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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

White Tail Ridge Lakes Estates

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

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND20ND
2015ND20ND
2016ND20ND
2017ND20ND
2018ND20ND
2019ND20ND

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
2014-02-20AC43873ND
2014-06-19AC57485ND
2015-03-19AC85349ND
2015-03-19AC85347ND
2016-03-24AD30420ND
2016-03-24AD30416ND
2017-01-31AD67874ND
2017-01-31AD67860ND
2018-03-28AE20654ND
2018-03-28AE20624ND
2019-03-07AE57596ND
2019-03-07AE57590ND