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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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4-Androstene-3,17-dione

Pennsylvania American Water Pittsburgh

Human sex hormones are sometimes detected at low concentrations in drinking water. There are no current health guidelines to determine whether these exposures are safe, or if they could pose a risk to human health.

 

8

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND20ND
2015ND60ND
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A

ppt = parts per trillion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-10-0727111701ND
2014-10-1327112901ND
2015-01-1227898901ND
2015-01-1327897501ND
2015-04-0828579801ND
2015-04-1328580701ND
2015-07-0829576901ND
2015-07-1529574601ND