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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

Summerville

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

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND20ND
2015ND20ND
2016ND20ND
2017ND20ND
2018ND20ND
2019ND20ND

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
2014-03-04AI29121ND
2014-03-04AI29122ND
2015-02-12AI64901ND
2015-02-12AI64902ND
2016-02-12AJ06390ND
2016-02-12AJ06391ND
2017-04-04AJ52585ND
2017-04-04AJ52586ND
2018-01-29AJ78017ND
2018-01-29AJ78018ND
2019-03-27AK14094ND
2019-03-27AK14095ND