hexavalent chromium News
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California Proposes Hexavalent Chromium Drinking Water Standard
Last month, the Los Angeles Times published a report about California’s proposed drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium. It would be the nation’s first drinking water standard for a material that gained national attention after the release of the Erin Brockovich movie. According to the article, “At 10 parts per billion, the standard is 500 times greater than the ...
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California’s Prop 65 and Public Health Concerns over Hexavalent Compounds
In 1986, California voters approved an initiative to address increasing concerns over exposure to toxic chemicals. That initiative, the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, is better known by its original name of Proposition 65.� Proposition 65 requires businesses to notify Californians about significant amounts of chemicals in the products they purchase, in their homes or ...
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Occupational Health & Safety Professional Helps Prevent Worker Exposure to Hexavalent Chromium
Many workers are exposed to hexavalent chromium in the work environment. Hexavalent chromium, also known as chromium VI, is a toxic form of the element chromium. These compounds are man-made and widely used in many different industries. Hexavalent chromium compounds are used as chromate pigments in dyes, paints, inks, and plastics. They may be added as anticorrosive agents to paints, ...
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EPA releases final results from Cupertino school air monitoring initiative/ no unsafe levels of hexavalent chromium detected
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced final findings from school air monitoring tests conducted at Stevens Creek Elementary School in Cupertino, California. The Agency has found no risk for children or staff at the school from hexavalent chromium, the pollutant monitored at Stevens Creek Elementary School. Stevens Creek Elementary School was selected for monitoring under the ...
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Hexavalent Chromium Contamination Forces EPA to Demolish New Jersey Building
According to the Environmental Protective Agency (EPA), the E.C. Electroplating building in Garfield, NJ will be carefully torn down due to hexavalent chromium contamination. Groundwater beneath the building has also been impacted by the chemical, which affects nearby residents as the water seeps into their basements. Preliminary samples reveal that parts of the E.P. Electroplating building, its ...
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Hexavalent Chromium and Health Concerns Discussed in New Online Video
Today, the IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of another online video to help educate the public about issues that may impact their health. The latest educational video discusses hexavalent chromium exposure in the workplace. Hexavalent chromium (chromium VI) is a toxic form of the element chromium. Hexavalent chromium compounds are man-made and widely ...
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Court Requires California to establish drinking water standard for dangerous carcinogen
The California Superior Court of Alameda today required the state’s Department of Public Health to proceed with setting a standard to protect millions of Californians from unsafe levels of hexavalent chromium in drinking water. The court’s decision comes nearly one year after the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Working Group sued the agency for failing to ...
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Hexavalent Chromium Exposure in Georgia Manufacturing Plant
A manufacturing plant in Hartwell, Georgia has been cited for 16 safety and health violations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA. The violations were detected upon inspection after receiving a complaint alerting the agency to occupational hazards at the facility. The total projected fine is $79,300. Of the 16 violations, 14 of them were considered serious violations in which there is ...
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New reference material for hexavalent chromium in contaminated soil
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a new standard—a certified reference material—to aid in the detection and measurement of the potent carcinogen hexavalent chromium in soil. Developed in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), the new reference material will provide a crucial ...
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Toxic Plume of Chromium Spreads at Town Made Famous by Erin Brokovich
LA Testing provides testing services for hazardous materials to protect people and the environment. December 8th, 2010 Garden Grove, CA Last month MSNBC reported that a toxic plume of chromium has spread to numerous groundwater wells in a California desert town made famous by actress Julia Roberts in the Erin Brockovich movie. According to the article, regulators have reported increasing ...
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Puget sound Naval Shipyard pays $56,000 for hazardous waste violations (WA)
The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility has agreed to pay $56,000 for hazardous waste violations at its facility in the Bremerton Naval Complex, according to an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In January 2009, inspectors from the Washington State Department of Ecology and EPA found violations of hazardous waste management laws at the ...
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Full-scale application of nZVI: mixed contamination of chromium and chlorinated solvents
Application of surface stabilized iron nanoparticles (NANOFER 25S) to eliminate groundwater contamination of chlorinated hydrocarbons (CHCs) and hexavalent chromium (Cr6+) at KARA Trutnov site in the Czech Republic. Remediation company EKORA in collaboration with company NANO IRON, producer of zerovalent iron nanoparticles (nZVI), conducted pilot injection of surface stabilized nanoparticles of ...
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US clamps down on chromium contamination
The US Environmental Protection Agency has ordered a Glendale, Calif. business to conduct a soil and groundwater investigation for hexavalent chromium contamination at the 718 West Wilson Avenue property. The Wilson Avenue property is part of the former Drilube Company site, located within the San Fernando Valley Area 2 Superfund Site. Between 1945 – 2004, the Drilube Company operated an ...
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Protecting Workers, Communities and the Environment from Hexavalent Chromium and Other Industrial Pollutants
In 2000, the dangers of exposure to hexavalent chromium gained national attention after the release of the Erin Brockovich movie. In the award winning film, the leading actress discovers that hexavalent chromium (Cr+6), a toxic form of the element chromium, has contaminated the groundwater in a small town in California. Leading up to the discovery, the town’s residents had experienced a ...
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EPA releases final report on air toxics near the Riverside Elementary School in Reading, PA.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made available today its final report on monitoring for air toxics near the Riverside Elementary School in Reading, Pa. The report, posted on the agency’s website at http://www.epa.gov/schoolair/schools.html, concludes that EPA found no concern for short- or long-term health risks from air toxics, specifically hexavalent chromium, outside the school. ...
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EPA releases final report on air toxics near the Kreutz Creek Valley Elementary School in Hallam, PA.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made available today its final report on monitoring for air toxics near the Kreutz Creek Valley Elementary School in Hallum, Pa. The report, posted on the agency’s website at http://www.epa.gov/schoolair/schools.html , concludes that EPA found no concern for short- or long-term health risks from air toxics, specifically hexavalent chromium, outside ...
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Hexavalent Chromium Exposure Costs Pennsylvania Company $66,300
A steel plate manufacturing company in Conshohocken, PA has been cited for eight health and safety violations by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The company’s proposed fines total $66,300. The violations were identified when an inspection took place as a result of a complaint that workers were being overexposed to metal fumes. Upon ...
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Oregon Guard Soldiers Sue Military Contractor over Hexavalent Chromium Exposure
LA Testing provides hexavalent chromium and other metal testing services to keep soldiers and industrial workers safe from the cancer causing materials. Garden Grove, CA, September 20th, 2010 Last month a federal judge ruled a lawsuit by some veterans of the Oregon Army National Guard could proceed against a major contractor from the war in Iraq. The veterans claim the private company exposed ...
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Court Requires California to Set Final Drinking Water Standard for Hexavalent Chromium by June 2014
The California Superior Court of Alameda County ruled that the California Department of Public Health must issue a final drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium no later than June 15, 2014. The decision released on Friday comes after the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Working Group sued the agency for delaying action necessary to protect millions of Californians ...
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California Department of Public Health fails to set safe drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium
The California Department of Public Health today announced a proposal to set hexavalent chromium’s “Maximum Contaminant Level” – the maximum concentration of a chemical that is allowed in public drinking water systems – at 10 parts per billion. This level is 500 times higher than the level identified as safe by the California Environmental Protection Agency. The ...
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