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Alachlor (Lasso)

Maysville PWS

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

 

23

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
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
2018-02-12AD14804ND
2018-05-07AD20807ND
2018-08-06AD31581ND
2018-11-08AD36090ND
2019-02-27AD39892ND
2019-05-20AD47774ND
2019-08-12AD54365ND
2019-11-12AD58390ND
2020-02-182001324ND
2020-05-112008639ND
2020-09-232012974ND
2020-11-232017815ND
2021-02-232100456ND
2021-05-192110704ND
2021-08-252115053ND
2021-11-222119294ND
2022-02-222201750ND
2022-05-242211322ND
2022-08-152216013ND
2022-11-282220955ND
2023-02-222300374ND
2023-05-222307859ND
2023-08-222313074ND