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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

Whispering Pines Mobile Home Park

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

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND20ND
2015ND20ND
2016ND20ND
2017ND20ND
2018ND20ND
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
2014-04-020070213_02_04336ND
2014-04-020070213_01_04336ND
2015-01-210070213_02_00225ND
2015-01-210070213_01_00225ND
2016-03-02E16003201004ND
2016-03-02E16003201001ND
2017-08-30E18000906004ND
2017-08-30E1800006001ND
2018-09-25E19001064004ND
2018-09-25E19001064001ND
2019-08-15E20000636001ND
2019-08-15E20000636004ND