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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

City of Chino

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

 

11

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND10ND
2015ND60ND
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018ND40ND
2019N/A00N/A

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
2014-03-259590-019-0830ND
2015-08-259590-004-0720ND
2015-08-259590-009-0900ND
2015-08-259590-010-0740ND
2015-08-259590-011-0930ND
2015-08-259590-012-0900ND
2015-08-259590-019-1100ND
2018-07-179588-008-0920ND
2018-07-179588-012-0815ND
2018-07-319588-019-0705ND
2018-11-279588-004-0840ND