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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane

Highland Park

NOTE: Highland Park purchases water from Great Lakes Water Authority - Water Works Park Treatment Facility which is required to test for alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane. Sample information shown below was taken by Great Lakes Water Authority - Water Works Park Treatment Facility.

Alpha-HCH is a byproduct of the production of the insecticide lindane, which is no longer used in the U.S. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified all forms of this chemical as possibly carcinogenic to humans.

 

0

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014N/A00N/A
2015N/A00N/A
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND30ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Highland Park purchases water from Great Lakes Water Authority - Water Works Park Treatment Facility which is required to test for alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane. Sample information shown below was taken by Great Lakes Water Authority - Water Works Park Treatment Facility.

Date Lab ID Result