Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Picloram

Plumstead Township Summer Hill Mead

Picloram is a herbicide that in studies of laboratory animals has been linked with reduced testicular size and damage to the liver and thyroid.

 

16

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
2019ND30ND
2020ND50ND
2021ND40ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND30ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 166 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 166 ppb for picloram was defined by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a public health goal, the level of a drinking water contaminant that does not pose a significant health risk. This health guideline protects against change to internal organs.

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 500 ppb

The legal limit for picloram, established in 1992, was based on toxicity studies in laboratory animals conducted in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2019-06-279021151-01ND
2019-08-169027730-01ND
2019-10-119034974-01ND
2020-02-2421655488.00ND
2020-05-0822402538.00ND
2020-05-0822402509.00ND
2020-07-3122785760.00ND
2020-10-0923170749.00ND
2021-01-1523700395.00ND
2021-05-2724626332.00ND
2021-07-1624816616.00ND
2021-10-1325392697.00ND
2022-01-1426106522.00ND
2023-04-2728886853.00ND
2023-04-2728886882.00ND
2023-05-1229096410.00ND