Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

Trumbull County - Bazetta/champion

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
20140.0658 ppb880.0604 ppb - 0.0728 ppb
20150.0665 ppb220.0650 ppb - 0.0680 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
2014-02-12304801P0.0711 ppb
2014-02-12104897Q0.0728 ppb
2014-05-14106961P0.0604 ppb
2014-05-14307038P0.0651 ppb
2014-08-13108914P0.0663 ppb
2014-08-13308915P0.0669 ppb
2014-11-13109692F0.0610 ppb
2014-11-13309767P0.0627 ppb