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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

Red Hill Water Authority

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

 

34

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND60ND
2015ND50ND
2016ND30ND
2017ND90ND
2018ND50ND
2019ND60ND

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
2014-03-12140010197ND
2014-03-12140010198ND
2014-03-12140010199ND
2014-05-14140020004ND
2014-07-23140032263ND
2014-11-05140050162ND
2015-02-1812402513ND
2015-03-0412516311ND
2015-04-2212633991ND
2015-07-2913013710ND
2015-11-1813515011ND
2016-02-0313871050ND
2016-02-0313871071ND
2016-11-1015227183ND
2017-02-0815656516ND
2017-02-0815656517ND
2017-02-0815656518ND
2017-03-2915796774ND
2017-05-3116095730ND
2017-07-2616414770ND
2017-09-2616727977ND
2017-09-2616727978ND
2017-10-1816881227ND
2018-02-078001980-01ND
2018-04-258008151-01ND
2018-07-178017901-01ND
2018-08-078021854-01ND
2018-10-228028636-01ND
2019-02-069002686-01ND
2019-05-079009679-01ND
2019-06-259022004-01ND
2019-08-219025620-01ND
2019-09-249021809-01ND
2019-12-169033958-01ND