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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

Clear Brook City MUD

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
2014ND20ND
2015ND30ND
2016ND30ND
2017ND30ND
2018ND20ND
2019ND30ND

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
2014-01-31AC41030ND
2014-05-21AC54880ND
2015-02-18AC80996ND
2015-02-18AC80994ND
2015-02-18AC80976ND
2016-01-22AD19723ND
2016-04-06AD32097ND
2016-04-06AD32109ND
2017-01-06AD63591ND
2017-04-10AD78980ND
2017-04-10AD78972ND
2018-02-23AE15485ND
2018-05-24AE27720ND
2019-01-29AE51971ND
2019-01-29AE51975ND
2019-11-19AE89787ND