Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

o-Dichlorobenzene

Mills Mobile Home Park 1&2

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.

 

19

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
2019ND30ND
2020ND30ND
2021ND40ND
2022ND40ND
2023ND50ND

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
2019-01-10AE23871ND
2019-09-18AE37405ND
2019-12-03AE40976ND
2020-05-26AE48964ND
2020-08-19AE53092ND
2020-11-04AE56847ND
2021-02-23AE61680ND
2021-05-25AE66392ND
2021-08-31AE71190ND
2021-11-03AE74428ND
2022-03-10AE80559ND
2022-05-26AE84350ND
2022-08-03AE87586ND
2022-10-27AE92192ND
2023-03-06AE98035ND
2023-05-25AF02667ND
2023-08-07AF06654ND
2023-09-26AF09044ND
2023-10-24AF10543ND