1.   Some chemicals may cause environmental damage.

2.   These chemicals can cause a burning sensation or rash.

3.   Some chemicals cause a direct irritation to the skin leading to dermatitis.

4.   Police and medical advisers are urging anyone caught in the cloud to consult their doctors as the chemicals can cause severe irritation to the eyes and throat.

5.   Also, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency warns the chemicals may cause liver, kidney and central nervous system problems, as well as cancer.

6.   Another argument is that endocrine-disrupting chemicals could be causing an epidemic of breast cancer and prostate cancer.

7.   Another possibility raised in the book is that endocrine-disrupting chemicals can cause parents to neglect or abuse their children.

8.   As the letters sent to Alamo residents last month warned, studies have shown the chemicals may cause miscarriages in the first trimester of pregnancy.

9.   At each site, they measured pesticide concentrations but found no evidence that chemicals caused malformations.