Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Shorelands Road & Water Company

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

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND30ND
2019ND20ND
2020ND20ND
2021ND20ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND20ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

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
2018-06-12CA2300545_007_007-201806120910ND
2018-08-16CA2300545_007_007-201808160900ND
2018-08-16CA2300545_001_001-201808160900ND
2019-04-10CA2300545_010_010-201904100840ND
2019-07-29CA2300545_010_010-201907290745ND
2020-09-21CA2300545_006_006-202009210755ND
2020-09-21CA2300545_004_004-202009210755ND
2021-08-23CA2300545_007_007-202108230850ND
2021-08-23CA2300545_001_001-202108230940ND
2022-09-29CA2300545_010_010-202209290845ND
2023-09-12CA2300545_004_004-202309121021ND
2023-09-12CA2300545_006_006-202309121059ND