Tagged: chromium6

Environment
4:09 pm
Tue August 14, 2012

Environmental Groups File Suit Over Water Contamination

Credit State Water Resources Control Board
A map shows water wells in the state that indicated the presence of chromium 6, from 2000-2012.

Two major environmental groups have filed suit against the California State Department of Public Health for what they call a failure by the state to set rules for the safe amount of a toxic chemical in drinking water. Hexavalent chromium, also known as chromium-6, gained widespread attention as the chemical that sickened residents in the film Erin Brockovich. 

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