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Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane

City of Lewiston

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.

 

10

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND100ND
2020N/A00N/A
2021N/A00N/A
2022N/A00N/A
2023N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2019-03-1319-08847-18057ND
2019-03-1319-08847-18058ND
2019-04-2319-14720-29747ND
2019-04-2319-14720-29748ND
2019-06-0519-21950-42925ND
2019-09-2019-36922-71689ND
2019-09-2019-36919-71676ND
2019-09-2019-36919-71677ND
2019-09-2019-36919-71678ND
2019-12-0319-46515-90076ND