Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

MO American Garden City

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

 

24

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND40ND
2019ND40ND
2020ND40ND
2021ND40ND
2022ND40ND
2023ND40ND

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
2018-02-12AD14795ND
2018-05-09AD20798ND
2018-08-15AD31572ND
2018-11-14AD36081ND
2019-02-25AD39883ND
2019-05-22AD47765ND
2019-08-28AD54357ND
2019-11-20AD58382ND
2020-02-262001260ND
2020-05-202008589ND
2020-09-292012931ND
2020-11-192017769ND
2021-02-242100389ND
2021-05-242110659ND
2021-08-242115008ND
2021-11-112119252ND
2022-02-1557863801ND
2022-05-1958463201ND
2022-08-1860055301ND
2022-11-0160788101ND
2023-02-1562122201ND
2023-05-2463179601ND
2023-08-0267182001ND
2023-11-0768390601ND