Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District 149

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

 

7

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND10ND
2020ND20ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND10ND
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
2018-10-29AE44792ND
2019-01-22AE50777ND
2020-03-12AF02706ND
2020-05-29AF13526ND
2021-02-11AF43780ND
2022-04-18AF93569ND
2023-07-10AG47696ND