Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

o-Dichlorobenzene

Pine Manor Mobile Home Park

o-Dichlorobenzene is used as a chemical intermediate for making agricultural herbicides. It is toxic to the liver, kidneys and the nervous system, and causes cancer in animal studies.

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019N/A00N/A
2020N/A00N/A
2021ND30ND
2022ND40ND
2023ND40ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 600 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 600 ppb for o-dichlorobenzene 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 harm to internal organs.

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 600 ppb

The legal limit for o-dichlorobenzene, established in 1991, was based on a toxicity study in laboratory animals conducted in the 1970s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-04-038041365-01ND
2021-04-0624384415.00ND
2021-08-0325168415.00ND
2021-11-1625716712.00ND
2022-02-0126241610.00ND
2022-05-0326791335.00ND
2022-09-2727590706.00ND
2022-10-0427776193.00ND
2023-01-1728301219.00ND
2023-04-0428848565.00ND
2023-08-0129647955.00ND
2023-08-0129647956.00ND