Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

City of Rusk

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

 

10

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

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

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
2018-03-21Q1811395003ND
2018-03-21Q1811395008ND
2018-03-21Q1811395012ND
2018-03-21Q1811395016ND
2020-10-01Q2038626001ND
2021-11-02Q2130691001ND
2021-11-02Q2130691002ND
2021-11-02Q2130691003ND
2021-11-02Q2130691004ND
2023-06-28Q2325031013ND