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Alachlor (Lasso)

Cliffdale West

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

 

130

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND570ND
2015ND40ND
2016ND30ND
2017ND570ND
2018ND40ND
2019ND50ND

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

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
2014-01-16C315506-02ND
2014-01-16C315508-01ND
2014-02-06C315520-01ND
2014-02-18C315523-01ND
2014-02-18C315523-02ND
2014-02-18C315523-04ND
2014-02-19C402029-02RE1ND
2014-02-19C402032-01ND
2014-02-19C315510-01ND
2014-02-19C315510-03ND
2014-02-19C315510-04ND
2014-02-19C315514-01ND
2014-02-19C315516-01ND
2014-02-19C315516-02ND
2014-02-19C315518-01ND
2014-02-19C315518-02ND
2014-02-19C315525-01ND
2014-02-19C315531-01ND
2014-02-20C315533-01ND
2014-02-20C402029-01ND
2014-02-20C402029-03ND
2014-02-24C315529-01ND
2014-02-25C401922-01ND
2014-02-25C402031-01RE1ND
2014-02-25C402103-01ND
2014-02-27C315527-01ND
2014-02-27C400772-01ND
2014-02-27C402101-01ND
2014-04-03C402236-01ND
2014-04-03C402236-02ND
2014-04-03C402236-03ND
2014-04-08C404448-01ND
2014-04-08C404448-02ND
2014-04-16C402229-02ND
2014-04-16C405024-01ND
2014-04-17C402221-02ND
2014-04-17C402221-04ND
2014-04-17C402230-01ND
2014-04-22C402217-01ND
2014-04-22C402217-02ND
2014-04-23C402215-01ND
2014-04-23C402215-02ND
2014-04-23C402211-01ND
2014-04-30C402223-02ND
2014-04-30C405441-01ND
2014-05-02C402212-01ND
2014-05-02C402218-01ND
2014-05-02C402218-02ND
2014-05-02C402219-01ND
2014-05-02C402225-01ND
2014-05-02C405079-01ND
2014-05-08C405291-01ND
2014-05-12C404692-01ND
2014-05-13C405639-01ND
2014-07-22C402227-01ND
2014-07-24C407377-01ND
2014-10-16C411566-01ND
2015-04-07ND
2015-04-08ND
2015-09-24ND
2015-11-18ND
2016-02-11C515404-01ND
2016-04-26CZ02660-01ND
2016-04-26CZ02673-01ND
2017-01-11CZ17267-01ND
2017-01-11CZ17285-01ND
2017-01-12CZ17276-01ND
2017-01-16CZ17262-01ND
2017-01-16CZ17262-02ND
2017-01-16CZ17262-03ND
2017-01-16CZ17262-04ND
2017-01-16CZ17262-05ND
2017-01-17CA00792-01ND
2017-01-17CZ17269-02ND
2017-01-17CZ17269-03ND
2017-01-18CA00793-01ND
2017-01-19CA00916-01ND
2017-01-19CZ17273-01ND
2017-01-25CZ17280-01ND
2017-01-26CZ17278-01ND
2017-01-27CZ17264-01ND
2017-01-27CZ17271-01ND
2017-01-27CZ17283-01ND
2017-01-27CZ17283-02ND
2017-02-02CA01574-01RE2ND
2017-02-06CZ17258-01RE1ND
2017-02-06CZ17258-02RE1ND
2017-02-07CA01713-01RE1ND
2017-02-08CZ17260-01ND
2017-02-15CA02332-01ND
2017-04-05CA02306-02ND
2017-04-05CA02322-05ND
2017-04-05CA02302-01ND
2017-04-05CA02312-01ND
2017-04-05CA02314-01ND
2017-04-06CA02312-02ND
2017-04-06CA05361-01ND
2017-04-10CA05528-01ND
2017-04-18CA05918-01ND
2017-04-21CA06158-01ND
2017-04-25CA02310-01ND
2017-04-26CA02304-01ND
2017-04-26CA02316-01ND
2017-04-26CA02316-02ND
2017-04-26CA02303-01ND
2017-04-26CA02307-01ND
2017-04-26CA02307-02ND
2017-04-26CA02307-03ND
2017-04-26CA02317-01ND
2017-05-12CA07430-01ND
2017-05-23CA02308-01ND
2017-05-23CA08383-01ND
2017-05-23CA08383-02ND
2017-05-24CA08384-01ND
2017-05-24CA08384-02ND
2017-06-13CA05082-01ND
2017-06-21CA02315-01ND
2017-07-19CA07523-01ND
2017-08-03CA07528-01ND
2017-08-10CA12042-01ND
2017-10-11CA12727-01ND
2018-01-17CA17878-01 ND
2018-01-22CA17866-01 ND
2018-01-31CA17874-01 ND
2018-04-23CB02594-01 ND
2019-01-15CB17928-02 ND
2019-01-16CB17932-01 ND
2019-02-05CC01851-01 ND
2019-04-29CC03004-01RE1 ND
2019-05-07CC02992-01 ND