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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alachlor (Lasso)

Newport Ridge Mobile Home Park

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

 

11

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND30ND
2015ND30ND
2016ND10ND
2017ND20ND
2018ND10ND
2019ND10ND

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
2014-06-098191-060914-E01SND
2014-09-158191-091514-E01SND
2014-10-068191-100614-E01SND
2015-02-09ND
2015-06-08ND
2015-09-02ND
2016-04-048191-040416-E01SND
2017-04-108191-041017-E01SND
2017-06-138191-061317-E01SND
2018-04-178191-041718-E01SND
2019-04-178191-041719-E01SND