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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Aldicarb

Status: No national drinking water standard exists

 

Aldicarb is a neurotoxic insecticide.

2017-2019:

FOUND
FOUND ABOVE HEALTH GUIDELINES

3

states detected

4

utilities detected

29,300

people served

0

states over health guideline

0

utilities over health guideline

0

people served over health guideline

Health concerns for aldicarb

Harm to the brain and nervous system

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EWG Health Guideline 7 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 7 ppb for aldicarb was defined by the Environmental Protection Agency as a lifetime health-based limit for effects other than cancer. This health guideline protects against harm to the nervous system.

ppb = parts per billion

States reporting aldicarb in drinking water

UTILITIES WITH CONTAMINATION
State UtilitiesPeople Served
Alabama219,536
Virginia19,364
New York1400
MORE
LESS

Filtering technologies that reduce aldicarb

Activated Carbon

Reverse Osmosis

Utilities with the highest amounts of aldicarb, 2017-2019

ALL UTILITIES
LARGE UTILITIES
UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served
Beauregard Water AuthorityOpelika, AL1 of 90.573 ppb11,178
Hcsa- Leigh Street PlantSouth Boston, VA1 of 10.500 ppb9,364
Four Winds HospitalKatonah, NY1 of 80.275 ppb400
Quint-mar Water Authority*Highland Home, AL1 of 240.0625 ppb8,358

* This water utility supplies finished drinking water to at least one other water utility. The purchasing utility is not required to test for or report Aldicarb, but it likely has the contaminant in its water supply.

UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served
Beauregard Water AuthorityOpelika, AL1 of 90.573 ppb11,178