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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

Bethany

1,1-Dichloroethylene is used for plastics production. It damages DNA and causes cancer in laboratory animal studies.

 

19

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND40ND
2015ND40ND
2016ND40ND
2017ND40ND
2018ND20ND
2019ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL) 7 ppb

The legal limit for 1,1-dichloroethylene, established in 1987, was based on a toxicity study conducted in laboratory animals in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-02-284B28008-01ND
2014-06-024F02034-01ND
2014-09-014I02021-02ND
2014-12-034L03017-02ND
2015-03-045C04003-02ND
2015-06-035F03132-02ND
2015-09-025I02044-02ND
2015-12-025L02031-02ND
2016-03-036C03032-01ND
2016-06-026F02019-01ND
2016-09-076I07033-01ND
2016-12-016L01012-01ND
2017-03-027C02012-01ND
2017-05-167E16051-01ND
2017-09-057I05076-01ND
2017-12-047L04019-01ND
2018-03-05AC05029-01ND
2018-06-05AF05114-01ND
2019-03-14BC14002-01RE1ND