Alachlor

Alachlor is an herbicide from the chloroacetanilide family.

It is used mainly to control annual grasses and broadleaf weeds in corn (maize), soybeans, and peanuts.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency classifies the herbicide as toxicity class III - slightly toxic. The EPA has described the following effects when exposed to levels above the maximum contaminant level (MCL): slight skin and eye irritation; at lifetime exposure to levels above the MCL: potential damage to liver, kidney, spleen; lining of nose and eyelids; cancer.

 Since 2006, use of alachlor as a herbicide is banned in the European Union.

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