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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane

Merchantville Pennsauken

Alpha-HCH is a byproduct of the production of the insecticide lindane, which is no longer used in the U.S. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified all forms of this chemical as possibly carcinogenic to humans.

 

13

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014N/A00N/A
2015N/A00N/A
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND130ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2019-02-114194291ND
2019-02-114194160ND
2019-02-114194148ND
2019-02-114194263ND
2019-02-114194128ND
2019-02-134197217ND
2019-08-074379534ND
2019-08-074379483ND
2019-08-074379560ND
2019-08-074379539ND
2019-08-074379475ND
2019-08-274402118ND
2019-11-264499043ND