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Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane

City of Jerome

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.

 

8

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
2019ND10ND
2020ND70ND
2021N/A00N/A
2022N/A00N/A
2023N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2019-09-1719-36920-71682ND
2020-01-3020-03786-7505ND
2020-01-3020-03786-7506ND
2020-02-1220-05359-10693ND
2020-03-0320-08300-16166ND
2020-03-0320-08300-16167ND
2020-03-0320-08300-16168ND
2020-03-0320-08300-16169ND