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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

Ridgebrook Bluff S/d

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
2014ND20ND
2015ND30ND
2016ND10ND
2017ND10ND
2018ND50ND
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
2014-01-31C316269-01ND
2014-03-17C316267-01ND
2015-01-22ND
2015-01-22ND
2015-05-07ND
2016-02-02C516079-01ND
2017-01-31CZ18910-01ND
2018-01-16CA18423-01 ND
2018-04-11CB03473-01 ND
2018-04-11CB03473-03 ND
2018-08-21CB08227-01 ND
2018-10-23CB14402-01 ND
2019-01-23CB18898-01 ND
2019-05-07CC04281-01RE1 ND