Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Endrin

Clackamas River Water - Clairmont

NOTE: Clackamas River Water - Clairmont purchases water from South Fork Water Board which is required to test for endrin. Sample information shown below was taken by South Fork Water Board.

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.

 

4

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A
2020ND20ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND10ND

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

NOTE: Clackamas River Water - Clairmont purchases water from South Fork Water Board which is required to test for endrin. Sample information shown below was taken by South Fork Water Board.

Date Lab ID Result
2020-06-09016104501-SND
2020-09-15025901601-SND
2023-06-213172009-01-SND
2023-09-133256010-01-SND