Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Endrin

Ashebrook 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.

 

13

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
2021ND20ND
2022ND20ND
2023ND30ND

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
2018-05-02CB02791-01ND
2018-10-31CB13856-01RE1ND
2019-05-01CC03170-01ND
2019-10-16CC14382-01ND
2020-04-09CD03859-01ND
2020-10-21CD14780-01ND
2021-04-28CE02402-01ND
2021-11-16CE13026-01ND
2022-05-12CF02923-01ND
2022-11-15CF12933-01ND
2023-05-24752-7564-1ND
2023-11-01752-13279-1ND
2023-12-12752-14634-1ND