Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

South Kingstown Nursing and Rehab

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

 

9

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
2020ND10ND
2021ND20ND
2022ND20ND
2023ND30ND

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
2018-03-261801508-01_TO40ND
2020-09-152003957-02_TO40ND
2021-09-142104344-01_TO40ND
2021-10-272104901-01_TO40ND
2022-03-082201281-01_TO40ND
2022-05-032201780-01_TO40ND
2023-05-232302164-01_TO40ND
2023-07-242303555-01_TO40ND
2023-07-242303555-02_TO40ND