Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Dinoseb

Country Acres/southgate

NOTE: Country Acres/southgate purchases water from Two Rivers Utilities which is required to test for dinoseb. Sample information shown below was taken by Two Rivers Utilities.

Dinoseb is a herbicide that causes birth defects and reproductive difficulties. It has been banned in the U.S. since 1986.

 

4

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019N/A00N/A
2020ND20ND
2021ND10ND
2022N/A00N/A
2023ND20ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 7 ppb

The legal limit for dinoseb, established in 1992, was based on toxicity studies conducted in laboratory animals in the 1970s and 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Country Acres/southgate purchases water from Two Rivers Utilities which is required to test for dinoseb. Sample information shown below was taken by Two Rivers Utilities.

Date Lab ID Result
2020-01-134537575ND
2020-04-064602940ND
2023-02-07810-52703-B-1-BND
2023-05-23810-64242-A-2-BND