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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane

City of Arlington

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.

 

7

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
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND30ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2019-08-1235489373015SEA1ND
2019-08-1235489373001SEA1ND
2019-11-1935513610001SEA2ND
2020-02-1835531664001SEA3ND
2020-02-1835531664002SEA3ND
2020-05-0735548661009SEA4ND
2020-05-0735548661001SEA4ND