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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

City of Camden

1,1-Dichloroethylene is used for plastics production. It damages DNA and causes cancer in laboratory animal studies.

 

16

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013N/A00N/A
2014ND10ND
2015ND10ND
2016ND30ND
2017ND30ND
2018ND40ND
2019ND40ND

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL) 7 ppb

The legal limit for 1,1-dichloroethylene, established in 1987, was based on a toxicity study conducted in laboratory animals in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-05-05AD39535ND
2015-06-04AD56440ND
2016-05-12AD75892ND
2016-08-11AD80685ND
2016-11-01AD85064ND
2017-02-27AD90341ND
2017-04-18AD92978ND
2017-11-21AE04072ND
2018-03-20AE09638ND
2018-05-16AE12286ND
2018-08-23AE17219ND
2018-11-30AE22084ND
2019-03-27AE27881ND
2019-05-30AE31083ND
2019-08-14AE35359ND
2019-10-02AE38228ND