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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane

Holliday Water Company

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.

 

14

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013N/A00N/A
2014N/A00N/A
2015N/A00N/A
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018ND40ND
2019ND100ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Result
2018-10-01ND
2018-10-01ND
2018-10-01ND
2018-11-28ND
2019-02-19ND
2019-02-19ND
2019-05-29ND
2019-05-29ND
2019-06-24ND
2019-06-24ND
2019-06-24ND
2019-07-09ND
2019-08-14ND
2019-08-14ND