Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

City of De Leon

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
20140.382 ppb880.342 ppb - 0.418 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
2014-03-17305877P0.342 ppb
2014-03-17105961Q0.363 ppb
2014-06-16107630F0.403 ppb
2014-06-16307704P0.418 ppb
2014-09-22109108Q0.352 ppb
2014-09-22309176P0.354 ppb
2014-12-16310823P0.406 ppb
2014-12-16110751P0.416 ppb