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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alachlor (Lasso)

City of El Mirage

Alachlor is a widely used agricultural herbicide. It causes cancer in laboratory animals and may be carcinogenic to people.

 

42

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND10ND
2015N/A00N/A
2016ND180ND
2017ND10ND
2018ND20ND
2019ND200ND

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL) 2 ppb

The legal limit for alachlor, established in 1991, was based on toxicity studies in laboratory animals conducted in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-05-164051461-01ND
2016-03-076030608-01SND
2016-04-076040689-03SND
2016-04-076040689-02ND
2016-04-076040689-01ND
2016-05-166051378-01SND
2016-05-206051810-02SND
2016-05-206051810-01SND
2016-05-236051915-02SND
2016-06-276062199-01ND
2016-09-276092333-01SND
2016-12-146121326-01ND
2016-12-146121321-01ND
2016-12-156121430-01ND
2016-12-226121947-01SND
2016-12-276122102-01SND
2016-12-276122097-01SND
2016-12-286122222-01SOCND
2016-12-306122383-01SND
2017-09-187091550-01ND
2018-10-2518J2809-01ND
2018-10-3118J3309-01ND
2019-01-3119A3296-01ND
2019-04-1819D2239-01ND
2019-04-3019D3255-01ND
2019-04-3019D3251-01ND
2019-05-0119E0140-01ND
2019-05-0119E0136-01ND
2019-05-0119E0134-01ND
2019-06-1019F1007-01ND
2019-06-2019F2265-01ND
2019-06-2419F2482-01ND
2019-07-0219G0397-01ND
2019-10-0719J0835-01ND
2019-10-0819J1148-02ND
2019-10-0819J1148-01ND
2019-10-0819J1147-01ND
2019-10-0919J1316-02ND
2019-10-0919J1316-01ND
2019-12-1019L1246-01ND
2019-12-1219L1634-01ND
2019-12-1219L1636-01ND