Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Picloram

Blaine

Picloram is a herbicide that in studies of laboratory animals has been linked with reduced testicular size and damage to the liver and thyroid.

 

20

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND40ND
2019ND30ND
2020N/A00N/A
2021ND70ND
2022ND40ND
2023ND20ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 166 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 166 ppb for picloram was defined by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a public health goal, the level of a drinking water contaminant that does not pose a significant health risk. This health guideline protects against change to internal organs.

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 500 ppb

The legal limit for picloram, established in 1992, was based on toxicity studies in laboratory animals conducted in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-02-2818B1345-01ND
2018-06-2218F1667-01ND
2018-06-2218F1667-02ND
2018-07-1618G0770-01ND
2019-08-0119H0052-01ND
2019-09-2619I2644-01ND
2019-10-3019J1698-01ND
2021-02-0321B0180-01ND
2021-02-0321B0180-02ND
2021-04-1321D0659-02ND
2021-04-1321D0659-01ND
2021-06-0421F0275-01ND
2021-08-0621H0525-01ND
2021-10-2621J1368-01ND
2022-09-2122I1864-01ND
2022-09-2122I1864-02ND
2022-10-1422J0564-01ND
2022-10-1422J0564-02ND
2023-03-1723C0873-01ND
2023-05-2323E2468-01ND