Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Dalapon

Shady Acres

NOTE: Shady Acres purchases water from Walnut Springs which is required to test for dalapon. Sample information shown below was taken by Walnut Springs.

The herbicide dalapon has not been used in the U.S. since 1999. In animal studies, exposure to dalapon harms the kidneys.

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND30ND
2019ND10ND
2020N/A00N/A
2021ND30ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND20ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 200 ppb

The legal limit for dalapon, established in 1992, was based on a toxicity study in laboratory animals published in 1960.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Shady Acres purchases water from Walnut Springs which is required to test for dalapon. Sample information shown below was taken by Walnut Springs.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-04-02AE20899ND
2018-04-02AE20901ND
2018-06-27AE31681ND
2019-09-11AE82997ND
2019-11-07AE88961ND
2021-03-29AF48368ND
2021-08-05AF65044ND
2021-08-05AF65118ND
2022-04-07AF92492ND
2022-05-11AF96458ND
2023-02-07AG27801ND
2023-05-01AG38598ND