The following information is from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration:OverviewHexavalent chromium is one of the valence states (+6) of the element chromium. It is usually produced by an ...

It's widely known that wildfire smoke is bad for your health, but a group of researchers recently found a known carcinogen in California wildfire ash, raising concerns about just how harmful it could ...

Hexavalent chromium nanoparticles were found in air samples gathered by researchers over the course of several days in the spring as they drove through and around the Eaton and Palisades fire burn ...

California public health officials on Thursday submitted a safe drinking water standard for the cancer-causing chemical highlighted in the film "Erin Brockovich." The new standard submitted by ...

Hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] is a well‐documented environmental pollutant, stemming from numerous industrial activities such as electroplating, tanning and the manufacture of pigments. Its high ...

EPA issues new guidelines for monitoring chromium-6 in drinking water. Jan. 12, 2011 -- Several weeks after promising to address the issue of chromium-6 levels in drinking water, the U.S.

South Coast Air Quality Management District officials have been tracking hexavalent chromium emissions from two Paramount metal processing plants since last fall. Now the regulators are trying to ...

The state’s water regulation when it comes to Chromium 6, expected to cost cities millions of dollars to comply, must be withdrawn, according to a decision by the Sacramento Superior Court. “The Court ...

The California Department of Public Health Submits Its Final Regulation Package on Hexavalent Chromium: Is the Maximum Contaminant Level a Done Deal? On Tuesday, April 15, 2014, under pressure to meet ...