Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

City of Alba

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

 

10

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND30ND
2020ND10ND
2021ND10ND
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
2018-03-12Q1809883013ND
2019-10-07Q1971344001ND
2019-10-07Q1971344002ND
2019-10-07Q1971344010ND
2020-04-01Q2013273011ND
2021-06-30Q2117218003ND
2022-05-25Q2215156003ND
2022-05-25Q2215156004ND
2022-05-25Q2215156005ND
2023-06-22Q2323976001ND