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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane

IL American - Pekin

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.

 

14

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
2019ND70ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2019-09-0446383201ND
2019-09-0446383301ND
2019-09-0446383401ND
2019-09-0446383501ND
2019-09-0446383601ND
2019-09-0446383701ND
2019-09-0446383801ND
2020-03-0249065901ND
2020-03-0249066001ND
2020-03-0249066101ND
2020-03-0249066201ND
2020-03-0249066301ND
2020-03-0249066501ND
2020-04-1449066401ND