Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Alachlor (Lasso)

Riverdale Subdivision

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

 

9

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND40ND
2019ND10ND
2020ND10ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND10ND
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
2018-02-2138859101-SVOND
2018-05-1639301001-SVOND
2018-08-2240588001-SVOND
2018-11-1941796901-SVOND
2019-02-2743169601-SVOND
2020-02-1748249301-SVOND
2021-02-0953345601ND
2022-02-2857715801ND
2023-02-1361986201ND