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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

Whitehurst Trailer Park

1,1-Dichloroethylene is used for plastics production. It damages DNA and causes cancer in laboratory animal studies.

 

9

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND20ND
2015ND10ND
2016ND20ND
2017ND10ND
2018ND10ND
2019ND20ND

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL) 7 ppb

The legal limit for 1,1-dichloroethylene, established in 1987, was based on a toxicity study conducted in laboratory animals in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-01-2846542ND
2014-04-27102674ND
2015-06-29356357ND
2016-06-28571423ND
2016-06-28571448ND
2017-06-27785872ND
2018-08-071021563ND
2019-10-011138838ND
2019-10-011157616ND