Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Lake Elmo

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

 

10

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
2021ND30ND
2022ND30ND
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
2018-11-2818K1050-01ND
2019-01-2919A0925-01ND
2020-02-0520B0177-02ND
2020-05-1420E0827-01ND
2021-07-1521G0882-01ND
2021-11-3021K1443-02ND
2021-11-3021K1443-03ND
2022-01-2722A1015-01ND
2022-01-2722A1015-02ND
2022-06-2822F1657-01ND