Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Dicamba

Halifax Water Department

NOTE: Halifax Water Department purchases water from Brockton Water Commission which is required to test for dicamba. Sample information shown below was taken by Brockton Water Commission.

Dicamba is a herbicide sold for agricultural and residential uses. Dicamba-resistant GMO corn and soybeans are currently being marketed, indicating that dicamba spraying will increase across the U.S. Dicamba harms the brain and nervous system, and may also harm reproduction and child development.

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND40ND
2019N/A00N/A
2020ND20ND
2021ND20ND
2022ND20ND
2023ND40ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Halifax Water Department purchases water from Brockton Water Commission which is required to test for dicamba. Sample information shown below was taken by Brockton Water Commission.

Date Result
2018-06-12ND
2018-06-12ND
2018-12-10ND
2018-12-10ND
2020-06-08ND
2020-06-09ND
2020-12-01ND
2020-12-02ND
2022-09-21ND
2022-12-01ND
2023-06-01ND
2023-12-06ND