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.

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 ...

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 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 ...

Maximum contaminant level of 10 parts per billion of chromium 6 in drinking water is set under new rule to take effect Oct. 1. California’s Water Resources Control Board has voted to adopt a new ...

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 Water Resources Control Board will not appeal a recent court decision that called out the board for not conducting an economic feasibility analysis of drinking water when it came to imposing ...

The state Air Resources Board voted today to ban the substance known as chromium 6, giving platers several years to switch to an alternative the platers say won’t produce the same chrome shine. Stay ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Even miniscule amounts of chromium 6 can cause cancer. Blame that do-gooder nutrient, vitamin C. Brown University researchers have discovered that naturally ...

Nearly two decades after the release of the film “Erin Brockovich,” the carcinogen chromium-6 still captures headlines in the world of water treatment. Named for its mom-turned-activist main character ...

For the first time, a Glendale research team testing methods for stripping chromium 6 from groundwater has released an estimate for how much it will cost long term — putting the tab at up to $27 ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A federal judge on Monday squashed environmentalists’ bid to punish a Northern California city for delivering drinking water tainted with the carcinogen that prompted the ...