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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

City of Lindsay

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

 

7

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014N/A00N/A
2015ND10ND
2016ND20ND
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND40ND

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
2015-08-255810-014-1151ND
2016-02-045810-014-1241ND
2016-08-165810-015-1150ND
2019-05-035810-015-1121ND
2019-08-205810-015-1128ND
2019-11-195810-014-1320ND
2019-11-195810-015-1302ND