Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Endrin

New Britain 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.

 

30

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND40ND
2019ND40ND
2020ND60ND
2021ND50ND
2022ND60ND
2023ND50ND

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
2018-04-16SOCR 200492175ND
2018-04-16SOCR 200492173ND
2018-04-16SOCR 200492174ND
2018-04-16SOCR 200492172ND
2019-04-25SOCR 200529602ND
2019-04-25SOCR 200529605ND
2019-04-25SOCR 200529603ND
2019-04-25SOCR 200529604ND
2020-04-22SOCR 200573261ND
2020-04-22SOCR 200573264ND
2020-04-22SOCR 200573262ND
2020-04-22SOCR 200573263ND
2020-05-12SOC 200575348ND
2020-09-16SOC 200590476ND
2021-04-20SOCR 200613887ND
2021-04-20SOCR 200613886ND
2021-04-20SOCR 200613885ND
2021-04-20SOCR 200613884ND
2021-09-28300069325 300069327ND
2022-04-20H300172353 300172355ND
2022-04-20H300172362 300172364ND
2022-04-20H300172356 300172358ND
2022-04-20H300172359 300172361ND
2022-05-24S300188084 300188130ND
2022-09-19S300245682 300245684ND
2023-04-17H300334377 300334379ND
2023-04-17H300334386 300334388ND
2023-04-17H300334380 300334382ND
2023-04-17H300334383 300334385ND
2023-05-22S300354391 300354393ND