Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Methoxychlor

Germantown

NOTE: Germantown purchases water from Breese which is required to test for methoxychlor. Sample information shown below was taken by Breese.

Methoxychlor is an endocrine-disrupting, neurotoxic insecticide similar to DDT. Banned in the U.S. in 2002, methoxychlor was historically used on farm animals and in animal feed, lumber, gardens and agricultural crops.

 

10

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND20ND
2020ND20ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 0.09 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 0.09 ppb for methoxychlor was defined by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a public health goal, the level of a drinking water contaminant that does not pose a significant health risk. This health guideline protects against hormone disruption.

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 40 ppb

The legal limit for methoxychlor, established in 1991, was based on a toxicity study in laboratory animals conducted in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Germantown purchases water from Breese which is required to test for methoxychlor. Sample information shown below was taken by Breese.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-01-098011617-01ND
2018-04-128042654-01ND
2019-04-099042429-01ND
2019-07-119072692-01ND
2020-01-150013083-01ND
2020-04-130042460-01ND
2021-01-26EA04487-01ND
2021-04-15ED03365-01ND
2022-04-27FD04969-01ND
2023-06-21GF04162-01ND