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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

Nokomis

1,1-Dichloroethylene is used for plastics production. It damages DNA and causes cancer in laboratory animal studies.

 

34

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND40ND
2015ND40ND
2016ND40ND
2017ND40ND
2018ND90ND
2019ND90ND

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL) 7 ppb

The legal limit for 1,1-dichloroethylene, established in 1987, was based on a toxicity study conducted in laboratory animals in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-03-104031186-01ND
2014-05-194052817-01ND
2014-08-264084560-01ND
2014-12-014120178-01ND
2015-03-095031192-01ND
2015-06-085061497-01ND
2015-07-205073312-01ND
2015-12-075121204-01ND
2016-03-076031215-01ND
2016-04-196043369-01ND
2016-08-106082291-01ND
2016-12-056120706-01ND
2017-02-277023747-01ND
2017-05-297055060-01ND
2017-08-287085221-01ND
2017-11-137112439-01ND
2018-02-278024299-02ND
2018-02-278024299-01ND
2018-05-298054925-01ND
2018-05-298054925-02ND
2018-05-298054925-03ND
2018-09-128092353-01ND
2018-09-128092353-02ND
2018-11-078111674-01ND
2018-11-078111674-02ND
2019-02-199023188-01ND
2019-02-199023188-02ND
2019-06-049060831-01ND
2019-06-049060831-02ND
2019-06-049060831-03ND
2019-07-259075349-01ND
2019-07-259075349-02ND
2019-10-159103590-02ND
2019-10-159103590-01ND