Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Dicamba

New Britain Water Department

Dicamba is a herbicide sold for agricultural and residential uses. Dicamba-resistant GMO corn and soybeans are currently being marketed, indicating that dicamba spraying will increase across the U.S. Dicamba harms the brain and nervous system, and may also harm reproduction and child development.

 

6

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
2019N/A00N/A
2020ND20ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND20ND
2023ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2020-05-12SOC 200575348ND
2020-09-16SOC 200590476ND
2021-09-28300069325 300069326ND
2022-05-24S300188084 300188129ND
2022-09-19S300245682 300245683ND
2023-05-22S300354391 300354392ND