Conclusion

          Small traces of chloroform is found in nearly all public drinking water supplies and in the air of all areas of the united states.  The people at a greater risk of being exposed to chloroform are people who work at or near chemical plants, waste water and treatment plants, and paper and pulp mills.  These places are just some of the few that use chloroform in their everyday work.
          CHCl3 can enter your body through the outer epidermis layer (skin), eating or drinking contaminated water, or through inhalation.  This chemical can effect ones health only in high levels or large amounts.  When you are exposed to large amounts, chloroform  your central nervous syrstem, liver and kidneys can all be effected.  It can even cause sores on exposed skin.  Breathing in high levels of chloroform can also cause fatigue, dizziness or headaches.  Yet even with all these side effects it was still one of the first anesthetics to be used during surgery.
          Chloroform has even been found as a link to cause cancer.  This was shown in a study of people who drank contaminated water and then later developed cancer in the colon and urinary bladder.