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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

Autumn Shadows Mobile Home Park

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

 

7

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND10ND
20150.500 ppb110.500 ppb
20160.600 ppb220.500 ppb - 0.700 ppb
20170.700 ppb110.700 ppb
2018ND10ND
2019ND10ND

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
2014-05-14AC54170ND
2015-07-01AC982640.500 ppb
2016-02-08AD224810.500 ppb
2016-02-08AD224770.700 ppb
2017-07-18AD897270.700 ppb
2018-08-21AE38161ND
2019-03-20AE59274ND