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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alachlor (Lasso)

City of Fort Worth

Alachlor is a widely used agricultural herbicide. It causes cancer in laboratory animals and may be carcinogenic to people.

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34

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013N/A00N/A
2014ND50ND
2015ND40ND
2016ND50ND
2017ND80ND
2018ND50ND
2019ND70ND

ppb = parts per billion

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL) 2 ppb

The legal limit for alachlor, established in 1991, was based on toxicity studies in laboratory animals conducted in the 1980s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-01-15Q1401044005ND
2014-01-15Q1401044004ND
2014-01-15Q1401044003ND
2014-04-23Q1412967004ND
2014-04-23Q1412967003ND
2015-01-28Q1503441004ND
2015-01-28Q1503441003ND
2015-05-06Q1516781002ND
2015-05-06Q1516781001ND
2016-02-17Q1607005027ND
2016-02-17Q1607005026ND
2016-02-17Q1607005025ND
2016-04-20Q1615700001ND
2016-06-13Q1623857001ND
2017-02-22Q1707727025ND
2017-02-22Q1707727020ND
2017-04-26Q1717031004ND
2017-04-26Q1717031003ND
2017-05-31Q1723201001ND
2017-07-26Q1730775008ND
2017-08-02Q1732335005ND
2017-10-25Q1754862014ND
2018-01-24Q1802705005ND
2018-01-24Q1802705006ND
2018-01-24Q1802705007ND
2018-03-20Q1811001002ND
2018-03-20Q1811001006ND
2019-01-23Q1903345004ND
2019-04-24Q1916570021ND
2019-05-22Q1927658003ND
2019-05-22Q1927658010ND
2019-06-17Q1936867002ND
2019-07-24Q1947967024ND
2019-10-23Q1973436019ND