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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alachlor (Lasso)

Harris County Municipal Utility District 70

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

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND10ND
2015ND40ND
2016ND30ND
2017ND20ND
2018ND10ND
2019ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

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
2014-08-18AC64086ND
2015-02-03AC79106ND
2015-06-17AC96434ND
2015-08-18AD04613ND
2015-12-01AD15009ND
2016-03-22AD29966ND
2016-09-28AD52128ND
2016-12-14AD62276ND
2017-02-07AD69379ND
2017-05-10AD83810ND
2018-02-01AE12007ND
2019-01-28AE51772ND