Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

State College Boro Water Auth.

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

 

20

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
2019N/A00N/A
2020ND100ND
2021N/A00N/A
2022N/A00N/A
2023ND100ND

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
2020-05-1322292197.00ND
2020-05-1322292278.00ND
2020-05-1322292170.00ND
2020-05-1322292224.00ND
2020-05-1322292251.00ND
2020-08-1723069135.00ND
2020-08-1722876882.00ND
2020-08-1722876925.00ND
2020-08-1922876859.00ND
2020-08-3123069154.00ND
2023-06-0729186588.00ND
2023-06-0729186599.00ND
2023-06-0729186610.00ND
2023-06-0729186621.00ND
2023-06-0729186577.00ND
2023-08-1429577840.00ND
2023-08-1629578206.00ND
2023-08-1629578148.00ND
2023-08-1629578177.00ND
2023-08-1629578235.00ND