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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

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

 

14

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND30ND
2015ND30ND
2016ND20ND
2017ND20ND
2018ND20ND
2019ND20ND

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
2014-02-19C316349-01ND
2014-04-07C403329-01ND
2014-10-08C412177-01ND
2015-01-13ND
2015-04-14ND
2015-10-02ND
2016-01-08C516177-01ND
2016-10-14CZ13905-01ND
2017-04-28CA03140-01ND
2017-10-10CA13357-01ND
2018-04-19CB03573-01 ND
2018-10-10CB14445-01 ND
2019-01-14CB18993-01 ND
2019-10-09CC15975-01 ND