Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Spruce Court Apartments

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

 

14

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
2019ND20ND
2020ND30ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND60ND
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
2019-04-019041699-01ND
2019-04-019041699-02ND
2020-04-0622027171.00ND
2020-08-0322802965.00ND
2020-08-0322802981.00ND
2021-04-0524251338.00ND
2022-04-1426467615.00ND
2022-04-1426467588.00ND
2022-05-0526652234.00ND
2022-05-0526652246.00ND
2022-08-0427237604.00ND
2022-08-0427237618.00ND
2023-05-0428903785.00ND
2023-05-0428903784.00ND