Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Ivanhoe Public Utility District

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

 

8

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND30ND
2019N/A00N/A
2020N/A00N/A
2021ND10ND
2022ND40ND
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
2018-08-31CA5410019_004_004-201808311120ND
2018-08-31CA5410019_007_007-201808311118ND
2018-08-31CA5410019_008_008-201808311130ND
2021-08-26CA5410019_008_008-202108261238ND
2022-08-29CA5410019_004_004-202208291308ND
2022-08-29CA5410019_008_008-202208291338ND
2022-10-21CA5410019_007_007-202210211058ND
2022-12-13CA5410019_006_006-202212131420ND