Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

Brattleboro Water Department

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.

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20140.0621 ppb660.0415 ppb - 0.112 ppb
20150.0579 ppb660.0438 ppb - 0.102 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
2014-09-1714090780-040.0575 ppb
2014-09-1714090780-030.0623 ppb
2014-09-1714090780-010.112 ppb
2014-09-1714090780-020.0415 ppb
2014-12-1614120477-040.0570 ppb
2014-12-16141204770.0424 ppb
2015-03-17150304860.0490 ppb
2015-03-17150304850.0537 ppb
2015-03-1715030483-010.102 ppb
2015-03-1715030484-010.0438 ppb
2015-06-245062983-010.0442 ppb
2015-06-245062983-020.0544 ppb