Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

City of Olympia

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.

 

20

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20130.0590 ppb20200.0398 ppb - 0.0880 ppb
2014N/A00N/A
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
2013-02-14WA97-SE1-13-02624-61230.0578 ppb
2013-02-14WA97-SE1-13-02624-61240.0618 ppb
2013-05-20WA97-SE1-13-08686-200340.0510 ppb
2013-05-20WA97-SE1-13-08686-200300.0685 ppb
2013-05-20WA97-SE1-13-08686-200310.0458 ppb
2013-05-20WA97-SE2-13-08686-200290.0527 ppb
2013-05-20WA97-SE1-13-08686-200330.0880 ppb
2013-05-20WA97-SE2-13-08686-200360.0530 ppb
2013-05-20WA97-SE1-13-08686-200350.0790 ppb
2013-05-20WA97-SE1-13-08686-200320.0484 ppb
2013-08-05WA97-SE3-13-14093-321300.0556 ppb
2013-08-05WA97-SE3-13-14093-321290.0545 ppb
2013-11-13WA97-SE4-13-21665-492620.0486 ppb
2013-11-13WA97-SE2-13-21665-492610.0816 ppb
2013-11-13WA97-SE2-13-21665-492590.0745 ppb
2013-11-13WA97-SE2-13-21665-492580.0488 ppb
2013-11-13WA97-SE4-13-21665-492550.0500 ppb
2013-11-13WA97-SE2-13-21665-492570.0398 ppb
2013-11-13WA97-SE2-13-21665-492560.0680 ppb
2013-11-13WA97-SE2-13-21665-492600.0523 ppb