Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Dalapon

The Village of Bald Head Island

NOTE: The Village of Bald Head Island purchases water from Brunswick County Water System which is required to test for dalapon. Sample information shown below was taken by Brunswick County Water System.

The herbicide dalapon has not been used in the U.S. since 1999. In animal studies, exposure to dalapon harms the kidneys.

 

5

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A
2020ND30ND
2021ND20ND
2022ND10ND
2023N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 200 ppb

The legal limit for dalapon, established in 1992, was based on a toxicity study in laboratory animals published in 1960.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: The Village of Bald Head Island purchases water from Brunswick County Water System which is required to test for dalapon. Sample information shown below was taken by Brunswick County Water System.

Date Lab ID Result
2020-01-277719-012720-E02SND
2020-09-1037729_20-39322ND
2020-10-267719-102620-E02SND
2021-03-0837729_21-09557ND
2021-06-0337729_21-22394ND