Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Picloram

Duncannon Municipal Water

Picloram is a herbicide that in studies of laboratory animals has been linked with reduced testicular size and damage to the liver and thyroid.

 

13

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019N/A00N/A
2020ND40ND
2021ND40ND
2022N/A00N/A
2023ND40ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 166 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 166 ppb for picloram was defined by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a public health goal, the level of a drinking water contaminant that does not pose a significant health risk. This health guideline protects against change to internal organs.

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 500 ppb

The legal limit for picloram, established in 1992, was based on toxicity studies in laboratory animals conducted in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-11-138034793-01ND
2020-05-1122380583.00ND
2020-05-1822380562.00ND
2020-05-2622576474.00ND
2020-06-0122576503.00ND
2021-02-1524214607.00ND
2021-05-1124798796.00ND
2021-08-2425374681.00ND
2021-12-2825914334.00ND
2023-06-0629271847.00ND
2023-06-0629668362.00ND
2023-06-2729271868.00ND
2023-06-2729271874.00ND