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. 2015 Aug 20;23(6):578–595. doi: 10.1089/ars.2015.6289

Table 2.

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's 2013 Top 20 Priority Toxinsa

Rank Compound CASRN
1 Arsenic 007440-38-2
2 Lead 007439-92-1
3 Mercury 007439-97-6
4 Vinyl chloride 000075-01-4
5 Polycholrinated biphenols 001336-36-3
6 Benzene 000071-43-2
7 Cadmium 007440-43-9
8 Benzo(a)pyrene 000050-32-8
9 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons 130498-29-2
10 Benzo(b)fluoranthene 000205-99-2
11 Chloroform 000067-66-3
12 Aroclor 1260 011096-82-5
13 DDT and P,P′-DDT 000050-29-3
14 Aroclor 1254 011097-69-1
15 Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene 000053-70-3
16 Trichloroethylene 000079-01-6
17 Chromoium, hexavalent 018540-29-9
18 Dieldrin 000060-57-1
19 Phosphorus, white 007723-14-0
20 Hexachlorobutadiene 000087-68-3
a

Adapted from www.atsdr.cdc.gov/spl/.