Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Simazine

Woodstock Ranch

Simazine is a hormone-disrupting herbicide related to atrazine. It affects the male and female reproductive systems. In studies of laboratory animals, simazine increases blood levels of estrogen, decreases prolactin and progesterone, and causes mammary and ovarian tumors.

 

9

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND90ND
2020N/A00N/A
2021N/A00N/A
2022N/A00N/A
2023N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 0.1 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 0.1 ppb for simazine was defined by EWG based on epidemiological studies of human exposure to atrazine in drinking water. This health guideline protects against harm to the developing fetus, harm to the reproductive system and hormone disruption.

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 4 ppb

The legal limit for simazine, established in 1992, was based on toxicity studies in laboratory animals conducted in the 1980s. This limit does not fully protect against harm to the reproductive system, harm to the developing fetus, and hormone disruption.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2019-09-17CA4200807_009_009-201909170704ND
2019-09-17CA4200807_007_007-201909170653ND
2019-09-19CA4200807_006_006-201909190849ND
2019-09-19CA4200807_008_008-201909190955ND
2019-09-19CA4200807_003_003-201909190925ND
2019-12-16CA4200807_009_009-201912160959ND
2019-12-16CA4200807_003_003-201912160840ND
2019-12-16CA4200807_007_007-201912160934ND
2019-12-16CA4200807_008_008-201912160910ND