Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Lithium

Eastern Illinois University

NOTE: Eastern Illinois University purchases water from Charleston which is required to test for lithium. Sample information shown below was taken by Charleston.

Lithium occurs naturally in soil and rock. It is a pollutant from mining and industrial manufacturing of metals, ceramics and batteries. Ingesting too much lithium can lead to symptoms like abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.

 

0

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013N/A00N/A
2014N/A00N/A
2015N/A00N/A
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A
2020N/A00N/A
2021N/A00N/A
2022N/A00N/A
2023N/A00N/A
2024ND30ND

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

NOTE: Eastern Illinois University purchases water from Charleston which is required to test for lithium. Sample information shown below was taken by Charleston.

Date Lab ID Result