Water bills are climbing as utilities clean up a chemical made infamous in “Erin Brockovich.” Lawmakers could give water ...

Strange as it is for a senior Democrat in the Legislature to argue for protecting water agencies with contaminated supplies, ...

Hexavalent chromium is a type of the element chromium. Doctors have found that it can cause cancer and harm other parts of your body. Chromium is naturally found in animals, rocks, plants, soil ...

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Made famous by Erin Brockovich, California’s proposed limit for hexavalent chromium — the first in the U.S. — would raise water rates in many cities.

FORT RUCKER, Ala. (November 15, 2017) - Hexavalent Chromium, or Cr(VI), is a compound commonly used to create pigments in dyes, paints, primers, inks and plastics. To prevent corrosion, Hexavalent ...

In Sweden, around 18,000 workers are exposed to hexavalent chromium in their workplace. Hexavalent chromium is a powerful carcinogen that is released, for example, during welding of stainless ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Spirit AeroSystems for exposing employees to hexavalent chromium. The agency found six violations that led to just over $193,000 in penalties .

Air near Reed College has levels of the cancer-causing heavy metal hexavalent chromium that slightly exceed state health goals, but the amount doesn't pose a public threat, regulators announced ...

The Chromium 6 MCL is unchanged from the proposed 10 ppb. The regulations continue to allow only a six-month grace period before water systems must commence quarterly monitoring and come into ...

Hexavalent chromium is the chem ical made famous by the movie Erin Brockovich. ... For example, DPH estimated that the 10 ppb MCL would cost ratepayers of small water systems ...