Information on Contaminants

This page provides links to information on specific environmental contaminants.

Maryland Department of the Environment

Lead: Lead Poisoning Prevention: What Every Parent Should Know!

MTBE: Facts About: methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE)

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

ToxFAQs™ are health-related questions and answers about environmental contaminants, available in web page format and as two-page PDF documents. (leaving MDE's website)

Substances A-Z contains links to in-depth information about environmental contaminants. (leaving MDE's website)

How to contact the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (leaving MDE's website)