Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

Schuylkill County. Municipal Authority

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.

 

28

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20140.0582 ppb28280.00830 ppb - 0.266 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
2014-01-1414011160-050.0133 ppb
2014-01-1414011160-020.0862 ppb
2014-01-1414011160-040.0103 ppb
2014-01-1414011160-060.0176 ppb
2014-01-1414011160-010.0107 ppb
2014-01-1414011160-030.0105 ppb
2014-01-1414011160-080.200 ppb
2014-01-1414011160-070.266 ppb
2014-04-1414041441-010.0135 ppb
2014-04-1414041441-040.0114 ppb
2014-04-1414041441-030.00910 ppb
2014-04-1414041441-050.00880 ppb
2014-04-1414041441-020.0214 ppb
2014-04-1414041441-060.123 ppb
2014-07-1414071749-010.0197 ppb
2014-07-1414071748-010.0153 ppb
2014-07-1414071753-010.210 ppb
2014-07-1414071747-010.00980 ppb
2014-07-1414071745-010.0992 ppb
2014-07-1414071744-010.00830 ppb
2014-07-1414071746-010.0110 ppb
2014-07-1714071751-010.248 ppb
2014-10-1314100618-020.138 ppb
2014-10-1314100619-020.00960 ppb
2014-10-1314100620-020.0201 ppb
2014-10-1314100618-010.00970 ppb
2014-10-1314100620-010.0181 ppb
2014-10-1314100619-010.00960 ppb