Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Picloram

The Village of Bald Head Island

NOTE: The Village of Bald Head Island purchases water from Brunswick County Water System which is required to test for picloram. Sample information shown below was taken by Brunswick County Water System.

Picloram is a herbicide that in studies of laboratory animals has been linked with reduced testicular size and damage to the liver and thyroid.

 

5

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A
2020ND30ND
2021ND20ND
2022ND10ND
2023N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 166 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 166 ppb for picloram was defined by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a public health goal, the level of a drinking water contaminant that does not pose a significant health risk. This health guideline protects against change to internal organs.

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 500 ppb

The legal limit for picloram, established in 1992, was based on toxicity studies in laboratory animals conducted in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: The Village of Bald Head Island purchases water from Brunswick County Water System which is required to test for picloram. Sample information shown below was taken by Brunswick County Water System.

Date Lab ID Result
2020-01-277719-012720-E02SND
2020-09-1037729_20-39322ND
2020-10-267719-102620-E02SND
2021-03-0837729_21-09557ND
2021-06-0337729_21-22394ND