Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Brooklyn Park

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

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND20ND
2019ND20ND
2020ND20ND
2021ND30ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND20ND

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
2018-05-1518E1224-01ND
2018-08-1318H1037-01ND
2019-07-2219G1527-03ND
2019-10-1719J1046-01ND
2020-06-1020F0843-02ND
2020-07-2420G1753-01ND
2021-04-3021D1962-01ND
2021-09-2821I1502-01ND
2021-10-2721J1490-01ND
2022-02-0222B0150-01ND
2023-08-0723H0586-01ND
2023-10-1123J0527-01ND