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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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1,1-Dichloroethylene

Dexter Village

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

 

10

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND30ND
2015ND30ND
2016ND10ND
2017ND10ND
2018ND10ND
2019ND10ND

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
2014-05-21EHS1400015448-01ND
2014-08-27EHS1400026821-01ND
2014-12-04EHS1400038570-01ND
2015-02-20EHS1500005925-01ND
2015-03-16EHS1500008136-01ND
2015-07-13EHS1500052481-01ND
2016-09-12EHS1600043182-01ND
2017-10-23EHS1700053046-01ND
2018-11-14EHS1800050647-01ND
2019-11-14L1954462-01POCND