Water Quality in Chicago, IL

Contaminants

Found in your water

Poor

Quality Score

Based on your results

out of 10

Fair

Arsenic
Danger: cancer
Your Water: 2.24 ppbEWG Guidelines: 0.004 ppb
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Haloacetic acids (HAA9)
Danger: cancer
Your Water: 27.69 ppbEWG Guidelines: 0.06 ppb
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Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Danger: cancer
Your Water: 49.93 ppbEWG Guidelines: 0.15 ppb
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Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Danger: cancer
Your Water: 30.42 ppbEWG Guidelines: 0.1 ppb
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Radium, combined (-226 & -228)
Danger: cancer
Your Water: 12.83 pCi/LEWG Guidelines: 0.05 pCi/L
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Bromodichloromethane
Danger: cancer
Your Water: 13.21 ppbEWG Guidelines: 0.06 ppb
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2-propen-1-ol
Your Water: 0.15 ppbNational Average: 0.000727 ppb
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Trichloroacetic acid
Danger: cancer
Your Water: 15.88 ppbEWG Guidelines: 0.1 ppb
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Chloroform
Danger: cancer
Your Water: 32.30 ppbEWG Guidelines: 0.4 ppb
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Dibromochloromethane
Danger: cancer
Your Water: 6.89 ppbEWG Guidelines: 0.1 ppb
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Dichloroacetic acid
Danger: cancer
Your Water: 13.33 ppbEWG Guidelines: 0.2 ppb
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1-Butanol
Your Water: 1.60 ppbNational Average: 0.037143 ppb
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o-toluidine
Your Water: 0.003 ppbNational Average: 0.000072 ppb
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Chromium (hexavalent)
Danger: cancer
Your Water: 0.7975 ppbEWG Guidelines: 0.02 ppb
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Dibromoacetic acid
Your Water: 1.52 ppbEWG Guidelines: 0.04 ppb
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Testosterone
Your Water: 0.108 pptNational Average: 0.003 ppt
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Germanium
Your Water: 0.495 ppbNational Average: 0.028452 ppb
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2-Methoxyethanol
Your Water: 0.25 ppbNational Average: 0.014653 ppb
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4-Androstene-3,17-dione
Your Water: 0.175 pptNational Average: 0.012 ppt
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Silver
Your Water: 0.244 ppbNational Average: 0.038101 ppb
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Bromoform
Danger: cancer
Your Water: 2.65 ppbEWG Guidelines: 0.5 ppb
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Phenols
Your Water: 9.35 ppbNational Average: 2.046525 ppb
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Chromium (total)
Your Water: 2.10 ppbNational Average: 0.578843 ppb
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Nitrate and nitrite
Danger: cancer
Your Water: 0.435 ppmEWG Guidelines: 0.14 ppm
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Nitrate
Danger: cancer
Your Water: 0.426666667 ppmEWG Guidelines: 0.14 ppm
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Fluoride
Your Water: 1.25 ppmNational Average: 0.488865823 ppm
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Bromochloromethane
Danger: cancer
Your Water: 0.0175 ppbNational Average: 0.007344 ppb
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Nitrite
Your Water: 0.006864286 ppmNational Average: 0.00331485 ppm
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Barium
Danger: harm to the kidney
Your Water: 800.00 ppbEWG Guidelines: 700 ppb
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Thallium
Danger: harm to internal organs
Your Water: 0.11 ppbEWG Guidelines: 0.1 ppb
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Molybdenum
Danger: change in blood chemistry
Your Water: 32.50 ppbEWG Guidelines: 40 ppb
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Vinyl chloride
Danger: cancer
Your Water: 0.024571 ppbEWG Guidelines: 0.05 ppb
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Aluminum
Danger: harm to the brain and nervous ...
Your Water: 160.00 ppbEWG Guidelines: 600 ppb
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Atrazine
Danger: harm to the developing fetus
Your Water: 0.021739 ppbEWG Guidelines: 0.1 ppb
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Monobromoacetic acid
Your Water: 3.86 ppbEWG Guidelines: 25 ppb
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Antimony
Danger: harm to the stomach and intest...
Your Water: 0.14 ppbEWG Guidelines: 1 ppb
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Cyanide
Danger: harm to the brain and nervous ...
Your Water: 14.00 ppbEWG Guidelines: 150 ppb
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Selenium
Danger: hair loss
Your Water: 2.20 ppbEWG Guidelines: 30 ppb
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Monochloroacetic acid
Your Water: 2.68 ppbEWG Guidelines: 53 ppb
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Strontium
Danger: cancer
Your Water: 72.86 ppbEWG Guidelines: 1500 ppb
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Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
Danger: cancer
Your Water: 0.136429 ppbEWG Guidelines: 3 ppb
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Pentachlorophenol
Danger: cancer
Your Water: 0.0135 ppbEWG Guidelines: 0.3 ppb
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1,1-Dichloroethane
Danger: cancer
Your Water: 0.02 ppbEWG Guidelines: 3 ppb
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Dichloromethane (methylene chl...
Danger: cancer
Your Water: 0.012714 ppbEWG Guidelines: 4 ppb
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Xylenes (total)
Danger: harm to the brain and nervous ...
Your Water: 4.57 ppbEWG Guidelines: 1800 ppb
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Ethylbenzene
Danger: harm to internal organs
Your Water: 0.364706 ppbEWG Guidelines: 300 ppb
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Toluene
Danger: harm to the liver and thymus
Your Water: 0.082353 ppbEWG Guidelines: 150 ppb
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Permethrin
Your Water: 0.0125 ppbNational Average: 0.000059 ppb
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Quinoline
Your Water: 0.010667 ppbNational Average: 0.000543 ppb
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Chlorodifluoromethane
Your Water: 0.185 ppbNational Average: 0.010508 ppb
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1,4-Dioxane
Danger: cancer
Your Water: 0.635 ppbEWG Guidelines: 0.35 ppb
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Chlorate
Danger: harm to the thyroid
Your Water: 252.50 ppbEWG Guidelines: 210 ppb
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Manganese
Danger: harm to the brain and nervous ...
Your Water: 58.08 ppbEWG Guidelines: 100 ppb
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Vanadium
Danger: change to blood chemistry
Your Water: 0.3125 ppbEWG Guidelines: 21 ppb
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