Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

Cleveland Utilities

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.

 

16

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20150.0279 ppb16160.0224 ppb - 0.0423 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 Result
2015-02-040.0230 ppb
2015-02-040.0240 ppb
2015-02-040.0351 ppb
2015-02-040.0318 ppb
2015-05-120.0423 ppb
2015-05-120.0242 ppb
2015-05-120.0232 ppb
2015-05-120.0318 ppb
2015-08-050.0372 ppb
2015-08-050.0242 ppb
2015-08-050.0224 ppb
2015-08-050.0249 ppb
2015-11-170.0254 ppb
2015-11-170.0290 ppb
2015-11-170.0247 ppb
2015-11-170.0237 ppb