Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Yadkinville, Town of

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

 

15

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND30ND
2019ND10ND
2020ND20ND
2021ND10ND
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
2018-04-0537729_18-13673ND
2018-10-0292401702006SOCND
2018-11-0892406563002SOCND
2019-05-3037729_19-22349AND
2020-02-2779200-01ND
2020-11-1792506642001_12710ND
2021-11-1092572131001_12710ND
2022-08-1092619957001_12710ND
2022-09-1592626153001_12710ND
2022-10-052103508-01ND
2022-10-242105109-01ND
2023-01-043013425-02ND
2023-01-053013425-01ND
2023-09-213093827-01ND
2023-09-213093829-01ND