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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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17-beta-Estradiol

Augusta-Richmond Company

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.

 

10

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013ND100ND
2014N/A00N/A
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
2013-02-20201302210713SSND
2013-02-20201302210720SSND
2013-02-20201302210718SSND
2013-07-25201307260272SSND
2013-07-25201307260276SSND
2013-08-19201308200167SSND
2013-08-19201308200146SSND
2013-08-19201308200171SSND
2013-11-27201312030315SSND
2013-11-27201312030313SSND