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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Trifluralin

City of Papillion

Trifluralin is a herbicide that is used on food crops and non-agricultural lands. It was banned in Europe in the late 2000s, primarily due to its ecological toxicity.

 

15

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013N/A00N/A
2014ND40ND
2015ND40ND
2016ND40ND
2017ND10ND
2018ND10ND
2019ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EWG Health Guideline 4 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 4 ppb for trifluralin was defined by the Environmental Protection Agency as a one-in-a-million lifetime risk of cancer. Values greater than one-in-a-million cancer risk level can result in increased cancer cases above one in a million people.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-04-28295635ND
2014-07-22309476ND
2014-07-22309477ND
2014-07-22309478ND
2015-04-20353936ND
2015-07-13374287ND
2015-07-13374285ND
2015-07-13374286ND
2016-04-11ND
2016-07-25ND
2016-07-25ND
2016-07-25ND
2017-04-17ND
2018-04-23543651ND
2019-04-22604294ND