Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Plumstead Township Summer Hill Mead

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

 

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

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
2019-06-279021151-01ND
2019-08-169027730-01ND
2019-10-119034974-01ND
2020-02-2421655493.00ND
2020-05-0822402542.00ND
2020-05-0822402513.00ND
2020-07-3122785765.00ND
2020-10-0923170741.00ND
2021-01-1523700400.00ND
2021-05-2724626337.00ND
2021-07-1624816618.00ND
2021-10-1325392702.00ND
2022-01-1426106527.00ND
2023-04-2728886858.00ND
2023-04-2728886887.00ND
2023-05-1229096415.00ND