Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

Lenoir City Utility Board

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
20140.0610 ppb880.0296 ppb - 0.0951 ppb
20150.0596 ppb880.0261 ppb - 0.0853 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
2014-07-010.0296 ppb
2014-07-010.0557 ppb
2014-07-010.0533 ppb
2014-07-010.0758 ppb
2014-10-080.0334 ppb
2014-10-080.0784 ppb
2014-10-080.0667 ppb
2014-10-080.0951 ppb
2015-01-130.0665 ppb
2015-01-130.0675 ppb
2015-01-130.0628 ppb
2015-01-130.0261 ppb
2015-04-150.0265 ppb
2015-04-150.0693 ppb
2015-04-150.0853 ppb
2015-04-150.0729 ppb