Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Endrin

Brodhead Creek Reg Water Authority

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.

 

15

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
2019ND10ND
2020ND40ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND30ND
2023ND60ND

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
2019-04-10T9D0594-01ND
2020-04-1322045779.00ND
2020-04-1522045663.00ND
2020-08-1722821826.00ND
2020-08-1722821860.00ND
2021-10-2025427398.00ND
2022-02-2326137318.00ND
2022-05-2326671964.00ND
2022-08-2227258408.00ND
2023-05-0528924563.00ND
2023-05-0528924603.00ND
2023-05-0528924643.00ND
2023-08-1429521925.00ND
2023-08-1429521958.00ND
2023-08-1629521995.00ND