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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alachlor (Lasso)

Oasis Mobile Home Park

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

 

14

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND50ND
2015ND30ND
2016ND10ND
2017ND20ND
2018ND30ND
2019N/A00N/A

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
2014-03-10SC40200-01_01ND
2014-06-02SF40082-01_01ND
2014-07-27SG41549-01_01ND
2014-07-27SG41550-01_01ND
2014-11-11SK40324-01_01ND
2015-01-12SA50267-01_01ND
2015-08-17SH51031-01_01ND
2015-10-19SJ50762-01_01ND
2016-10-2516J0991-01_01ND
2017-08-1417H0894-01_01ND
2017-10-1017J0342-01_01ND
2018-05-2318E1016-01_02ND
2018-07-2318G0979-01ND
2018-10-1618J0546-01_01ND