Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Lower Bucks County Joint Municipal Authority

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

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND50ND
2019ND10ND
2020ND30ND
2021ND10ND
2022N/A00N/A
2023ND20ND

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
2018-02-222297962001ND
2018-04-122309269001ND
2018-07-172327494001ND
2018-09-192339677001ND
2018-11-133000590001ND
2019-09-243060379001ND
2020-05-2022194709.00ND
2020-08-2622777568.00ND
2020-09-1722979369.00ND
2021-09-1425200518.00ND
2023-06-0129087576.00ND
2023-07-2529282485.00ND