Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

City of Pendleton

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.

 

16

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20130.0960 ppb880.0445 ppb - 0.247 ppb
20140.0447 ppb880.0200 ppb - 0.195 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
2013-07-1710388670030.0451 ppb
2013-07-1710388670010.0445 ppb
2013-07-1710388670050.0453 ppb
2013-07-2910406830010.107 ppb
2013-07-2910406830030.184 ppb
2013-07-2910406830060.247 ppb
2013-10-0910532870010.0480 ppb
2013-10-0910532870030.0471 ppb
2014-01-1510682390060.0215 ppb
2014-01-1510682390040.0205 ppb
2014-01-1510682390090.0200 ppb
2014-01-1510682390010.0228 ppb
2014-04-0920016660010.0220 ppb
2014-04-0920016660040.0242 ppb
2014-05-2820100230040.0313 ppb
2014-05-2820100230010.195 ppb