Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Village Apartments

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

 

6

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND20ND
2019ND20ND
2020ND20ND
2021N/A00N/A
2022N/A00N/A
2023N/A00N/A

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
2018-02-21CA5400875_002_002-201802211205ND
2018-12-05CA5400875_002_002-201812051240ND
2019-03-05CA5400875_002_002-201903051300ND
2019-06-10CA5400875_002_002-201906101350ND
2020-02-14CA5400875_002_002-202002141245ND
2020-05-27CA5400875_002_002-202005271900ND