Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

City of Bremerton

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.

 

16

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20130.0353 ppb880.0140 ppb - 0.0750 ppb
20140.0429 ppb880.0179 ppb - 0.0800 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
2013-09-04WA97-13-16667-377410.0530 ppb
2013-09-04WA97-SE1-13-16667-377460.0550 ppb
2013-09-04WA97-SE1-13-16667-377450.0200 ppb
2013-09-04WA97-SE1-13-16667-377430.0750 ppb
2013-09-04WA97-SE1-13-16667-377440.0140 ppb
2013-09-04WA97-13-16667-377390.0160 ppb
2013-12-04WA97-SE2-13-22910-524730.0290 ppb
2013-12-04WA97-SE2-13-22910-524720.0200 ppb
2014-03-04WA97-SE3-14-03841-95850.0800 ppb
2014-03-04WA97-SE3-14-03841-95840.0450 ppb
2014-03-04WA97-SE2-14-03841-95870.0320 ppb
2014-03-04WA97-SE2-14-03841-95880.0690 ppb
2014-03-04WA97-SE3-14-03841-95860.0290 ppb
2014-03-04WA97-SE3-14-03841-95830.0370 ppb
2014-06-03WA97-SE4-14-10137-243780.0335 ppb
2014-06-03WA97-SE1-14-10137-243770.0179 ppb