Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Germantown

NOTE: Germantown purchases water from Breese which is required to test for alachlor (lasso). Sample information shown below was taken by Breese.

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

 

10

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND20ND
2020ND20ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND10ND

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

NOTE: Germantown purchases water from Breese which is required to test for alachlor (lasso). Sample information shown below was taken by Breese.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-01-098011617-01ND
2018-04-128042654-01ND
2019-04-099042429-01ND
2019-07-119072692-01ND
2020-01-150013083-01ND
2020-04-130042460-01ND
2021-01-26EA04487-01ND
2021-04-15ED03365-01ND
2022-04-27FD04969-01ND
2023-06-21GF04162-01ND