Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Picloram

Ranch Hand Apartments

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

 

9

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018N/A00N/A
2019ND20ND
2020ND40ND
2021N/A00N/A
2022ND20ND
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

Date Lab ID Result
2019-02-21Q1907708011ND
2019-02-21Q1907708012ND
2020-02-13Q2005887018ND
2020-05-21Q2020391007ND
2020-08-17Q2032718007ND
2020-12-14Q2049491007ND
2022-06-08Q2216110017ND
2022-06-08Q2216110018ND
2023-03-02Q2308578015ND