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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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17-beta-Estradiol

Fair Lawn Water Department

Beta-estradiol is one of the 3 types of estrogen made by the human body. Sex hormones get into water downstream from livestock and pharmaceutical production, or incomplete removal in waste water treatment. There are no standards to gauge how risky additional hormones are for human health.

 

16

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013ND140ND
2014ND20ND
2015N/A00N/A
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A

ppt = parts per trillion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2013-01-29703126-8090ND
2013-01-29703128-8090ND
2013-01-29703130-8090ND
2013-05-28721814-8951ND
2013-05-28721808-8951ND
2013-05-28721812-8951ND
2013-07-30734212-9494ND
2013-07-30734230-9494ND
2013-07-30734226-9494ND
2013-08-27740419-9751ND
2013-08-27740417-9751ND
2013-11-26760657-10395ND
2013-11-26760653-10402ND
2013-11-26760681-10395ND
2014-02-25772095-10826ND
2014-02-25772123-10823ND