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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Methoxychlor

Paw Penn District

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.

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32

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND160ND
2015N/A00N/A
2016N/A00N/A
2017ND140ND
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND20ND

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

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
2014-04-0125337701ND
2014-04-0125337901ND
2014-04-0225337201ND
2014-04-0225338601ND
2014-04-0225337501ND
2014-04-0425337101ND
2014-04-0425338401ND
2014-04-0425338101ND
2014-07-0726114201ND
2014-07-0726113001ND
2014-07-0726113501ND
2014-07-0926113701ND
2014-07-0926114001ND
2014-07-0926113301ND
2014-07-0926113101ND
2014-09-0426113901ND
2017-04-0315975905ND
2017-04-0315975874ND
2017-04-0315975843ND
2017-04-0315975814ND
2017-04-0315975783ND
2017-04-0315975936ND
2017-04-0315975754ND
2017-07-0616450231ND
2017-07-0616450260ND
2017-07-0616450291ND
2017-07-0616450353ND
2017-07-1116450173ND
2017-07-1116450322ND
2017-07-1116450202ND
2019-07-1545716201ND
2019-10-3143999701ND