Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

City of The Dalles

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
20140.0914 ppb18180.0600 ppb - 0.160 ppb
20150.0695 ppb220.0690 ppb - 0.0700 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
2014-05-07A4D1741-07A0.150 ppb
2014-05-07A4D1741-12A0.0630 ppb
2014-05-07A4D1741-14A0.0670 ppb
2014-05-07A4D1741-04A0.0730 ppb
2014-05-07A4D1741-01A0.0630 ppb
2014-05-07A4D1741-10A0.0650 ppb
2014-05-21A4D1758-01A0.150 ppb
2014-05-21A4D1758-04A0.0630 ppb
2014-08-06A4G2099-04A0.0600 ppb
2014-08-06A4G2099-01A0.0770 ppb
2014-10-23A4J1614-01A0.0890 ppb
2014-10-23A4J1614-07A0.150 ppb
2014-10-23A4J1614-04A0.160 ppb
2014-10-23A4J1614-10A0.0950 ppb
2014-10-23A4J1614-14A0.0830 ppb
2014-10-23A4J1614-12A0.0790 ppb
2014-11-26A4K1911-01A0.0800 ppb
2014-11-26A4K1911-03A0.0780 ppb
2015-02-10A5A0912-01A0.0690 ppb
2015-02-10A5A0912-04A0.0700 ppb