Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Colonial Heights-meadowbrook

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

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND20ND
2019ND10ND
2020ND10ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND30ND
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
2018-02-27CA18227-01ND
2018-05-30CB03293-01ND
2019-04-17CC04102-01ND
2020-04-29CD03021-01ND
2021-04-22CE02650-01ND
2022-05-12CF02244-01ND
2022-09-20CF08099-01ND
2022-12-01CF12634-01ND
2023-02-03752-2342-1ND
2023-04-2637729_23-21102ND
2023-09-1337729_23-51665ND
2023-10-3137729_23-61299ND