Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Eagan

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
2018ND10ND
2019ND10ND
2020ND20ND
2021ND20ND
2022ND10ND
2023N/A00N/A

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
2018-10-3018J1525-01ND
2019-02-1319B0571-01ND
2020-07-2220G1578-02ND
2020-10-2620J1326-01ND
2021-10-1421J0691-02ND
2021-10-1421J0691-03ND
2022-03-0922C0419-01ND