Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Endrin

Tdcj Clemens 2 Unit

NOTE: Tdcj Clemens 2 Unit purchases water from Brazosport Water Authority which is required to test for endrin. Sample information shown below was taken by Brazosport Water Authority.

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.

 

6

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND10ND
2020ND10ND
2021ND40ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND10ND

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

NOTE: Tdcj Clemens 2 Unit purchases water from Brazosport Water Authority which is required to test for endrin. Sample information shown below was taken by Brazosport Water Authority.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-01-22AE09699ND
2019-02-07AE53613ND
2020-03-17AF03387ND
2021-01-21AF40456ND
2022-01-24AF81428ND
2023-05-15AG40595ND