Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

City of Wilsonville

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
20140.0380 ppb880.0360 ppb - 0.0410 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
2014-03-18201403190638AM0.0380 ppb
2014-03-18201403190630AM0.0370 ppb
2014-06-11201406120550AM0.0370 ppb
2014-06-11201406120316AM0.0390 ppb
2014-09-16201409170741AM0.0360 ppb
2014-09-17201409180589AM0.0410 ppb
2014-12-02201412030685AM0.0360 ppb
2014-12-11201412120456AM0.0400 ppb