Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

St Bernard Parish Waterworks

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.

 

7

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20130.175 ppb550.136 ppb - 0.216 ppb
20140.139 ppb220.134 ppb - 0.143 ppb
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

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
2013-04-243590957003AM0.160 ppb
2013-04-303591447001AM0.136 ppb
2013-07-1535100731001AM0.174 ppb
2013-07-1535100731003AM0.191 ppb
2013-11-2735117901001AM0.216 ppb
2014-01-2735124072003AM0.143 ppb
2014-01-2735124072001AM0.134 ppb