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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane

City of Clinton

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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13

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
2018ND100ND
2019ND30ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-10-0335422396001SEA1ND
2018-10-0335422396002SEA1ND
2018-10-0335422396003SEA1ND
2018-10-0335422396004SEA1ND
2018-10-0335422396005SEA1ND
2018-10-0335422396006SEA1ND
2018-10-0335422396007SEA1ND
2018-10-0335422396008SEA1ND
2018-10-0335422396009SEA1ND
2018-10-0335422396010SEA1ND
2019-03-0535452398010SEA2ND
2019-04-1635462420001SEA2ND
2019-04-1635462420004SEA2ND