Chemical Industry Clout Delays EPA Regulation of Hexavalent Chromium
Contaminated Jug of Water at Hinkley Meeting (Source: PBS)
The hit 2000 film Erin Brockovich, which tells the story of how a novice legal clerk holds a huge corporation liable for contaminating a town’s drinking water with the carcinogenic chemical hexavalent chromium, or chromium (VI), ends in justice for those harmed. But as it turns out, Hinkley, California, the real-life town featured in the movie, is still contaminated. (more…)
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