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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

Pleasant Hill Mobile Home Park

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

 

8

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND10ND
2015ND20ND
2016ND10ND
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
2014-03-070070230_01_03962ND
2015-06-04E15003805001ND
2015-06-04E15003805004ND
2016-08-25E17000773001ND
2017-06-09E17004877006ND
2018-09-25E19001064006ND
2019-08-07E20000532001ND
2019-08-07E20000532004ND