The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday recommended that utilities nationwide test drinking water for hexavalent chromium. , issued to state water agencies and public water system managers, ...

A team of Korean researchers has developed a reference material that significantly improves the accuracy of analyzing hexavalent chromium, a Group 1 carcinogen that can be present in groundwater and ...

In addition, after the United States EPA released its Toxicological Review of Hexavalent Chromium report, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) agency has issued a ...

The following summarizes key provisions of the Hexavalent Chromium (CrVI) standards potentially affecting the selection and use of respiratory protection for CrVI exposures in the workplace. Where ...

WIXOM, Mich. – Investigators have widened their water sampling efforts downstream of a release of hexavalent chromium in the Huron River. Hexavalent chromium is known to cause cancer and can have ...

Chromium (Cr) species can occur in a number of oxidation states, but – Cr(III) and Cr(VI) – the trivalent and hexavalent oxidation states are the most common in the environment. The chemistry and ...

Everyday items including toys contain dangerous substances, which can pose a threat to children. This required national and EU-wide standards to impose tighter restrictions for hazardous substances in ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new report from the advocacy nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG) claims to have found arsenic, nitrate and hexavalent chromium, in Central Texas’ water supplies. Hexavalent ...

All residents of Jersey City with children under 7 years of age were eligible for the study. Repeated and multifaceted recruitment approaches were used over a 2-year period in an effort to include ...