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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Ethinyl estradiol

IL American - Peoria

Ethinyl 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.

 

11

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013ND100ND
2014ND10ND
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
2013-04-0921365301ND
2013-04-0921365901ND
2013-04-0921365501ND
2013-04-0921365701ND
2013-07-0822745001ND
2013-07-0822745201ND
2013-10-0123655901ND
2013-10-0223656101ND
2013-10-0723655501ND
2013-10-0923655701ND
2014-01-0724378801ND