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Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane

Alpha-Talbott Utility District

NOTE: Alpha-Talbott Utility District purchases water from Morristown Water System which is required to test for alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane. Sample information shown below was taken by Morristown Water System.

Alpha-HCH is a byproduct of the production of the insecticide lindane, which is no longer used in the U.S. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified all forms of this chemical as possibly carcinogenic to humans.

 

4

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

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Alpha-Talbott Utility District purchases water from Morristown Water System which is required to test for alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane. Sample information shown below was taken by Morristown Water System.

Date Result
2019-02-06ND
2019-05-07ND
2019-08-08ND
2019-11-06ND