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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

Town of Ferriday Water System

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

 

20

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND20ND
2015ND20ND
2016ND80ND
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND80ND

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
2014-03-17AD89796ND
2014-03-17AD89796ND
2015-08-1735203233006ND
2015-08-1735203233006ND
2016-10-1335270878004ND
2016-10-1335270878001ND
2016-10-1335270878002ND
2016-10-1335270878003ND
2016-10-1335270878004ND
2016-10-1335270878003ND
2016-10-1335270878002ND
2016-10-1335270878001ND
2019-09-1635498099001ND
2019-09-1635498099004ND
2019-09-1635498099003ND
2019-09-1635498099002ND
2019-09-1635498099001ND
2019-09-1635498099004ND
2019-09-1635498099003ND
2019-09-1635498099002ND