Top 10 Most Common Toxins in the Air

(polychlorinated biphenyls) ***

The US Environmental Protection Agency defines a pesticide as 'any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or lessening the damage of any organism pest'. ***

Mold and other Fungal Toxins ***

Phthalates, or phthalate esters, are a group of chemical compounds that are mainly used as plasticizers ***

(Volatile Organic Compounds) ***

Dioxin is the common name for the group of compounds classified as polychlorinated dibenzodioxins ***

The word Asbestos is derived from a Greek adjective meaning inextinguishable ***

A heavy metal is any of a number of higher atomic weight elements, which has the properties of a metallic substance at room temperature ***

Chloroform, also known as trichloromethane and methyl trichloride, is a chemical compound with formula CHCl3 ***

Chlorine, is the chemical element with atomic number 17 and symbol Cl ***