Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Methoxychlor

Telford Borough Authority

Methoxychlor is an endocrine-disrupting, neurotoxic insecticide similar to DDT. Banned in the U.S. in 2002, methoxychlor was historically used on farm animals and in animal feed, lumber, gardens and agricultural crops.

 

30

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
2020ND190ND
2021ND10ND
2022N/A00N/A
2023ND100ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 0.09 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 0.09 ppb for methoxychlor 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 hormone disruption.

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 40 ppb

The legal limit for methoxychlor, established in 1991, was based on a toxicity study in laboratory animals conducted in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2020-03-0321850251.00ND
2020-03-0321850191.00ND
2020-03-0321850221.00ND
2020-03-0321850161.00ND
2020-06-0122419224.00ND
2020-06-0122419344.00ND
2020-06-0122419254.00ND
2020-06-0122419314.00ND
2020-06-0122419284.00ND
2020-08-2423002165.00ND
2020-08-2423002285.00ND
2020-08-2423002195.00ND
2020-08-2423002225.00ND
2020-09-1423002255.00ND
2020-10-1223185460.00ND
2020-10-1223185400.00ND
2020-10-1223185430.00ND
2020-10-1223185370.00ND
2020-12-0123540091.00ND
2021-01-1323715275.00ND
2023-05-0328902806.00ND
2023-05-0328902807.00ND
2023-05-0328902808.00ND
2023-05-0328902805.00ND
2023-05-1728902930.00ND
2023-08-0229500011.00ND
2023-08-0229500015.00ND
2023-08-0229500014.00ND
2023-08-0229500013.00ND
2023-08-0229500012.00ND