Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

alpha-Chlordane

City of Bowie

The cancer-causing pesticide chlordane was banned in 1988. Chlordane is persistent and accumulates in the body. It is still found in the environment and in the bodies of adults and newborn babies.

 

12

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
2022ND40ND
2023ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-06-05Q1822320001ND
2019-02-20Q1907486001ND
2020-03-18Q2011976001ND
2021-03-10Q2106369001ND
2021-05-12Q2112415001ND
2021-09-22Q2125955001ND
2021-11-29Q2132835001ND
2022-03-07Q2207648001ND
2022-05-11Q2214197003ND
2022-08-03Q2222249005ND
2022-10-11Q2230700003ND
2023-01-24Q2303291002ND