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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane

Crestwood

NOTE: Crestwood purchases water from Alsip which is required to test for alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane. Sample information shown below was taken by Alsip.

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.

 

4

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

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

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Crestwood purchases water from Alsip which is required to test for alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane. Sample information shown below was taken by Alsip.

Date Lab ID Result
2019-10-0747001201ND
2020-01-1347829801ND
2020-04-0649212801ND
2020-07-0650635401ND