Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Heritage House of Pequot Lakes

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

 

7

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND10ND
2020N/A00N/A
2021ND10ND
2022ND20ND
2023ND30ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

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
2019-10-3119K0024-01ND
2021-02-0121B0071-03ND
2022-10-1722J0626-01ND
2022-10-1722J0627-01ND
2023-01-1023A0268-01ND
2023-04-2523D1509-01ND
2023-08-1623H2008-01ND