Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

3-Hydroxycarbofuran

Hanson Water Department

NOTE: Hanson Water Department purchases water from Brockton Water Commission which is required to test for 3-hydroxycarbofuran. Sample information shown below was taken by Brockton Water Commission.

3-Hydroxycarbofuran is a breakdown product of the insecticide carbofuran, once widely used on food crops and banned by the EPA due to its effects on the human nervous system.

 

11

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND40ND
2019N/A00N/A
2020ND40ND
2021N/A00N/A
2022ND20ND
2023ND30ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Hanson Water Department purchases water from Brockton Water Commission which is required to test for 3-hydroxycarbofuran. Sample information shown below was taken by Brockton Water Commission.

Date Result
2018-06-12ND
2018-06-12ND
2018-12-10ND
2018-12-10ND
2020-06-08ND
2020-06-09ND
2020-12-01ND
2020-12-02ND
2022-09-21ND
2022-12-01ND
2023-12-06ND