Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Methoxychlor

Fouke 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.

 

11

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND30ND
2019ND10ND
2020ND10ND
2021ND40ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND10ND

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

Date Lab ID Result
2018-05-16Q1819991007ND
2018-05-16Q1819991008ND
2018-05-16Q1819991009ND
2019-06-06Q1932560001ND
2020-10-22Q2041268009ND
2021-01-25Q2101631001ND
2021-01-25Q2101631002ND
2021-01-25Q2101631003ND
2021-01-25Q2101631004ND
2022-10-12Q2230969012ND
2023-07-11Q2326819008ND