Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Authority of Boro of Charleroi

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

 

8

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
2020ND20ND
2021ND20ND
2022ND20ND
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
2020-05-1222326656.00ND
2020-08-1122913149.00ND
2021-05-1824747609.00ND
2021-08-1025135285.00ND
2022-05-1726761028.00ND
2022-08-1627353707.00ND
2023-06-0629220042.00ND
2023-08-2229615327.00ND