Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Lakewood Shores Improvement Association

NOTE: Lakewood Shores Improvement Association purchases water from Wilmington which is required to test for alachlor (lasso). Sample information shown below was taken by Wilmington.

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

 

6

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND10ND
2020ND10ND
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: Lakewood Shores Improvement Association purchases water from Wilmington which is required to test for alachlor (lasso). Sample information shown below was taken by Wilmington.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-04-058041239-01ND
2019-04-109042909-01ND
2020-04-010040582-01ND
2021-04-07ED01805-01ND
2022-04-202204G61-001BND
2023-04-202304H10-001BND