Erin Brockovich, chromium and cancer
Debate has raged about the risk posed by chromium 6 in drinking water since the 1990s, when legal clerk Erin Brockovich discovered evidence the carcinogen had leaked from a Pacific Gas & Electric natural-gas plant into the groundwater in Hinkley, Calif .
People in the Mojave Desert community reported illnesses and deaths allegedly caused from exposure to the chemical. In 1996, PG&E settled a lawsuit fi...
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