Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

City of Meadows Place

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
2018ND20ND
2019ND10ND
2020N/A00N/A
2021ND40ND
2022ND20ND
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
2018-01-26AE11086ND
2018-01-26AE11087ND
2019-03-21AE59602ND
2021-01-14AF39623ND
2021-04-12AF49849ND
2021-07-07AF61047ND
2021-10-13Q2128692001ND
2022-01-18Q2201807001ND
2022-01-18Q2201807002ND
2023-09-05AG54916ND