Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Endrin

Elizabethtown Area Water

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.

 

24

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
2020ND120ND
2021N/A00N/A
2022N/A00N/A
2023ND120ND

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
2020-05-2622567491.00ND
2020-05-2622567521.00ND
2020-05-2622567401.00ND
2020-05-2622567461.00ND
2020-05-2622567371.00ND
2020-05-2622567431.00ND
2020-08-0322957755.00ND
2020-08-0322957725.00ND
2020-08-0322957635.00ND
2020-08-0322957695.00ND
2020-08-0322957605.00ND
2020-08-0322957665.00ND
2023-04-2429061636.00ND
2023-04-2429061635.00ND
2023-04-2429061634.00ND
2023-04-2429061637.00ND
2023-04-2429061633.00ND
2023-04-2429061632.00ND
2023-09-1829849112.00ND
2023-09-1829849114.00ND
2023-09-1829849111.00ND
2023-09-1829849115.00ND
2023-09-1829849110.00ND
2023-09-1829849113.00ND