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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane

Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources

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
2019N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2020-03-1635537850001SEA1ND
2020-03-1635537850002SEA1ND
2020-06-0335554217001SEA2ND
2020-06-1635557149001SEA2ND
2020-09-0935576790001SEA3ND
2020-09-0935576790002SEA3ND
2020-12-0235596008001SEA4ND
2020-12-0235596008002SEA4ND