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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

Beardstown

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

 

15

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND10ND
2015ND10ND
2016ND10ND
2017ND10ND
2018ND70ND
2019ND40ND

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
2014-04-114041981-01ND
2015-04-065040632-01ND
2016-04-046040222-01ND
2017-04-037040062-01ND
2018-01-228013210-01ND
2018-05-038050766-01ND
2018-05-038050766-02ND
2018-07-128072373-02ND
2018-09-1418I0550-01_02ND
2018-09-1418I0550-03_02ND
2018-10-168103168-03ND
2019-01-219013340-01ND
2019-04-159043303-01ND
2019-07-119072337-01ND
2019-10-109102490-01ND