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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane

City of Brentwood

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.

 

17

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
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND150ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2019-02-25201902260090ND
2019-02-25201902260062ND
2019-02-25201902260069ND
2019-02-25201902260075ND
2019-02-25201902260074ND
2019-02-25201902260076ND
2019-05-22201902150123ND
2019-08-12201908130161ND
2019-08-12201908130151ND
2019-08-12201908130150ND
2019-08-14201908150730ND
2019-08-26201908270064ND
2019-08-26201908270062ND
2019-08-26201908270026ND
2019-11-14201911150314ND
2020-03-19202003200034ND
2020-03-19202003200040ND