Water Pollutants
The Delaware Public Health Laboratory Environmental Chemistry section performs tests for the following pollutants in public and private water sources:
Inorganics:
- Alkalinity
- Chloride
- Cyanide
- Fluoride
- Nitrate
- Nitrite
- Sulfate
- Total dissolved solids
- Antimony
- Arsenic
- Barium
- Beryllium
- Cadmium
- Chromium
- Calcium hardness
- Copper
- Iron
- Lead
- Manganese
- Mercury
- Nickel
- Selenium
- Sodium
- Thallium
- Uranium
- Zinc
Organics:
- Pesticides
- Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
- Hexachlorobenzene
- Lindane
- Simazine
- Atrazine
- Heptachlor
- Heptachlor expoxide
- Atrazine
- Alachlor
- Dieldrin
- Endrin
- Methoxychlor
- Toxaphene
- Chlordane
- PCBs
- Volatile organics (such as Benzene and MTBE)
- Disinfectants, also known as Trihalomethanes (such as Chloroform and Bromoform)
The Environmental Chemistry section performs tests for the following pollutants in private well water sources:
- Alkalinity
- Chloride
- Fluoride
- Nitrate
- Nitrite
- Sulfate
- Calcium hardness
- Iron
- Sodium
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