Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

Lewistown Boro 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.

 

8

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20140.0246 ppb440.0211 ppb - 0.0282 ppb
20150.0295 ppb440.0252 ppb - 0.0335 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
2014-09-1814091898-010.0232 ppb
2014-09-1814091898-020.0282 ppb
2014-12-1614120478-010.0211 ppb
2014-12-1614120478-020.0257 ppb
2015-03-1215030493-010.0290 ppb
2015-03-12150304940.0335 ppb
2015-06-185062994-01 METALS0.0252 ppb
2015-06-185062994-02 METALS0.0304 ppb