Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Endrin

Spruce Court Apartments

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.

 

14

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
2019ND20ND
2020ND30ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND60ND
2023ND20ND

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
2019-04-019041699-01ND
2019-04-019041699-02ND
2020-04-0622027163.00ND
2020-08-0322802957.00ND
2020-08-0322802973.00ND
2021-04-0524251330.00ND
2022-04-1426467604.00ND
2022-04-1426467577.00ND
2022-05-0526652229.00ND
2022-05-0526652241.00ND
2022-08-0427237596.00ND
2022-08-0427237610.00ND
2023-05-0428903769.00ND
2023-05-0428903768.00ND