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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Alachlor (Lasso)

Wood River Valley Mobile Home Park

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
2014ND40ND
2015ND10ND
2016ND10ND
2017ND40ND
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A

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
2014-01-22281787ND
2014-05-14302169ND
2014-07-21308796ND
2014-10-15329616ND
2015-01-20342750ND
2016-01-20ND
2017-01-30ND
2017-06-19ND
2017-08-01ND
2017-11-06ND