Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Franklin County Rural Water District 6

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

 

9

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND10ND
2020ND30ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND20ND

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

Date Lab ID Result
2018-05-07967458ND
2019-05-061157867ND
2020-05-051356315ND
2020-06-081396997ND
2020-07-141442109ND
2021-04-261824824ND
2022-05-042249452ND
2023-05-152500621ND
2023-06-122516494ND