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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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17-beta-Estradiol

Athens - Clarke County Water System

Beta-estradiol is one of the 3 types of estrogen made by the human body. Sex hormones get into water downstream from livestock and pharmaceutical production, or incomplete removal in waste water treatment. There are no standards to gauge how risky additional hormones are for human health.

 

4

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
2015ND40ND
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A

ppt = parts per trillion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2015-01-06837930-13176ND
2015-04-22855976-14014ND
2015-07-20872001-14632ND
2015-10-12888496-15265ND