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Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane

Naval Air Station/whidbey Island

NOTE: Naval Air Station/whidbey Island purchases water from City of Oak Harbor which is required to test for alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Oak Harbor.

Alpha-HCH is a byproduct of the production of the insecticide lindane, which is no longer used in the U.S. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified all forms of this chemical as possibly carcinogenic to humans.

 

4

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
2021N/A00N/A
2022N/A00N/A
2023N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Naval Air Station/whidbey Island purchases water from City of Oak Harbor which is required to test for alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Oak Harbor.

Date Lab ID Result
2019-06-1819-22301-43579ND
2019-09-1019-34698-67034ND
2019-12-1719-47900-93017ND
2020-03-1020-08660-16906ND