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Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane

Gulf County Water Department (lighthouse)

NOTE: Gulf County Water Department (lighthouse) purchases water from City of Port St. Joe which is required to test for alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Port St. Joe.

Alpha-HCH is a byproduct of the production of the insecticide lindane, which is no longer used in the U.S. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified all forms of this chemical as possibly carcinogenic to humans.

 

4

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND30ND
2020ND10ND
2021N/A00N/A
2022N/A00N/A
2023N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Gulf County Water Department (lighthouse) purchases water from City of Port St. Joe which is required to test for alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Port St. Joe.

Date Result
2019-04-17ND
2019-07-10ND
2019-10-22ND
2020-01-15ND