Base Details
Wurtsmith Air Force Base
Oscoda, Michigan, 48750, United States
Known Toxins
| Toxins | Diseases |
|---|---|
| Dichloroethanes | Immune suppression |
| Heavy Metals (misc.) | Pneumonitis hypersensitivity, Multiple myeloma |
| Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) | Scrotal cancer, porphyria toxic, laryngeal cancer, skin cancer (non-melanoma), kidney cancer, prostate cancer, photosensitivity, pancreatic cancer, nasopharyngeal/sino-nasal cancer, lung cancer, immune suppression, esophageal cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, reduced fertility (male - infertility and subfertility), oral cancer, melanoma, early onset menopause, coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, atherosclerosis, colorectal cancer, bone cancer/Ewing's sarcoma, leukemia |
| Tetrachloroethanes | Cirrhosis, acute hepatitis, steatosis (fatty liver), acute tubular necrosis, abnormal sperm (morphology, motility, sperm count) |
| 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 |
| Vinyl Chloride | Vinyl chloride disease - acroosteolysis, Raynaud's phenomenon, thrombocytopenia, scleroderma, pulmonary fibrosis, porphyria toxic, hepatoportal sclerosis, liver cancer, skin cancer (non-melanoma), kidney cancer, pancreatic cancer, neural tube defects/CNS malformations, lung cancer, laryngeal cancer, immune suppression, hypertension, erectile dysfunction, breast cancer, brain cancer, autoimmune antibodies, positive ANA |
| Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) | Rhinitis irritant |
