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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane

Woodstock

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.

 

18

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014N/A00N/A
2015N/A00N/A
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND160ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2019-04-024245912ND
2019-04-024245916ND
2019-04-114257940ND
2019-04-114257960ND
2019-04-114257948ND
2019-04-114257944ND
2019-04-164262388ND
2019-07-114350508ND
2019-07-114350520ND
2019-10-104451910ND
2019-10-104451879ND
2019-10-104451962ND
2019-10-104451883ND
2019-10-104452376ND
2019-10-104451958ND
2019-10-104451931ND
2020-01-074531118ND
2020-01-074531114ND