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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the results of the soil sampling it conducted in Henry County amid ...

Hexavalent chromium continues to contaminate water sources around the world, with one US company fined just this February for putting employees at risk. Hexavalent chromium is considered to be ...

Hexavalent chromium [Cr (VI)] is one of the valence states (+6) of the element chromium. It is usually produced by an industrial process. Cr (VI) is known to cause cancer.

Hexavalent chromium in water remains a threat, experts say, no matter the source. About half of North Carolina’s 10 million residents rely on wells for drinking water.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has established an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) exposure limit of 1 microgram per cubic meter (1 µg/m3) in its proposed rule for ...

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