Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

Golden Valley

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.

 

8

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20140.0628 ppb220.0622 ppb - 0.0633 ppb
20150.0717 ppb660.0646 ppb - 0.0839 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
2014-11-1220402230030.0622 ppb
2014-11-1220402230010.0633 ppb
2015-02-0420530560010.0672 ppb
2015-02-0420530560030.0646 ppb
2015-05-0420686380010.0650 ppb
2015-05-0420686380030.0674 ppb
2015-07-2920861220010.0818 ppb
2015-07-2920861220030.0839 ppb