Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Bone Gap

NOTE: Bone Gap purchases water from Rural Wabash County Water District which is required to test for alachlor (lasso). Sample information shown below was taken by Rural Wabash County Water District.

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

 

0

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A
2020N/A00N/A
2021N/A00N/A
2022ND10ND
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

NOTE: Bone Gap purchases water from Rural Wabash County Water District which is required to test for alachlor (lasso). Sample information shown below was taken by Rural Wabash County Water District.

Date Lab ID Result