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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alachlor (Lasso)

Freedom District

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

 

15

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND30ND
2015ND30ND
2016ND20ND
2017ND30ND
2018ND30ND
2019ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

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
2014-04-210060002_01_20027ND
2014-08-060060002_01_00054ND
2014-08-060060002_02_00054ND
2015-04-132064721001ND
2015-08-31E16000844001ND
2015-09-142095566002BND
2016-05-092142346001_AND
2016-08-082165404001ND
2017-05-31E17004689001ND
2017-05-31E17004692001ND
2017-08-142253973001_A_BND
2018-04-3018E0196_01ND
2018-05-14E18004109003ND
2018-12-1018L0652ND
2019-05-153034245ND