Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Trifluralin

City of Moody

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

Trifluralin is a herbicide that is used on food crops and non-agricultural lands. It was banned in Europe in the late 2000s, primarily due to its ecological toxicity.

 

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: 4 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 4 ppb for trifluralin was defined by the Environmental Protection Agency as a one-in-a-million lifetime risk of cancer. Values greater than one-in-a-million cancer risk level can result in increased cancer cases above one in a million people.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

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

Date Lab ID Result
2018-05-10AE26015ND
2019-05-22AE67791ND
2020-05-27AF12753ND
2021-06-02AF56336ND
2022-05-26AF98736ND
2023-05-25AG42205ND