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Resources: EWG's Testing Compared to CDC's Testing

Contaminant	EWG Tested For This Chemical Contaminant	Found In at Least One of the Study Participants	CDC Tested For This Chemical Contaminant
Brominated dioxins
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxBDD (hexadioxin)	X	X
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxBDD (hexadioxin)	X	X
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxBDD (hexadioxin)	X
1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9-OBDD (octadioxin)	X
1,2,3,7,8-PeBDD (pentadioxin)	X
2,3,7,8-TBDD (tetradioxin)	X
Brominated furans
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpBDF (heptafuran)	X	X
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxBDF (hexafuran)	X	X
1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9-OBDF (octafuran)	X
1,2,3,7,8-PeBDF (pentafuran)	X	X
2,3,4,7,8-PeBDF (pentafuran)	X	X
2,3,7,8-TBDF (tetrafuran)	X	X
Chlorinated dioxins
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD (heptadioxin)	X	X	X
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDD (hexadioxin)	X		X
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD (hexadioxin)	X	X	X
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD (hexadioxin)	X	X	X
1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9-OCDD (octadioxin)	X	X	X
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD (pentadioxin)	X	X	X
2,3,7,8-TCDD (tetradioxin)	X		X
Chlorinated furans
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF (heptafuran)	X	X	X
1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF (heptafuran)	X		X
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF (hexafuran)	X	X	X
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF (hexafuran)	X	X	X
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF (hexafuran)	X		X
2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF (hexafuran)	X	X	X
1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9-OCDF (octafuran)	X		X
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF (pentafuran)	X	X	X
2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF (pentafuran)	X	X	X
2,3,7,8-TCDF (tetrafuran)	X		X
Metals
Lead			X
Cadmium			X
Mercury	X	X	X
Cobalt			X
Uranium			X
Antimony			X
Barium			X
Beryllium			X
Cesium			X
Molybdenum			X
Platinum			X
Thallium			X
Tungsten			X
Organochlorine Pesticides (OC)
2,4'-DDD	X
2,4'-DDE	X
2,4'-DDT	X
4,4'-DDD	X	X
4,4'-DDE	X	X
4,4'-DDT	X
Aldrin	X	X	X
alpha-BHC	X	X
alpha-Chlordane	X	X
alpha-Endosulphan	X	X
beta-BHC	X	X
beta-Endosulphan	X	X
