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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

Bleich Flat Mutual Water Company

1,1-Dichloroethylene is used for plastics production. It damages DNA and causes cancer in laboratory animal studies.

 

18

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND40ND
2015ND120ND
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018ND20ND
2019N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL) 7 ppb

The legal limit for 1,1-dichloroethylene, established in 1987, was based on a toxicity study conducted in laboratory animals in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-12-215867-004-1500ND
2014-12-215867-003-1440ND
2014-12-215867-002-1420ND
2014-12-215867-001-1400ND
2015-03-185867-001-1855ND
2015-03-185867-002-1900ND
2015-03-185867-003-1904ND
2015-03-185867-004-1908ND
2015-06-015867-001-1750ND
2015-06-015867-004-1800ND
2015-06-015867-003-1740ND
2015-06-015867-002-1734ND
2015-09-135867-003-1755ND
2015-09-135867-004-1805ND
2015-09-135867-002-1825ND
2015-09-135867-001-1819ND
2018-07-085867-004-2008ND
2018-07-085867-002-1938ND