Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Desoto Parish Water Works District 1

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

 

16

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND40ND
2019ND40ND
2020ND20ND
2021ND20ND
2022ND20ND
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
2018-02-2035375984001ND
2018-02-2035375984001ND
2018-08-0635409598001ND
2018-08-0635409598001ND
2019-03-1335454726001ND
2019-03-1335454726001ND
2019-07-3135486403001ND
2019-07-3135486403001ND
2020-02-0335528234001ND
2020-09-2235579689001ND
2021-01-1335604986003ND
2021-08-1735657244002ND
2022-02-2235699238001ND
2022-08-2235742155001ND
2023-02-0735778295004ND
2023-08-2135823281001ND