Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Hubbell, Village of

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

 

10

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
2019ND20ND
2020ND40ND
2021ND20ND
2022ND20ND
2023N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

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
2019-10-07638539ND
2019-11-04639449ND
2020-01-21650674ND
2020-04-06667175ND
2020-07-20681707ND
2020-10-13699998ND
2021-01-04712732ND
2021-04-19732007ND
2022-04-11791719ND
2022-11-07828928ND