Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Endrin

Plumstead Township Summer Hill Mead

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.

 

16

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
2019ND30ND
2020ND50ND
2021ND40ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND30ND

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
2019-06-279021151-01ND
2019-08-169027730-01ND
2019-10-119034974-01ND
2020-02-2421655476.00ND
2020-05-0822402529.00ND
2020-05-0822402500.00ND
2020-07-3122785748.00ND
2020-10-0923170727.00ND
2021-01-1523700383.00ND
2021-05-2724626321.00ND
2021-07-1624816613.00ND
2021-10-1325392685.00ND
2022-01-1426106512.00ND
2023-04-2728886842.00ND
2023-04-2728886871.00ND
2023-05-1229096399.00ND