Tuesday, August 9, 2011

California and Hawaii Lead the Way on Chromium-6; Some States Standing in the Way

California and Hawaii Lead the Way on Chromium-6; Some States Standing in the Way
http://www.enviroblog.org/2011/08/california-and-hawaii-lead-the-way-on-chromium-6-some-states-getting-i.html

"In July 27, 2011, the state of California put in place a strong, first-in-the-nation, health-based safety goal for hexavalent chromium (or chromium-6), the "Erin Brockovich" chemical, in drinking water. This is an important step toward setting a long-overdue, mandatory limit for this contaminant.

Across the nation, water agencies have conducted hundreds of voluntary tests for this pollutant in response to EWG's startling discovery in 2010 that chromium-6 contamination is widespread in Americans' water supplies."

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