Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Monochlorobenzene (chlorobenzene)

Brookhaven 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.

 

14

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
2022ND60ND
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
2018-04-048041611-01ND
2021-04-0124409034.00ND
2021-08-0525194486.00ND
2021-11-0425741150.00ND
2022-01-0626095355.00ND
2022-05-0526817867.00ND
2022-05-1726817929.00ND
2022-08-0427415200.00ND
2022-08-1827415179.00ND
2022-10-0627799869.00ND
2023-01-2028325230.00ND
2023-05-0429077219.00ND
2023-08-0329674216.00ND
2023-11-0230223351.00ND