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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

Millbrook Utilities

1,1-Dichloroethylene is used for plastics production. It damages DNA and causes cancer in laboratory animal studies.

 

10

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND10ND
2015ND10ND
2016ND40ND
2017ND20ND
2018ND10ND
2019ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL) 7 ppb

The legal limit for 1,1-dichloroethylene, established in 1987, was based on a toxicity study conducted in laboratory animals in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-03-1253903122014-1ND
2015-08-191508-00239-1VND
2016-03-0353903032016-1VND
2016-06-0153906012016-1VND
2016-09-07161373-2ND
2016-11-0253911022016-1VND
2017-02-01539-020117-VOC-1ND
2017-06-1453906142017-1ND
2018-01-10175516-01AND
2019-02-13187668-01VOCND