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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

Weirton Area Water Board

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

 

10

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND40ND
2015ND30ND
2016ND10ND
2017ND10ND
2018ND10ND
2019N/A00N/A

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
2014-01-29VOC_1402177-08AND
2014-04-16VOC_1404K60-02AND
2014-07-17VOC_1407N00-09AND
2014-10-21VOC_1410R55-06AND
2015-01-29VOC_1501U33-01AND
2015-03-26VOC_1503Y19-01AND
2015-03-31VOC_1504247-01AND
2016-02-241602W01-01AND
2017-12-2017122830-05AND
2018-04-2318042813-02AND