Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Picloram

Sauk Rapids

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

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

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

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
2018-10-3118K0038-01ND
2018-10-3118K0038-02ND
2019-01-1619A0576-01ND
2019-01-1619A0576-02ND
2019-01-1619A0576-03ND
2019-04-1519D0935-01ND
2021-11-0421K0371-01ND
2021-11-0421K0378-01ND
2021-11-0421K0378-02ND
2022-03-0122C0104-01ND
2022-03-0122C0108-01ND
2022-03-0122C0108-02ND