Chromium in Drinking Water Causes Cancer
February 21st, 2009
A controversial water contaminant made famous by Erin Brockovich and a small California desert town is carcinogenic.
It’s been known for about 20 years that people can contract lung cancer when inhaling hexavalent chromium, also known as Chromium VI. But until now, toxicologists have been uncertain whether it causes cancer when swallowed.