Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Endrin

Blissfield

Endrin is a banned organochlorine insecticide that is persistent and bioaccumulative. Endrin damages the nervous, immune and reproductive systems in people. It also harms fish, birds and other wildlife.

 

25

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND40ND
2019ND40ND
2020ND50ND
2021ND40ND
2022ND40ND
2023ND40ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 0.3 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 0.3 ppb for endrin 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 change to the heart and blood vessels.

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 2 ppb

The legal limit for endrin, established in 1992, was based on a toxicity study in laboratory animals conducted in the 1960s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-03-20LLH71897ND
2018-05-08LLH79573ND
2018-08-08LLH98017ND
2018-10-09LLI10732ND
2019-03-19LLI29969ND
2019-06-30LLI47602ND
2019-09-04LLI61622ND
2019-10-16LLI71184ND
2020-02-04ND
2020-05-14ND
2020-08-18ND
2020-08-18ND
2020-11-09ND
2021-02-10ND
2021-05-11ND
2021-08-10ND
2021-11-15ND
2022-03-08ND
2022-06-14ND
2022-09-19ND
2022-12-12ND
2023-03-07ND
2023-06-12ND
2023-09-11ND
2023-12-11ND