Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Endrin

Whitehall Twp 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.

 

20

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
2019N/A00N/A
2020ND100ND
2021N/A00N/A
2022N/A00N/A
2023ND100ND

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
2020-05-1922274541.00ND
2020-05-1922274421.00ND
2020-05-1922274511.00ND
2020-05-1922274481.00ND
2020-05-1922274451.00ND
2020-08-0422857083.00ND
2020-08-0422857113.00ND
2020-08-0422857053.00ND
2020-08-0422857023.00ND
2020-08-0422856993.00ND
2023-05-0228962434.00ND
2023-05-0228962437.00ND
2023-05-0228962436.00ND
2023-05-0228962438.00ND
2023-05-0228962435.00ND
2023-08-0129558701.00ND
2023-08-0129558699.00ND
2023-08-0129558702.00ND
2023-08-0129558700.00ND
2023-08-0129558703.00ND