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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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17-beta-Estradiol

IL American-Chicago Suburban

NOTE: IL American-Chicago Suburban purchases water from Glenview which is required to test for 17-beta-estradiol. Sample information shown below was taken by Glenview.

Beta-estradiol is one of the 3 types of estrogen made by the human body. Sex hormones get into water downstream from livestock and pharmaceutical production, or incomplete removal in waste water treatment. There are no standards to gauge how risky additional hormones are for human health.

 

0

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013ND30ND
2014ND10ND
2015N/A00N/A
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A

ppt = parts per trillion

All test results

NOTE: IL American-Chicago Suburban purchases water from Glenview which is required to test for 17-beta-estradiol. Sample information shown below was taken by Glenview.

Date Lab ID Result