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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alachlor (Lasso)

Rolling Acres S/d

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

 

20

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND10ND
2015ND30ND
2016ND40ND
2017ND40ND
2018ND40ND
2019ND40ND

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
2014-05-07C403248-01ND
2015-04-21ND
2015-07-21ND
2015-10-20ND
2016-01-13C516091-01ND
2016-05-04CZ03384-01ND
2016-07-27CZ08458-01ND
2016-10-20CZ13860-01ND
2017-01-25CZ18925-01ND
2017-04-12CA03062-01ND
2017-07-20CA07810-01ND
2017-11-16CA13313-01ND
2018-01-25CA18436-01 ND
2018-04-03CB03485-01 ND
2018-07-31CB08232-01 ND
2018-10-04CB14410-01 ND
2019-01-14CB18911-01 ND
2019-04-16CC04293-01 ND
2019-07-23CC10674-01 ND
2019-10-29CC15925-01 ND