Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

Paw Blue Mountain Division

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
20140.172 ppb660.0224 ppb - 0.211 ppb
20150.0264 ppb14140.00910 ppb - 0.0532 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
2014-11-10273659010.210 ppb
2014-11-10273651010.211 ppb
2014-11-10273653010.0224 ppb
2014-11-10273657010.194 ppb
2014-11-10273652010.208 ppb
2014-11-10273650010.185 ppb
2015-02-11281399010.0465 ppb
2015-02-11281394010.0407 ppb
2015-02-11281401010.0490 ppb
2015-02-11281395010.0532 ppb
2015-05-11288271010.00910 ppb
2015-05-11288264010.0248 ppb
2015-05-11288262010.0160 ppb
2015-05-11288265010.0218 ppb
2015-05-11288263010.0215 ppb
2015-05-11288269010.0127 ppb
2015-08-10298837010.0129 ppb
2015-08-10298838010.0340 ppb
2015-08-10298848010.0126 ppb
2015-08-10298844010.0141 ppb