Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Duncannon Municipal Water

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

 

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

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
2018-11-138034793-01ND
2020-05-1122380599.00ND
2020-05-1822380567.00ND
2020-05-2622576479.00ND
2020-06-0122576508.00ND
2021-02-1524214612.00ND
2021-05-1124798801.00ND
2021-08-2425374686.00ND
2021-12-2825914339.00ND
2023-06-0629271823.00ND
2023-06-0629271796.00ND
2023-07-3129465047.00ND
2023-07-3129465098.00ND