Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

Naval Air Station/whidbey Island

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
20140.0342 ppb880.0267 ppb - 0.0420 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
2014-02-11WA97-SE1-14-02413-58900.0420 ppb
2014-02-11WA97-SE1-14-02413-58910.0388 ppb
2014-05-06WA97-SE20.0267 ppb
2014-05-06WA97-SE2-14-08015-193340.0363 ppb
2014-08-19WA97-SE3-14-16273-376010.0350 ppb
2014-08-19WA97-SE3-14-16273-376000.0310 ppb
2014-11-04WA98-SE4-14-21886-495490.0363 ppb
2014-11-04WA98-SE4-14-21886-495480.0271 ppb