Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Lacygne, City of

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

 

10

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
2021ND20ND
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
2018-05-07966635ND
2019-05-061157888ND
2020-05-051369949ND
2020-06-081396999ND
2020-07-131439795ND
2021-05-031828928ND
2021-06-211864303ND
2022-05-022247420ND
2023-05-152500628ND
2023-06-122516496ND