Girl on left told TCEQ, "Drinking paint thinner sounds yucky."

Texcom has not provided a comprehensive list of proposed toxins, however a review of potential wastes generated by their targeted list of clients includes the following list. Compounds followed by ** are specifically listed on Texcom's permit application.

TOXINS LIST

Halogenated Solvents:**

Tetrachlorethylene+
Recognized: Carcinogen
Ranks as one of the worst in top 10% of toxic compounds to human health and ecosystems.

Trichloreoethylene+
Recognized: Carcinogen
Ranks as one of the worst in top 10% of toxic compounds to human health and ecosystems.

Methylene Chloride
Recognized: Carcinogen

Non-Halogenated Solvents**
Xylene
Acetone
Ethylene acetate
Ether
Chloroform

Benzene+
Recognized: Carcinogen
Developmental toxicant
Reproductive toxicant
Cardiovascular/Blood toxicant

Toluene+
Recognized: Developmental toxicant

Sludge**
Heavy Metals from electroplating+
Lead
Arsenic
Mercury
Cadmium
Iron
Aluminum
Known: Cardiovascular, Blood toxicants
GI, Liver toxicants
Neurotoxicants
Developmental toxicants
Respiratory toxicants
Lethal even in small doses ingested over a period of time.

Other substances, including:
Pesticide derivatives
Tars
Paint thinner**
Petroleum distillates**
Antifreeze**
Spent Acids and caustics**
Oil water emulsion**
Brine** (26.4% salt concentration as opposed to seawater which is 3.5% salt). Known corrosive.

Aqueous waste with high dissolved solids**(such as asbestos)

+ RECOGNIZED TOXICANTS
Chemicals are identified as recognized toxicants based on the hazard identification efforts of authoritative national and international scientific and regulatory agencies. To date, such efforts have been focused on only three types of toxicity: cancer, reproductive toxicity, and developmental toxicity. The website utilizes lists developed under California's Proposition 65 (which combine the hazard identification efforts of various authoritative bodies) as its primary reference for recognized toxicants. The current Proposition 65 list of chemicals that are "known to the State of California" to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity is available online.

Chemicals are listed on Proposition 65 after scientific peer review and regulatory rulemaking. A substantial weight of toxicological or epidemiological evidence supports the decision to list a chemical as a recognized health hazard under Proposition 65.

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