Exposure can also cause dizziness, lightheadedness, nausea, confusion, and headache. Contact with it can irritate skin, causing a rash or burning feeling. The liquid can cause severe eye burns. Exposure to the vapor can irritate the nose and throat. Higher levels of exposure can cause coma and death.
Chloroform is a toxic pollutant of air and water.
EPA has established water quality criteria for chloroform, effluent guidelines, rules for regulating hazardous spills, general threshold amounts, and requirements for handling and disposal of chloroform. This Monthly Backgrounder first appeared in EW in May, 1989.