Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Ottawa Village

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
2018ND30ND
2019ND30ND
2020ND10ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND10ND

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
2018-04-0318-15930-01BND
2018-05-0118-18000-01BND
2018-06-0518-20803-02BND
2019-04-0219-16527-01CND
2019-05-0719-19134-01CND
2019-06-0419-21247-01CND
2020-05-0520-19244-01CND
2021-04-0621-17065-01CND
2022-05-0322-20710-04ND
2023-05-022314719-01ND