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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

Wakefield S/d

1,1-Dichloroethylene is used for plastics production. It damages DNA and causes cancer in laboratory animal studies.

 

30

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND40ND
2015ND50ND
2016ND60ND
2017ND40ND
2018ND50ND
2019ND60ND

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL) 7 ppb

The legal limit for 1,1-dichloroethylene, established in 1987, was based on a toxicity study conducted in laboratory animals in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-02-26C316356-01ND
2014-05-29C403340-01ND
2014-08-25C407996-01ND
2014-10-06C412183-01ND
2015-01-29ND
2015-02-09ND
2015-04-20ND
2015-07-20ND
2015-10-22ND
2016-02-10C516190-03ND
2016-02-11CZ01945-01ND
2016-02-11CZ01945-03ND
2016-04-25CZ03472-01ND
2016-08-29CZ08503-01ND
2016-10-24CZ13908-01ND
2017-01-26CZ18998-01ND
2017-04-12CA03149-01ND
2017-08-10CA07861-01ND
2017-10-18CA13362-01ND
2018-02-01CA18486-01 ND
2018-02-07CB01811-01 ND
2018-04-09CB03583-01 ND
2018-08-07CB08292-01 ND
2018-10-23CB14448-01 ND
2019-01-29CB19005-01 ND
2019-01-29CB19005-03 ND
2019-01-29CB19005-05 ND
2019-04-18CC04378-01 ND
2019-09-10CC10717-01 ND
2019-11-19CC15979-01 ND