasthenia (organic affective syndrome), Lung cancer, Erectile dysfunction, Congenital malformation Craniofacial, Carcinoid, Brain cancer, Bladder cancer, Alzheimer's, ALS |
| Perchloroethylene (PCE) | Changes in mood, memory, attention, reaction time, and vision, liver damage, kidney damage, bladder cancer, multiple myeloma, non-hodgkin's lymphoma |
| 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 |
| Petroleum | Multiple myeloma, laryngeal cancer |
| 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 |
| Zinc | Skin ulceration, testicular cancer |
