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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alachlor (Lasso)

Town of Princess Anne

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

 

17

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014N/A00N/A
2015ND20ND
2016ND100ND
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND50ND

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
2015-09-22E16001238001ND
2015-09-22L5827349-1ND
2016-03-30E16003648002ND
2016-03-30E16003648004ND
2016-08-05E17000501002ND
2016-08-05E17000501005ND
2016-10-19E17001766001ND
2016-12-21L6605660_2_AND
2016-12-21L6605660_4_AND
2016-12-21L6605660_3_AND
2016-12-21L6605660_1_AND
2016-12-29L6609497ND
2019-03-15E19002956001ND
2019-03-15E19002959001ND
2019-03-15E19002958001ND
2019-03-15E19002957001ND
2019-09-20E20001164001ND