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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane

Brookfield Water Utility

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.

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34

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014N/A00N/A
2015N/A00N/A
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018ND340ND
2019N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-05-011053299ND
2018-05-011053290ND
2018-05-011053289ND
2018-05-011053281ND
2018-05-011053279ND
2018-05-011053283ND
2018-05-011053297ND
2018-05-011053295ND
2018-05-011053284ND
2018-05-011053301ND
2018-05-031053769ND
2018-05-031053771ND
2018-05-031053762ND
2018-05-031053760ND
2018-05-031053775ND
2018-05-031053764ND
2018-05-031053773ND
2018-11-071091932ND
2018-11-071091931ND
2018-11-071091919ND
2018-11-071091917ND
2018-11-071091939ND
2018-11-071091937ND
2018-11-071091922ND
2018-11-071091921ND
2018-11-071091929ND
2018-11-071091927ND
2018-11-081092227ND
2018-11-081092221ND
2018-11-081092219ND
2018-11-081092225ND
2018-11-081092223ND
2018-11-081092217ND
2018-11-081092215ND