Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

City of Tualatin

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
20140.0166 ppb880.0110 ppb - 0.0240 ppb
20150.0680 ppb110.0680 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
2014-01-08201401090255AM0.0120 ppb
2014-01-27201401280215AM0.0110 ppb
2014-04-09201404100638AM0.0110 ppb
2014-04-09201404100601AM0.0110 ppb
2014-07-07201407080390AM0.0200 ppb
2014-07-07201407080358AM0.0220 ppb
2014-10-27201410280389AM0.0240 ppb
2014-11-10201411110233AM0.0220 ppb