Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Nitrite

Lake Erie Mobile Home Park LLC

Nitrite, closely related to the fertilizer chemical nitrate, comes from urban runoff and from fertilizer applied to agricultural lands to pollute drinking water. Nitrite is significantly more toxic than nitrate. Excessive nitrite in water can cause oxygen deprivation in infants and increase the risk of cancer.

 

12

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
2021ND20ND
2022ND20ND
2023ND20ND

ppm = parts per million

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 1 ppm

The legal limit for nitrite, established in 1991, was based on the rate of conversion of ingested nitrate into nitrite in adults. This limit may not fully protect against the risk of cancer due to nitrite exposure.

ppm = parts per million

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-05-23NO3 2018 LAKE ERIE 5ND
2018-05-23NO3 2018 LAKE ER 1-4ND
2019-03-20NO3 19 LAKE ERIE 5ND
2019-03-20NO3 19 LAKE ERIE 1-4ND
2020-02-12NO3 20 LAKE ERIE 1-4ND
2020-02-12NO3 20 LAKE ERIE 5ND
2021-02-23NO3 21 LAKE ERIE 1-4ND
2021-02-23NO3 21 LAKE ERIE 5ND
2022-03-16NO3 22 LAKE ERIE 1-4ND
2022-03-16NO3 22 LAKE ERIE 5ND
2023-03-22NO3 23 LAKE ERIE 1-4ND
2023-04-19NO3 23 LAKE ERIE 5ND