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N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NMeFOSAA)

Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District

N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NMeFOSAA) is a member of a group of perfluorinated chemicals used in many consumer products. NMeFOSAA and other perfluorinated chemicals can cause serious health effects, including cancer, endocrine disruption, accelerated puberty, liver and immune system damage, and thyroid changes. These chemicals are persistent in the environment and they accumulate in people. Click here to read more about perfluorinated chemicals.

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37

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
2019ND370ND

ppt = parts per trillion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EWG Health Guideline 1 ppt

The EWG Health Guideline of 1 ppt for NMeFOSAA was defined by EWG as based on studies by Phillipe Grandjean of Harvard University and many other independent researchers who found reduced effectiveness of vaccines and adverse impacts on mammary gland development from exposure to PFOA and PFOS, the two PFAS most widely detected in drinking water. This health guideline protects against applies to the entire class of PFAS detected in water.

ppt = parts per trillion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2019-05-214790-002-1129ND
2019-05-214790-043-1240ND
2019-05-214790-003-1113ND
2019-05-214790-033-0845ND
2019-05-214790-053-1027ND
2019-05-214790-049-0930ND
2019-05-214790-050-0948ND
2019-06-054790-052-1048ND
2019-08-064790-050-0909ND
2019-08-064790-033-0842ND
2019-08-064790-049-0858ND
2019-08-064790-052-1001ND
2019-08-064790-053-0945ND
2019-08-064790-003-1145ND
2019-08-064790-062-1015ND
2019-08-064790-002-1201ND
2019-08-294790-043-1040ND
2019-10-154790-038-0930ND
2019-10-154790-048-0825ND
2019-10-154790-037-0909ND
2019-10-154790-031-0810ND
2019-10-154790-022-0848ND
2019-10-154790-021-0828ND
2019-10-154790-012-0925ND
2019-10-154790-010-0945ND
2019-10-154790-010-0910ND
2019-10-224790-033-1251ND
2019-10-224790-002-0919ND
2019-10-224790-053-1325ND
2019-10-224790-003-0955ND
2019-10-224790-052-1334ND
2019-10-224790-050-1233ND
2019-10-224790-049-1223ND
2019-10-224790-043-1532ND
2019-10-234790-062-1310ND
2019-11-064790-007-0926ND
2019-11-134790-004-1220ND