Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

1,1-Dichloroethylene

Beacham Apartments No. 2

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

 

7

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND10ND
2020ND20ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

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
2018-06-181126-18ND
2019-06-194059-19ND
2020-06-031467-20ND
2020-11-1937729_20-50540ND
2021-04-0737729_21-14028ND
2022-04-1237729_22-16148ND
2023-04-2637729_23-20689ND