Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

City of Central Point

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
20150.0589 ppb880.0393 ppb - 0.0780 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
2015-02-17WA97-SE1-15-03084-71170.0644 ppb
2015-02-17WA97-SE1-15-03084-71180.0685 ppb
2015-05-12WA97-SE2-15-09365-213360.0520 ppb
2015-05-12WA97-SE2-15-09365-213350.0540 ppb
2015-08-06WA97-SE3-15-15-16220-360230.0418 ppb
2015-08-06WA97-SE3-15-16220-360240.0393 ppb
2015-11-04WA97-SE4-15-23954-533090.0780 ppb
2015-11-04WA97-SE4-15-23954-533080.0730 ppb