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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alachlor (Lasso)

Bogue Banks Water Corporation

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

 

50

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND70ND
2015ND60ND
2016ND130ND
2017ND40ND
2018ND80ND
2019ND120ND

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
2014-02-058460-020514-WROSND
2014-02-058460-020514-WH6SND
2014-05-068460-050614-WROSND
2014-06-038460-060314-WH6SND
2014-08-138460-081314-WH6SND
2014-08-138460-081314-WROSND
2014-10-088460-100814-WH6SND
2015-02-25ND
2015-02-25ND
2015-04-14ND
2015-04-27ND
2015-08-13ND
2015-10-14ND
2016-01-118460-011116-E07SND
2016-01-118460-011116-WH6SND
2016-02-258460-022516-W10SND
2016-04-218460-042116-E07SND
2016-04-218460-042116-W10SND
2016-07-208460-072016-E07SND
2016-08-048460-080416-WH6SND
2016-08-048460-080416-WH2SND
2016-08-048460-080416-WH1SND
2016-10-128460-101216-E07SND
2016-11-098460-110916-WH6SND
2016-11-098460-110916-WH2SND
2016-11-098460-110916-WH1SND
2017-01-188460-011817-E07SND
2017-04-108460-041017-WROSND
2017-07-118460-071117-WROSND
2017-10-258460-102517-WROSND
2018-01-238460-012318-WROSND
2018-01-238460-012318-E07SND
2018-01-238460-012318-E03SND
2018-04-128460-041218-WROSND
2018-04-168460-041618-E03SND
2018-04-168460-041618-E07SND
2018-07-128460-071218-WROSND
2018-10-178460-101718-WROSND
2019-01-078460-010719-WROSND
2019-02-258460-022519-W10SND
2019-04-018460-040119-WROSND
2019-06-038460-060319-W10SND
2019-07-168460-071619-WROSND
2019-08-058460-080519-WH2SND
2019-08-058460-080519-WH6SND
2019-08-278460-082719-WH1SND
2019-10-168460-101619-WROSND
2019-11-048460-110419-WH6SND
2019-11-048460-110419-WH2SND
2019-11-048460-110419-WH1SND