Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Endrin

City of Lovelady

NOTE: City of Lovelady purchases water from Houston County Water Control and Improvement District 1 which is required to test for endrin. Sample information shown below was taken by Houston County Water Control and Improvement District 1.

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
2021ND10ND
2022ND40ND
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: City of Lovelady purchases water from Houston County Water Control and Improvement District 1 which is required to test for endrin. Sample information shown below was taken by Houston County Water Control and Improvement District 1.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-02-27Q1808203006ND
2019-03-05Q1909272003ND
2020-02-19Q2006608001ND
2021-02-08Q2103689001ND
2022-01-10Q2200489001ND
2023-03-09Q2309430004ND