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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Dicamba

Lexington

Dicamba is a herbicide sold for agricultural and residential uses. Dicamba-resistant GMO corn and soybeans are currently being marketed, indicating that dicamba spraying will increase across the U.S. Dicamba harms the brain and nervous system, and may also harm reproduction and child development.

 

16

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND10ND
2015ND30ND
2016ND50ND
2017N/A00N/A
2018ND70ND
2019N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-12-08AI60935ND
2015-02-02AI63938ND
2015-05-04AI76406ND
2015-08-10AI86124ND
2016-02-08AJ06242ND
2016-05-16AJ12525ND
2016-06-20AJ14841ND
2016-07-19AJ18874ND
2016-10-03AJ30605ND
2018-03-22AJ86359ND
2018-04-24AJ87941ND
2018-06-20AJ92177ND
2018-07-18AJ94699ND
2018-09-05AJ99982ND
2018-10-17AK04253ND
2018-12-11AK07896ND