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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

Lassiter Farms S/d

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

 

29

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

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

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
2014-01-16C316201-01ND
2014-01-16C316202-01ND
2014-04-10C403188-01ND
2014-07-16C407891-01ND
2014-10-09C412096-01ND
2015-01-12ND
2015-01-13ND
2015-04-13ND
2015-07-16ND
2015-10-05ND
2016-01-07C515984-01ND
2016-01-08C515985-01ND
2016-05-26CZ03322-01ND
2016-08-01CZ08408-01ND
2016-10-06CZ13816-01ND
2017-01-19CZ18842-01ND
2017-01-23CZ18843-01ND
2017-04-17CA02994-01ND
2017-07-06CA07774-01ND
2017-10-12CA13283-01ND
2018-01-22CA18349-01 ND
2018-01-22CA18350-01 ND
2018-06-18CB03410-01 ND
2018-09-10CB08186-01 ND
2018-10-18CB14374-01 ND
2019-02-05CB18815-01 ND
2019-04-19CC04221-01 ND
2019-07-22CC10621-01RE1 ND
2019-10-17CC15870-01 ND