Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Dinoseb

Metropolitan Utilities District

Dinoseb is a herbicide that causes birth defects and reproductive difficulties. It has been banned in the U.S. since 1986.

 

13

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND20ND
2019ND20ND
2020ND20ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND50ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 7 ppb

The legal limit for dinoseb, established in 1992, was based on toxicity studies conducted in laboratory animals in the 1970s and 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-05-21546381ND
2018-07-16560814ND
2019-07-15621273ND
2019-07-15621274ND
2020-07-07684324ND
2020-07-07684323ND
2021-07-06746188ND
2022-07-11809376ND
2023-01-17844807ND
2023-01-17844808ND
2023-01-17844809ND
2023-07-17873552ND
2023-07-17873553ND