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Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane

City of Sherwood

NOTE: City of Sherwood purchases water from City of Wilsonville which is required to test for alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Wilsonville.

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.

 

4

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND40ND
2019N/A00N/A
2020ND10ND
2021ND10ND
2022N/A00N/A
2023N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: City of Sherwood purchases water from City of Wilsonville which is required to test for alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Wilsonville.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-03-07201803080511ND
2018-06-06201806070429ND
2018-09-05201809060636ND
2018-12-05201812060365ND