Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Picloram

Nashville, Town of

NOTE: Nashville, Town of purchases water from City of Rocky Mount which is required to test for picloram. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Rocky Mount.

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

 

23

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
2019ND50ND
2020ND60ND
2021ND40ND
2022ND30ND
2023ND40ND

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: Nashville, Town of purchases water from City of Rocky Mount which is required to test for picloram. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Rocky Mount.

Date Lab ID Result
2019-06-1137729_19-24433ND
2019-06-2737729_19-27227AND
2019-06-2737729_19-27227ND
2019-08-1237729_19-34935ND
2019-08-1237729_19-34939ND
2020-05-128146-051220-E01SND
2020-06-198146-061920-E02SND
2020-07-078146B-070720-E01SND
2020-07-148146-071420-E02SND
2020-11-238146-112320-E01SND
2021-01-268146-012621-E01SND
2021-04-068146-040621-E01SND
2021-09-078146-090721-E01SND
2021-10-288146-102821-E01SND
2022-02-108146-021022-E01SND
2022-06-028146-060222-E01SND
2022-12-078146-120722-E01SND
2023-04-108146A-041023-E02SND
2023-06-148146-061423-E01SND
2023-08-078146-080723-E02SND
2023-09-078146-090723-E01SND
2023-10-048146-100423-E01SND
2023-10-048146-100423-E02SND