cis-Nonachlor	X	X
delta-BHC	X
Dieldrin	X	X	X
Endosulphan Sulphate	X	X
Endrin	X	X	X
Endrin Ketone	X
gamma-BHC (Lindane)	X	X
gamma-Chlordane	X	X
Heptachlor	X	X
Heptachlor Epoxide	X	X	X
Hexachlorobenzene	X	X	X
Methoxychlor	X
Mirex	X	X	X
Octachlorostyrene	X	X
Oxychlordane	X	X	X
trans-Nonachlor	X	X	X
Beta-hexachlorocyclohexane			X
Gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane			X
Pentachlorophenol			X
2,4,5-Trichlorophenol			X
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol			X
p,p'-DDT			X
p,p'-DDE			X
o,p'-DDT			X
Organophosphate Insecticides: Dialkyl Phosphate Metabolites
Dimethylphosphate			X
Dimethylthiophosphate			X
Dimethyldithiophosphate			X
Diethylphosphate			X
Diethylthiophosphate			X
Diethyldithiophosphate			X
Organophosphate Insecticides: Specific Metabolites
para-Nitrophenol			X
3,5,6-Trichloro-2-pyridinol			X
2-Isopropyl-4-methyl-6hydroxypyrimideine			X
2-(diethylamino)-6-methylpryimidin-4-ol/one			X
3-chloro-7-hydroxy-4-methyl-2H-chromen-2-one/ol			X
Pyrethroid Pesticides
4-Fluoro-3-phenoxybenzoic acid			X
Cis-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane carboxylic acid			X
Trans-3-(2,2,-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane carboxylic acid			X
Cis-3-(2,2-dibromovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane carboxylic acid			X
3-Phenoxybenzoic acid			X
Other Pesticides
2-Isopropoxyphenol			X
Carbofuranphenol			X
N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide			X
ortho-Phenylphenol			X
2,5-Dichlorophenol			X
Herbicides
2,4,5-Trichlorophenozyacetic acid			X
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid			X
2,4-Diclorophenol			X
Atrazine mercapturate			X
Acetochlor mercapturate			X
Metolachlor mercapturate			X
Phthalates
Mono-methyl phthalate			X
Mono-ethyl phthalate			X
Mono-n-butyl phthalate			X
Mono-isobutyl phthalate			X
Mono-benzyl phthalate			X
Mono-cyclohexyl phthalate			X
Mono-2-ethylhexyl phthalate			X
Mono-(2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl) phthalate			X
Mono-(2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl) phthalate			X
Mono-(3-carboxypropyl) phthalate			X
Mono-n-octyl phthalate			X
Mono-isononyl phthalate			X
Phytoestrogens
Daidzein			X
Enterodiol			X
Enterolactone			X
Equol			X
Genistein			X
O-Desmethylangolensin			X
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
1-Hydroxybenz[a]anthracene			X
3-Hydroxybenz[a]anthracene and 9-Hydroxybenz[a]anthracene			X
1-Hydroxybenzo[c]phenanthrene			X
2-Hydroxybenzo[c]phenanthrene			X
3-Hydroxybenzo[c]phenanthrene			X
