A toxin identified to cause cancer has been found in the faucet water of several locations nationally. Monday the Environmental Working Group published the outcomes of a study that detected hexavalent chromium within the normal water of thirty-one out of 35 municipalities tested. Hexavalent chromium also goes by the name chromium-6 and was the deadly chemical behind the lawful crusade portrayed in the movie "Erin Brockovich".
What hazards exist with hexavalent chromium
Hexavalent chromium based on the Environmental Working Group is dumped in water from pulp and steel mills, leather-tanning industries, and metal-plating factories. EWG paid labs to test normal water in 35 locations identified to be contaminated by the cancer-causing compound, which leaches into groundwater from eroding soil. Stomach cancer and chromium-6 have been found by A EWG scientist to have a correlation. There have been correlations of the highest levels of hexavalent chromium in Norman, OK, Honolulu, HI, Riverside, CA, and Madison WI.
The chromium-6 study
This is the first analyze of hexavalent chromium in water supplied to cities by the Environmental Working Group. The analyze was made public as the Environmental Protection Agency considers a regulatory limit for chromium-6 in faucet water. The National Institutes of Health classified hexavalent chromium a probable carcinogen in 2008. 0.06 parts per billion is the limit CA already put on hexavalent chromium back in 2009. The EWG research discovered that in Norman pubic drinking water exceeded that limit by 200 times. 25 of the 35 locations in the study were above the limit California considered safe.
The EWG suggests using a reverse osmosis water filtering
You might remember Hexavalent chromium from the film "Erin Brockovich," Brockovich, a real person, successfully sued Pacific Gas and Electric for contaminating the water supply of Hinckley, California, with chromium 6. The utility business paid more than $330 million in damages. Until the EPA regulates hexavalent chromium in drinking water, the EWG recommends a water filtration. Water filters such as reverse osmosis will remove heavy metals such as chromium. $120 to $300 is the average prices for reverse osmosis water filtration systems.
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CNN
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USA Today
content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/12/tap-water-of-many-us-cities-has-probable-carcinogen-study/1
Medical News Today
medicalnewstoday.com/articles/212079.php
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