Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Picloram

City of Moody

NOTE: City of Moody purchases water from Bluebonnet Water Supply Corporation which is required to test for picloram. Sample information shown below was taken by Bluebonnet Water Supply Corporation.

Picloram is a herbicide that in studies of laboratory animals has been linked with reduced testicular size and damage to the liver and thyroid.

 

6

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND10ND
2020ND10ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 166 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 166 ppb for picloram was defined by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a public health goal, the level of a drinking water contaminant that does not pose a significant health risk. This health guideline protects against change to internal organs.

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 500 ppb

The legal limit for picloram, established in 1992, was based on toxicity studies in laboratory animals conducted in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: City of Moody purchases water from Bluebonnet Water Supply Corporation which is required to test for picloram. Sample information shown below was taken by Bluebonnet Water Supply Corporation.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-05-10AE25991ND
2019-05-22AE67764ND
2020-05-27AF12747ND
2021-06-02AF56326ND
2022-05-26AF98718ND
2023-05-25AG42186ND