1-Hydroxychrysene			X
2-Hydroxychrysene			X
3-Hydroxychrysene			X
4-Hydroxychrysene			X
6-Hydroxychrysene			X
2-Hydroxyfluorene			X
3-Hydroxyfluorene			X
9-Hydroxyfluorene			X
1-Hydroxyphenanthrene			X
2-Hydroxyphenanthrene			X
3-Hydroxyphenanthrene			X
4-Hydroxyphenanthrene			X
9-Hydroxyphenanthrene			X
1-Hydroxypyrene			X
3-Hydroxybenzo[a]pyrene			X
1-Hydroxynapthalene			X
2-Hydroxynapthalene			X
Acenaphthene	X	X
Acenaphthylene	X	X
Anthracene	X	X
Benz[a]anthracene	X
Benzo[a]pyrene	X
Benzo[b/j]fluoranthene	X
Benzo[e]pyrene	X
Benzo[ghi]perylene	X
Benzo[k]fluoranthene	X
Chrysene	X
Dibenz[ah]anthracene	X
Fluoranthene	X	X
Fluorene	X	X
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene	X
Naphthalene	X	X
Perylene	X	X
Phenanthrene	X	X
Pyrene	X	X
Tobacco Smoke
Cotinine			X
Perfluorochemicals (PFC)
PFDA (Perfluorodecanoic acid)	X	X
PFDoA (Perfluorododecanoic acid)	X
PFHpA (Perfluoroheptanoic acid)	X	X
PFHxA (Perfluorohexanoic acid)	X	X
PFNA (Perfluorononanoic acid)	X	X
PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic acid)	X	X
PFPeA (Perfluoro-n-pentanoic acid)	X	X
PFTA (Perfluorotetradecanoic acid)	X
PFUnA (Perfluoroundecanoic acid)	X	X
PFBS (Perfluorobutanesulfonate)	X
PFHxS (Perfluorohexansulfonate)	X	X
PFOS (Perfluorooctanesulfonate)	X	X
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE)
PBDE-209	X	X
PBDE-10	X
PBDE-11	X	X
PBDE-12	X	X
PBDE-13	X	X
PBDE-15	X	X
PBDE-7	X
PBDE-8	X	X
PBDE-181	X
PBDE-183	X	X
PBDE-190	X
PBDE-128	X
PBDE-138	X	X
PBDE-140	X	X
PBDE-153	X	X
PBDE-154	X	X
PBDE-155	X	X
PBDE-166	X	X
PBDE-206	X	X
PBDE-207	X	X
PBDE-208	X	X
PBDE-203	X	X
PBDE-100	X	X
PBDE-105	X
PBDE-116	X
PBDE-119	X
PBDE-120	X
PBDE-126	X
PBDE-85	X	X
PBDE-99	X	X
PBDE-47	X	X
PBDE-49	X	X
PBDE-51	X	X
PBDE-66	X	X
PBDE-71	X	X
PBDE-75	X
PBDE-77	X
PBDE-79	X	X
PBDE-17	X	X
PBDE-25	X	X
PBDE-28	X	X
PBDE-30	X
PBDE-32	X
PBDE-33	X	X
PBDE-35	X	X
PBDE-37	X	X
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB)
PCB-209	X	X
PCB-10	X
PCB-11	X	X
PCB-12	X	X
PCB-13	X	X
PCB-14	X
PCB-15	X	X
PCB-4	X	X
PCB-5	X
PCB-6	X	X
PCB-7	X
PCB-8	X	X
PCB-9	X	X
PCB-170	X	X	X
PCB-171	X	X
PCB-172	X	X	X
PCB-173	X	X
PCB-174	X	X
PCB-175	X	X
PCB-176	X
PCB-177	X	X	X
PCB-178	X	X	X
PCB-179	X	X
PCB-180	X	X	X
PCB-181	X
PCB-182	X
PCB-183	X	X	X
PCB-184	X
PCB-185	X	X
PCB-186	X
PCB-187	X	X	X
PCB-188	X
PCB-189	X	X	X
PCB-190	X	X
PCB-191	X	X
PCB-192	X
PCB-193	X	X
PCB-128	X	X	X
PCB-129	X	X
PCB-130	X	X
PCB-131	X
PCB-132	X	X
PCB-133	X	X
PCB-134	X
PCB-135	X	X
PCB-136	X	X
PCB-137	X	X
PCB-138	X	X	X
PCB-139	X
PCB-140	X
PCB-141	X	X
PCB-142	X
PCB-143	X
PCB-144	X
PCB-145	X
PCB-146	X	X	X
