Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Manganese

Calif State Polytechnical Univ - Pomona

Manganese is a naturally occurring element that is common in food and drinking water. Excessive manganese exposures may impair children's attention, memory and intellectual capacity. Click here to read more about manganese.

 

8

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND20ND
2019ND40ND
2020ND10ND
2021N/A00N/A
2022ND10ND
2023N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 100 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 100 ppb for manganese was defined by the state of Minnesota as a health risk limit, the concentration of a contaminant that can be consumed with little or no risk to health. This health guideline protects against harm to the brain and nervous system.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-11-13B8K1537-01ND
2018-12-04CA1910022_005_005-201812041250ND
2019-03-05B9C0470-01ND
2019-05-14B9E1885-01ND
2019-08-20B9H2759-01ND
2019-12-17CA1910022_005_005-201912171100ND
2020-12-08CA1910022_005_005-202012081210ND
2022-06-07CA1910022_005_005-202206071035ND