Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Endrin

Rosemount

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.

 

32

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND50ND
2019ND80ND
2020ND70ND
2021ND20ND
2022ND100ND
2023N/A00N/A

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
2018-10-2418J1245-03ND
2018-10-2418J1247-02ND
2018-10-2418J1247-03ND
2018-10-2418J1247-04ND
2018-10-2418J1245-02ND
2019-02-1519B0720-01ND
2019-02-1519B0720-02ND
2019-02-1519B0720-03ND
2019-02-1519B0720-04ND
2019-02-1519B0722-01ND
2019-04-2919D2437-01ND
2019-09-1219I0608-01ND
2019-11-2519K1669-01ND
2020-01-0720A0140-05ND
2020-01-0720A0140-04ND
2020-01-0720A0140-01ND
2020-01-0720A0140-02ND
2020-05-1920E1080-02ND
2020-05-1920E1080-03ND
2020-05-1920E1080-04ND
2021-05-0321E0039-03ND
2021-08-1121H0961-01ND
2022-08-1622H1498-02ND
2022-08-1622H1499-04ND
2022-08-1622H1499-03ND
2022-08-1622H1499-02ND
2022-08-1622H1498-01ND
2022-10-1122J0400-01ND
2022-10-1122J0400-02ND
2022-10-1122J0400-03ND
2022-10-1122J0400-04ND
2022-12-2022L0972-01ND