Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Endrin

Collegeville Trappe Joint Public Works 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.

 

41

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
2020ND200ND
2021N/A00N/A
2022N/A00N/A
2023ND210ND

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
2020-05-0422213284.00ND
2020-05-0422213224.00ND
2020-05-0422213254.00ND
2020-05-1822213521.00ND
2020-05-1822213491.00ND
2020-05-1822213551.00ND
2020-05-1822213461.00ND
2020-06-0822414136.00ND
2020-06-0822414106.00ND
2020-06-0822414076.00ND
2020-08-0322797315.00ND
2020-08-0322797285.00ND
2020-08-0322797256.00ND
2020-08-0322797480.00ND
2020-08-0322797345.00ND
2020-08-1722797861.00ND
2020-08-1722797832.00ND
2020-08-1722797803.00ND
2020-08-1722797773.00ND
2020-08-1722797744.00ND
2023-04-1728700751.00ND
2023-04-1728700752.00ND
2023-04-1728700750.00ND
2023-04-1728700748.00ND
2023-04-1728700749.00ND
2023-04-1728700747.00ND
2023-05-0128898884.00ND
2023-05-0128898885.00ND
2023-05-0128898883.00ND
2023-05-0128898882.00ND
2023-07-2429495643.00ND
2023-07-2429495634.00ND
2023-07-2429495639.00ND
2023-07-2429495638.00ND
2023-07-2429495637.00ND
2023-07-2429495636.00ND
2023-08-0729495641.00ND
2023-08-0729495642.00ND
2023-08-0729495635.00ND
2023-08-0729495640.00ND
2023-11-2030070242.00ND