Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

East Corning Consolidated District

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

 

7

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND20ND
2019ND20ND
2020N/A00N/A
2021ND10ND
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
2018-04-10EHS1800015085-01ND
2018-04-10EHS1800015084-01-SOCND
2019-04-2322397-01SOCSND
2019-04-2322395-01SOCSND
2021-08-1080842SOCSND
2022-08-0336781SOCSND
2022-08-0336783SOCSND