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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alachlor (Lasso)

Royal Acres S/d

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
2014ND40ND
2015ND40ND
2016ND40ND
2017ND10ND
2018ND10ND
2019ND10ND

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
2014-01-09C316287-01ND
2014-04-16C403257-01ND
2014-08-14C407935-01ND
2014-10-02C412135-01ND
2015-02-05ND
2015-05-14ND
2015-07-30ND
2015-11-12ND
2016-02-10C516099-01ND
2016-06-10CZ03397-01ND
2016-09-17CZ08461-01ND
2016-11-02CZ13863-01ND
2017-01-25CZ18930-01ND
2018-08-16CB08237-01 ND
2019-08-29CC10677-01 ND