Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Strontium

City of Spokane

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
20150.102 ppb16160.0726 ppb - 0.156 ppb
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
2015-03-23150324054-0040.101 ppb
2015-03-23150324054-0120.109 ppb
2015-03-23150324054-0110.0742 ppb
2015-03-23150324054-0130.114 ppb
2015-03-23150324054-0050.0919 ppb
2015-03-23150324054-0010.0729 ppb
2015-03-23150324054-0020.116 ppb
2015-03-23150324054-0030.156 ppb
2015-09-28150930003-0100.0869 ppb
2015-09-28150930003-0090.108 ppb
2015-09-28150930003-0120.104 ppb
2015-09-28150930003-0110.0761 ppb
2015-09-28150930003-0130.107 ppb
2015-09-28150930003-0070.114 ppb
2015-09-28150930003-0060.0726 ppb
2015-09-28150930003-0080.136 ppb