PCB-147	X	X
PCB-148	X
PCB-149	X	X	X
PCB-150	X
PCB-151	X	X	X
PCB-152	X
PCB-153	X	X	X
PCB-154	X	X
PCB-155	X
PCB-156	X	X	X
PCB-157	X	X	X
PCB-158	X	X	X
PCB-159	X
PCB-160	X	X
PCB-161	X
PCB-162	X
PCB-163	X	X
PCB-164	X	X
PCB-165	X
PCB-166	X	X
PCB-167	X	X	X
PCB-168	X	X
PCB-169	X		X
PCB-1	X	X
PCB-2	X	X
PCB-3	X	X
PCB-206	X	X	X
PCB-207	X	X
PCB-208	X	X
PCB-194	X	X	X
PCB-195	X	X	X
PCB-196	X	X	X
PCB-197	X	X
PCB-198	X	X
PCB-199	X	X	X
PCB-200	X	X
PCB-201	X	X
PCB-202	X	X
PCB-203	X	X	X
PCB-204	X
PCB-205	X	X
PCB-100	X	X
PCB-101	X	X	X
PCB-102	X	X
PCB-103	X
PCB-104	X
PCB-105	X	X	X
PCB-106	X
PCB-107	X
PCB-108	X	X
PCB-109	X	X
PCB-110	X	X	X
PCB-111	X
PCB-112	X
PCB-113	X	X
PCB-114	X	X
PCB-115	X	X
PCB-116	X	X
PCB-117	X	X
PCB-118	X	X	X
PCB-119	X	X
PCB-120	X
PCB-121	X
PCB-122	X
PCB-123	X	X
PCB-124	X
PCB-125	X	X
PCB-126	X		X
PCB-127	X
PCB-82	X	X
PCB-83	X	X
PCB-84	X	X
PCB-85	X	X
PCB-86	X	X
PCB-87	X	X	X
PCB-88	X	X
PCB-89	X
PCB-90	X	X
PCB-91	X	X
PCB-92	X	X
PCB-93	X	X
PCB-94	X
PCB-95	X	X
PCB-96	X
PCB-97	X	X
PCB-98	X	X
PCB-99	X	X	X
PCB-40	X	X
PCB-41	X	X
PCB-42	X	X
PCB-43	X
PCB-44	X	X
PCB-45	X	X
PCB-46	X	X
PCB-47	X	X
PCB-48	X	X
PCB-49	X	X
PCB-50	X	X
PCB-51	X	X
PCB-52	X	X	X
PCB-53	X	X
PCB-54	X
PCB-55	X
PCB-56	X	X
PCB-57	X
PCB-58	X
PCB-59	X	X
PCB-60	X	X
PCB-61	X	X
PCB-62	X	X
PCB-63	X	X
PCB-64	X	X
PCB-65	X	X
PCB-66	X	X	X
PCB-67	X
PCB-68	X	X
PCB-69	X	X
PCB-70	X	X
PCB-71	X	X
PCB-72	X
PCB-73	X
PCB-74	X	X	X
PCB-75	X	X
PCB-76	X	X
PCB-77	X	X
PCB-78	X
PCB-79	X
PCB-80	X
PCB-81	X		X
PCB-16	X	X
PCB-17	X	X
PCB-18	X	X
PCB-19	X	X
PCB-20	X	X
PCB-21	X	X
PCB-22	X	X
PCB-23	X
PCB-24	X
PCB-25	X	X
PCB-26	X	X
PCB-27	X	X
PCB-28	X	X
PCB-29	X	X
PCB-30	X	X
PCB-31	X	X
PCB-32	X	X
PCB-33	X	X
PCB-34	X
PCB-35	X	X
PCB-36	X
PCB-37	X	X
PCB-38	X
PCB-39	X
Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCN)
PCN-10	X	X
PCN-3	X	X
PCN-5	X	X
PCN-6	X	X
PCN-9	X
PCN-73	X	X
PCN-74	X	X
PCN-63	X
PCN-64	X	X
PCN-65	X
PCN-66	X	X
PCN-67	X	X
PCN-68	X	X
PCN-69	X	X
PCN-70	X
PCN-71	X	X
PCN-72	X	X
PCN-1	X	X
PCN-2	X	X
PCN-75	X	X
PCN-49	X
PCN-50	X
PCN-51	X
PCN-52	X	X
PCN-53	X	X
PCN-54	X
PCN-55	X	X
PCN-56	X
PCN-57	X
PCN-58	X
PCN-59	X	X
PCN-60	X	X
PCN-61	X	X
PCN-62	X	X
PCN-27	X	X
PCN-28	X	X
PCN-29	X	X
PCN-30	X	X
PCN-31	X
PCN-32	X	X
PCN-33	X	X
PCN-34	X	X
PCN-35	X	X
PCN-36	X	X
PCN-37	X	X
PCN-38	X	X
PCN-39	X	X
PCN-40	X	X
PCN-41	X
PCN-42	X	X
PCN-43	X	X
PCN-44	X
PCN-45	X	X
PCN-46	X	X
PCN-47	X	X
PCN-48	X	X
PCN-13	X
PCN-14	X	X
PCN-15	X
PCN-16	X
PCN-17	X	X
PCN-18	X
PCN-19	X	X
PCN-20	X	X
PCN-21	X	X
PCN-22	X
PCN-23	X	X
PCN-24	X	X
PCN-25	X	X
PCN-26	X

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