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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alachlor (Lasso)

City of Dinuba

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

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22

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013N/A00N/A
2014N/A00N/A
2015N/A00N/A
2016ND80ND
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND140ND

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
2016-04-195810-021-0842ND
2016-04-195810-020-1137ND
2016-04-195810-019-0956ND
2016-04-195810-017-1032ND
2016-04-195810-015-1051ND
2016-04-195810-014-0930ND
2016-04-195810-011-1113ND
2016-04-275810-019-1046ND
2019-04-245810-021-0835ND
2019-04-245810-014-0905ND
2019-04-245810-015-1055ND
2019-04-245810-017-1135ND
2019-04-245810-019-1015ND
2019-04-245810-020-0800ND
2019-04-245810-011-0940ND
2019-07-165810-021-0925ND
2019-07-165810-020-0805ND
2019-07-165810-019-1233ND
2019-07-165810-017-1310ND
2019-07-165810-015-0900ND
2019-07-165810-014-1135ND
2019-07-165810-011-1205ND