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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Trifluralin

Evansville

Trifluralin is a herbicide that is used on food crops and non-agricultural lands. It was banned in Europe in the late 2000s, primarily due to its ecological toxicity.

 

23

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND40ND
2015ND40ND
2016ND40ND
2017ND40ND
2018ND30ND
2019ND40ND

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EWG Health Guideline 4 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 4 ppb for trifluralin was defined by the Environmental Protection Agency as a one-in-a-million lifetime risk of cancer. Values greater than one-in-a-million cancer risk level can result in increased cancer cases above one in a million people.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-03-18SC40605-01_01ND
2014-06-25SF41438-01_01ND
2014-09-24SI41281-01_01ND
2014-11-19SK40650-01_01ND
2015-03-24SC50585-01_01ND
2015-06-16SF50854-01_01ND
2015-09-16SI50838-01_01ND
2015-11-30SL50026-01_01ND
2016-03-0116C0067-01_01ND
2016-06-2216F1102-01_01ND
2016-08-1616H0844-01_01ND
2016-11-0116K0055-01_01ND
2017-01-2517A0715-01_01ND
2017-06-2117F0995-01_01ND
2017-07-1217G0509-01_01ND
2017-10-2517J0870-01_01ND
2018-01-2418A0502-01_01ND
2018-09-1818I0698-01_01ND
2018-10-3018J1016-01_01ND
2019-01-2219A0462-01_01ND
2019-04-2319D0527-01ND
2019-07-2219G0711-01ND
2019-12-0419L0148-01ND