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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alachlor (Lasso)

Fishkill Village

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

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19

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND160ND
2015N/A00N/A
2016N/A00N/A
2017ND10ND
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND20ND

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
2014-08-06FK141493-500END
2014-08-06FK141493-500IND
2014-08-06FK141493-500MND
2014-08-06FK141493-500KND
2014-08-06FK141493-500GND
2014-08-06FK141493-500CND
2014-08-06FK141493-500AND
2014-08-06FK141493-500OND
2014-09-24FK142073-80END
2014-09-24FK142073-80DND
2014-09-24FK142073-80FND
2014-09-24FK142073-80AND
2014-09-2414-142073-80BND
2014-09-24FK142073-80CND
2014-09-24FK142073-80ND
2014-09-24FK142073-80GND
2017-11-15FK172889KND
2019-05-29J9E1665-01ND
2019-05-29FK191210ND