Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

City of Kuna

Strontium is a metal that accumulates in the bones. Radioactive strontium-90 can cause bone cancer and leukemia, and any form of strontium at high doses can harm bone health.

 

20

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20150.272 ppb20200.150 ppb - 0.560 ppb
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A
2020N/A00N/A
2021N/A00N/A
2022N/A00N/A
2023N/A00N/A

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 1,500 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 1,500 ppb for strontium was defined by the Environmental Protection Agency as a benchmark for testing under the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program. This health guideline protects against harm to bones.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2015-03-05201502260226AM0.250 ppb
2015-03-05201502260225AM0.150 ppb
2015-03-05201502260222AM0.160 ppb
2015-03-05201502260229AM0.150 ppb
2015-03-16201503170835AM0.190 ppb
2015-03-16201502260232AM0.210 ppb
2015-03-17201502260221AM0.320 ppb
2015-03-17201503180643AM0.560 ppb
2015-03-18201502260230AM0.260 ppb
2015-03-18201503190584AM0.500 ppb
2015-09-08201508260073AM0.210 ppb
2015-09-08201508260070AM0.150 ppb
2015-09-08201508260077AM0.200 ppb
2015-09-09201508260072AM0.530 ppb
2015-09-09201508260076AM0.210 ppb
2015-09-10201508260075AM0.150 ppb
2015-09-17201508260071AM0.260 ppb
2015-09-17201508260074AM0.210 ppb
2015-09-29201508260066AM0.290 ppb
2015-09-29201509300245AM0.470 ppb