Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Methoxychlor

Town of Luke / Newpage Luke Mill

NOTE: Town of Luke / Newpage Luke Mill purchases water from Town of Westernport which is required to test for methoxychlor. Sample information shown below was taken by Town of Westernport.

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.

 

5

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND20ND
2019ND10ND
2020N/A00N/A
2021ND10ND
2022N/A00N/A
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: Town of Luke / Newpage Luke Mill purchases water from Town of Westernport which is required to test for methoxychlor. Sample information shown below was taken by Town of Westernport.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-04-24E18003806001ND
2018-05-23692_262_1ND
2019-04-23692_272_1ND
2021-05-18E21003356001ND
2023-05-17FXD0009ND