Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Picloram

Pilot Mountain, Town of

NOTE: Pilot Mountain, Town of purchases water from City of Mount Airy which is required to test for picloram. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Mount Airy.

Picloram is a herbicide that in studies of laboratory animals has been linked with reduced testicular size and damage to the liver and thyroid.

 

8

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A
2020ND40ND
2021N/A00N/A
2022ND10ND
2023ND40ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 166 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 166 ppb for picloram was defined by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a public health goal, the level of a drinking water contaminant that does not pose a significant health risk. This health guideline protects against change to internal organs.

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 500 ppb

The legal limit for picloram, established in 1992, was based on toxicity studies in laboratory animals conducted in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Pilot Mountain, Town of purchases water from City of Mount Airy which is required to test for picloram. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Mount Airy.

Date Lab ID Result
2020-01-2877782-04ND
2020-01-2877782-08ND
2020-04-2181212-01ND
2020-04-2181213-01ND
2023-02-0737729_23-06122ND
2023-02-0737729_23-06123ND
2023-05-2337729_23-26514ND
2023-05-2337729_23-26515ND