Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Monochlorobenzene (chlorobenzene)

Pine Manor Mobile Home Park

Monochlorobenzene is used as a solvent for pesticides, a degreasing agent and an intermediate for manufacturing other chemicals. It causes liver and kidney damage in studies of laboratory animals.

 

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: 70 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 70 ppb for monochlorobenzene 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): 100 ppb

The legal limit for monochlorobenzene, established in 1991, was based on a toxicity study in laboratory animals conducted in the 1960s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-04-038041365-01ND
2021-04-0624384427.00ND
2021-08-0325168427.00ND
2021-11-1625716724.00ND
2022-02-0126241622.00ND
2022-05-0326791347.00ND
2022-09-2727590718.00ND
2022-10-0427776205.00ND
2023-01-1728301231.00ND
2023-04-0428848577.00ND
2023-08-0129647979.00ND
2023-08-0129647980.00ND