Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

City of Sherwood

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.

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20140.0335 ppb990.0149 ppb - 0.0450 ppb
20150.0334 ppb330.0136 ppb - 0.0458 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
2014-05-2720099880010.0412 ppb
2014-05-2720099880050.0450 ppb
2014-05-2720099880030.0149 ppb
2014-09-0220275260050.0422 ppb
2014-09-0220275260010.0425 ppb
2014-09-0220275260030.0181 ppb
2014-11-1820411660070.0380 ppb
2014-11-1820411660010.0389 ppb
2014-11-1820411660040.0208 ppb
2015-02-1820557370070.0409 ppb
2015-02-1820557370040.0136 ppb
2015-02-1820557370010.0458 ppb