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Alachlor (Lasso)

Aquarion Water Company of Connecticut - Greenwich System

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
2014N/A00N/A
2015ND40ND
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND40ND

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
2015-04-07201504250-SOCND
2015-04-07201504259-SOCND
2015-07-06201508666-SOCND
2015-07-06201508675-SOCND
2019-07-01201909729-SOCND
2019-07-02201909869-SOCND
2019-10-01201915908-SOCND
2019-11-11201918481-SOCND