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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Ethinyl estradiol

California Water Service (CWS) - Salinas

Ethinyl estradiol is one of the 3 types of estrogen made by the human body. Sex hormones get into water downstream from livestock and pharmaceutical production, or incomplete removal in waste water treatment. There are no standards to gauge how risky additional hormones are for human health.

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39

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND390ND
2015N/A00N/A
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A

ppt = parts per trillion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-04-02201404030375SSND
2014-04-02201404030340SSND
2014-04-03201404040303SSND
2014-04-08201404090680SSND
2014-04-09201404100785SSND
2014-04-09201404120170SSND
2014-04-09201404100818SSND
2014-04-10201404120130SSND
2014-04-10201404120068SSND
2014-04-10201404120148SSND
2014-04-10201404120146SSND
2014-04-10201404150239SSND
2014-04-16201404190036SSND
2014-04-16201404190065SSND
2014-04-17201404190056SSND
2014-04-17201404190047SSND
2014-04-22201404230382SSND
2014-04-24201404250187SSND
2014-04-29201404300787SSND
2014-05-29201405300250SSND
2014-09-09201409100985SSND
2014-09-09201409100983SSND
2014-09-10201409110688SSND
2014-09-10201409110890SSND
2014-09-11201409120739SSND
2014-09-11201409120745SSND
2014-09-15201409160398SSND
2014-09-16201409180643SSND
2014-09-16201409170669SSND
2014-09-16201409170779SSND
2014-09-16201409170643SSND
2014-09-17201409180661SSND
2014-09-18201409190392SSND
2014-09-18201409190375SSND
2014-09-19201409230175SSND
2014-09-25201409260418SSND
2014-09-25201409260398SSND
2014-09-25201409260427SSND
2014-09-25201409260409SSND