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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alachlor (Lasso)

City of San Juan

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

 

15

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND20ND
2015ND20ND
2016ND20ND
2017ND50ND
2018ND20ND
2019ND20ND

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
2014-01-29AC40682ND
2014-01-29AC40685ND
2015-01-21AC77150ND
2015-01-21AC77145ND
2016-01-29AD21256ND
2016-04-29AD34911ND
2017-01-10AD64120ND
2017-04-21AD80791ND
2017-05-30AD86004ND
2017-07-14AD89565ND
2017-10-31AE03057ND
2018-01-24AE10302ND
2018-04-11AE22122ND
2019-02-26AE56114ND
2019-05-21AE67485ND