Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

City of Oak Harbor

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
20130.0293 ppb440.0241 ppb - 0.0346 ppb
20140.0393 ppb440.0310 ppb - 0.0470 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
2013-07-09WA97-SE1-13-12106-274850.0241 ppb
2013-07-31WA97-SE1-13-12106-274860.0252 ppb
2013-10-08WA97-SE2-13-19311-438670.0331 ppb
2013-10-08WA97-SE2-13-19311-438660.0346 ppb
2014-01-07WA97-SE3-14-00295-7460.0380 ppb
2014-01-07WA97-SE3-14-00295-7450.0310 ppb
2014-04-10WA97-SE4-14-06305-152910.0470 ppb
2014-04-10WA97-SE4-14-06305-152900.0410 ppb