Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Methoxychlor

Spruce Court Apartments

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.

 

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: 0.09 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
2019-04-019041699-01ND
2019-04-019041699-02ND
2020-04-0622027165.00ND
2020-08-0322802959.00ND
2020-08-0322802975.00ND
2021-04-0524251332.00ND
2022-04-1426467606.00ND
2022-04-1426467579.00ND
2022-05-0526652231.00ND
2022-05-0526652243.00ND
2022-08-0427237598.00ND
2022-08-0427237612.00ND
2023-05-0428903773.00ND
2023-05-0428903772.00ND