Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Trifluralin

City of Goldthwaite

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.

 

10

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND20ND
2020ND40ND
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

Date Lab ID Result
2018-01-18AE09345ND
2019-02-28AE56704ND
2019-11-20AE90023ND
2020-01-16AE94091ND
2020-01-16AE94099ND
2020-05-04AF09205ND
2020-07-07AF18233ND
2021-03-01AF44744ND
2022-01-27AF82339ND
2023-01-11AG24205ND