Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

Paint Creek Water Supply Corporation

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
20151.23 ppb880.327 ppb - 2.69 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
2015-03-04112592P0.952 ppb
2015-03-04312679P0.961 ppb
2015-03-04112593P2.62 ppb
2015-03-04312680P2.69 ppb
2015-06-10313756P0.327 ppb
2015-06-10113687P0.342 ppb
2015-06-10313757P0.960 ppb
2015-06-10113688P0.989 ppb