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Welcome to Tox Town

An introduction to toxic chemicals and environmental health risks you might encounter in everyday life, in everyday places.

This is a text version site created to ensure that the information provided is accessible to all. If you use special adaptive equipment to access the Web and encounter problems when using our site, please let us know: tehip@teh.nlm.nih.gov.

Select locations in the Town or the City on the Neighborhoods page to learn about suburban or urban health risks.

Locations

Tox Town highlights several locations you might find in any town or city. The Tox Town locations are listed on the Neighborhoods page. Click on one of the locations for selected Internet resources that give information on chemical and environmental concerns you might find in that location. Also for each location is a list of up to sixteen chemicals that might be found in the location.

Tox Town provides information on 16 well-known chemicals. Click on a chemical name listed on the Neighborhoods page. Locations in the Town or the City where you might find the chemical are listed, along with selected Internet resources describing the chemical.

Information is provided from the TOXNET and MedlinePlus resources of the National Library of Medicine, as well as other authoritative sources.