Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Endrin

Mount Kisco Water Department

Endrin is a banned organochlorine insecticide that is persistent and bioaccumulative. Endrin damages the nervous, immune and reproductive systems in people. It also harms fish, birds and other wildlife.

 

29

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND50ND
2019ND50ND
2020ND50ND
2021ND40ND
2022ND50ND
2023ND50ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 0.3 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 0.3 ppb for endrin was defined by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a public health goal, the level of a drinking water contaminant that does not pose a significant health risk. This health guideline protects against change to the heart and blood vessels.

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 2 ppb

The legal limit for endrin, established in 1992, was based on a toxicity study in laboratory animals conducted in the 1960s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-10-287072449005-SOCSND
2018-11-287072449003-SOCSND
2018-11-287072449004-SOCSND
2018-11-287072449002-SOCSND
2018-11-287072449001-SOCSND
2019-10-2970110250001-SOCSND
2019-10-2970110250004-SOCSND
2019-10-2970110250003-SOCSND
2019-10-2970110250002-SOCSND
2019-10-3170110250005-SOCSND
2020-09-30420-182051-5-SOCSND
2020-09-30420-182051-6-SOCSND
2020-09-30420-182169-1-SOCSND
2020-09-30420-182051-3-SOCSND
2020-09-30420-182051-4-SOCSND
2021-11-02420-210185-4-SOCSND
2021-11-02420-210185-3-SOCSND
2021-11-02420-210185-1-SOCSND
2021-11-02420-210185-2-SOCSND
2022-12-19AY22489-SOCSND
2022-12-19AY22490-SOCSND
2022-12-19AY22493-SOCSND
2022-12-19AY22942-SOCSND
2022-12-19AY22491-SOCSND
2023-11-27AZ21566-SOCSND
2023-11-27AZ21565-SOCSND
2023-11-27AZ21568-SOCSND
2023-11-27AZ21567-SOCSND
2023-11-27AZ21564-SOCSND