Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

City of Sansom Park

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

 

20

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND60ND
2019ND10ND
2020ND10ND
2021ND80ND
2022ND30ND
2023ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

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
2018-03-28Q1812846012ND
2018-03-28Q1812846013ND
2018-03-28Q1812846014ND
2018-03-28Q1812846015ND
2018-03-28Q1812846011ND
2018-10-25Q1842722003ND
2019-05-02Q1918146001ND
2020-01-21Q2002279017ND
2021-03-09Q2106121003ND
2021-03-09Q2106121006ND
2021-03-09Q2106121005ND
2021-03-09Q2106121004ND
2021-03-09Q2106121002ND
2021-03-09Q2106121001ND
2021-09-14Q2124999001ND
2021-11-15Q2131782001ND
2022-03-14Q2208529001ND
2022-05-05Q2213616006ND
2022-10-13Q2231074023ND
2023-08-15Q2334087020ND