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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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3-Hydroxycarbofuran

Hurricane City

3-Hydroxycarbofuran is a breakdown product of the insecticide carbofuran, once widely used on food crops and banned by the EPA due to its effects on the human nervous system.

 

8

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND10ND
2015N/A00N/A
2016ND50ND
2017ND10ND
2018ND10ND
2019N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Result
2014-02-19ND
2016-04-26ND
2016-07-12ND
2016-08-16ND
2016-10-17ND
2016-10-17ND
2017-03-20ND
2018-08-28ND