Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Endrin

Brooklyn Park

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.

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND20ND
2019ND20ND
2020ND20ND
2021ND30ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND20ND

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
2018-05-1518E1224-01ND
2018-08-1318H1037-01ND
2019-07-2219G1527-03ND
2019-10-1719J1046-01ND
2020-06-1020F0843-02ND
2020-07-2420G1753-01ND
2021-04-3021D1962-01ND
2021-09-2821I1502-01ND
2021-10-2721J1490-01ND
2022-02-0222B0150-01ND
2023-08-0723H0586-01ND
2023-10-1123J0527-01ND