Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

City of Auburn

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.

 

19

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20140.0638 ppb19190.0120 ppb - 0.110 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
2014-03-11A4B1976-12A0.0540 ppb
2014-03-11A4B1976-01A0.0730 ppb
2014-03-11A4B1976-05A0.0560 ppb
2014-03-12A4B1878-05A0.0560 ppb
2014-03-13A4B1976-08A0.0150 ppb
2014-03-18A4C0166-09A0.0570 ppb
2014-03-18A4C0166-01A0.0540 ppb
2014-03-18A4C0166-05A0.0620 ppb
2014-04-01A4C1981-05A0.1000 ppb
2014-04-01A4C1981-01A0.1000 ppb
2014-09-09A4I0142-06A0.0620 ppb
2014-09-09A4I0142-01A0.0140 ppb
2014-09-16A4I0632-06A0.0760 ppb
2014-09-16A4I0632-11A0.0660 ppb
2014-09-16A4I0632-01A0.0820 ppb
2014-09-30A4I2084-06A0.110 ppb
2014-09-30A4I2084-01A0.110 ppb
2014-12-09A4L0057-06A0.0540 ppb
2014-12-09A4L0057-01A0.0120 ppb