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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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17-beta-Estradiol

Atlanta

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.

 

8

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013ND40ND
2014ND40ND
2015N/A00N/A
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A

ppt = parts per trillion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2013-09-17201309200132SSND
2013-09-17201309200130SSND
2013-12-11201312130535SSND
2013-12-11201312130537SSND
2014-03-12201403140277SSND
2014-03-12201403140281SSND
2014-06-09201406110904SSND
2014-06-09201406130315SSND