Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Endrin

Middletown Water Department

Endrin is a banned organochlorine insecticide that is persistent and bioaccumulative. Endrin damages the nervous, immune and reproductive systems in people. It also harms fish, birds and other wildlife.

 

14

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND50ND
2019ND10ND
2020ND10ND
2021ND50ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 0.3 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 0.3 ppb for endrin was defined by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a public health goal, the level of a drinking water contaminant that does not pose a significant health risk. This health guideline protects against change to the heart and blood vessels.

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 2 ppb

The legal limit for endrin, established in 1992, was based on a toxicity study in laboratory animals conducted in the 1960s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-03-01SOCR 200489003ND
2018-03-28SOC 200490769ND
2018-04-16SOC 200492153ND
2018-08-07SOC 200501550ND
2018-08-07SOC 200501551ND
2019-05-21SOCR 200533085ND
2020-05-06SOCR 200574726ND
2021-04-07SOCR 200612107ND
2021-05-26SOC 200618555ND
2021-05-26SOC 200618557ND
2021-08-26SOC 200629911ND
2021-08-26SOC 200629912ND
2022-05-11H300182528 300209355ND
2023-06-23H300370775 300370776ND