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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane

Villa Rica

Alpha-HCH is a byproduct of the production of the insecticide lindane, which is no longer used in the U.S. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified all forms of this chemical as possibly carcinogenic to humans.

 

8

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013N/A00N/A
2014N/A00N/A
2015N/A00N/A
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND80ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2019-01-0242470401ND
2019-01-0242470501ND
2019-04-0243568901ND
2019-04-0243569001ND
2019-07-0845154401ND
2019-07-0845154501ND
2019-10-0946693701ND
2019-10-0946693801ND