Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

City of La Grande

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.

 

20

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20150.0486 ppb20200.0314 ppb - 0.0987 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
2015-03-11150313022-0070.0410 ppb
2015-03-11150313022-0030.0342 ppb
2015-03-11150313022-0010.0479 ppb
2015-03-11150313022-0020.0410 ppb
2015-03-11150313022-0080.0480 ppb
2015-03-11150313022-0060.0477 ppb
2015-03-11150313022-0100.0460 ppb
2015-03-11150313022-0090.0527 ppb
2015-03-11150313022-0040.0647 ppb
2015-03-11150313022-0050.0987 ppb
2015-10-07151012028-0100.0690 ppb
2015-10-07151012028-0080.0362 ppb
2015-10-07151012028-0060.0403 ppb
2015-10-07151012028-0070.0462 ppb
2015-10-07151012028-0050.0489 ppb
2015-10-07151012028-0020.0314 ppb
2015-12-09151216030-0020.0548 ppb
2015-12-09151216030-0010.0394 ppb
2015-12-09151216030-0040.0419 ppb
2015-12-09151216030-0030.0419 ppb