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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

E Stroudsburg Boro Water Dept

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

 

19

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND50ND
2015ND30ND
2016ND20ND
2017ND50ND
2018ND20ND
2019ND20ND

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
2014-04-2314043835ND
2014-04-3014044963-001ND
2014-04-3014044963-002ND
2014-04-3014044963-003ND
2014-04-3014044963-004ND
2015-11-1913527836ND
2015-11-1913527870ND
2015-11-1913527960ND
2016-03-2214000009ND
2016-03-2214000030ND
2017-08-2116584506ND
2017-08-2116584485ND
2017-08-2116584527ND
2017-08-2116584548ND
2017-09-2616744087ND
2018-07-127058251001ND
2018-07-127058251002ND
2019-05-147089779001ND
2019-05-147089779002ND