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Alachlor (Lasso)

Brodhead Creek Reg Water Authority

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

 

18

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND10ND
2020ND40ND
2021ND20ND
2022ND40ND
2023ND60ND

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
2018-04-112308326001ND
2019-04-10T9D0594-01ND
2020-04-1322045767.00ND
2020-04-1522045682.00ND
2020-08-1722821879.00ND
2020-08-1722821845.00ND
2021-04-0724269266.00ND
2021-10-2025427420.00ND
2022-02-2326137350.00ND
2022-04-2526485906.00ND
2022-05-2326671996.00ND
2022-08-2227258399.00ND
2023-05-0528924626.00ND
2023-05-0528924586.00ND
2023-05-0528924666.00ND
2023-08-1429521953.00ND
2023-08-1429521920.00ND
2023-08-1629521990.00ND