Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Methoxychlor

City of Bruceville Eddy

NOTE: City of Bruceville Eddy purchases water from Bluebonnet Water Supply Corporation which is required to test for methoxychlor. Sample information shown below was taken by Bluebonnet Water Supply Corporation.

Methoxychlor is an endocrine-disrupting, neurotoxic insecticide similar to DDT. Banned in the U.S. in 2002, methoxychlor was historically used on farm animals and in animal feed, lumber, gardens and agricultural crops.

 

6

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND40ND
2019ND90ND
2020ND20ND
2021ND30ND
2022ND40ND
2023ND30ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 0.09 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 0.09 ppb for methoxychlor 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 hormone disruption.

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 40 ppb

The legal limit for methoxychlor, established in 1991, was based on a toxicity study in laboratory animals conducted in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: City of Bruceville Eddy purchases water from Bluebonnet Water Supply Corporation which is required to test for methoxychlor. Sample information shown below was taken by Bluebonnet Water Supply Corporation.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-05-10AE26015ND
2019-05-22AE67791ND
2020-05-27AF12753ND
2021-06-02AF56336ND
2022-05-26AF98736ND
2023-05-25AG42205ND