Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

City of Comanche

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
20130.310 ppb880.268 ppb - 0.340 ppb
2014N/A00N/A
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
2013-02-11300531P0.320 ppb
2013-02-11100420P0.340 ppb
2013-05-14101398Q0.322 ppb
2013-05-14301320P0.326 ppb
2013-08-12101967P0.316 ppb
2013-08-12301859P0.319 ppb
2013-11-13102702Q0.268 ppb
2013-11-13302623P0.272 ppb