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Ethinyl estradiol

Carolina Trace Water System

NOTE: Carolina Trace Water System purchases water from City of Sanford which is required to test for ethinyl estradiol. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Sanford.

Ethinyl estradiol is one of the 3 types of estrogen made by the human body. Sex hormones get into water downstream from livestock and pharmaceutical production, or incomplete removal in waste water treatment. There are no standards to gauge how risky additional hormones are for human health.

 

0

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND40ND
2015N/A00N/A
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A
2020N/A00N/A
2021N/A00N/A
2022N/A00N/A
2023N/A00N/A

ppt = parts per trillion

All test results

NOTE: Carolina Trace Water System purchases water from City of Sanford which is required to test for ethinyl estradiol. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Sanford.

Date Lab ID Result